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  1. callahanfarmgirl

    Broody Duck Problem!! Need Advice

    I have a mallard hen that built a nest outside the coop & has somehow convinced the other 3 hens to lay in her nest & she is broody. By the time I realized what was going on she had 18 eggs under her. The first few days she would only stay on the nest a few hrs. a day but today she hasn't come...
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    Duck egg laying problem/question.

    My ducks are 5 months now and since last Sat. I have gotten an egg a day faithfully so I knew at least one of my girls was laying & laying in the coop like a good girl ( they free range all day). Well, today when I dumped the kiddie pool out to clean it there was an egg in there. So I am...
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    Duck newbie needs sexing help!!

    Can anyone tell me what this duck breed could be ( maybe just a backyard mix ) and also I have always considered him a drake because my other 3 female mallards are very quacky where s/he rarely makes a sound. But s/he is almost 6 months old and I don't see a drake feather. At least one of my 4...
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    So excited!! I just have to tell someone.

    I got my first 4 ducks in march. They were born in Feb. and today I got my first duck egg!!! YAY!!!!
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    Is this a Black Swedish or a mix

    I always assumed my black/white duck was a mix until someone told me it was a black swedish!! Could someone please tell me? His bill is green/black.
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    Please help new mom!! need sexing advice

    My 4 ducks are now 5 months old. I was going by the quacking on sexing them but one of the mallards I was sure was a hen tried mounting another in the pool today. They are all Mallard - mallard mixes. All 3 of the mallards seem to quack alot but the black/white one barely makes a sound.
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    Can anyone HELP ME!!

    I was out of town the whole month of May & left my DH to care for my hens. He did fine in feeding/watering them but neglected to gather eggs in a timely manner, which I believe encouraged 2 of my 7 hens to go broody. He realized the first one was broody & I was able to talk him thru moving &...
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    Can anyone HELP ME??? Pleas tell me what to do

    Last night I noticed 4 of my hens looking very damaged on their backs from our rooster so I quarantined them & while doing this I found 1 hen had opened wounds on each side, under her wings. One side seems to be just surface wounds but the pic shows the side I am concerned about. It is deeper...
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    Body By VI Diet????

    Is anyone else doing this diet are have any reviews you would like to share??? I am in my 2nd week, love the diet, but I have only lost 3lbs, BUT I did lose 4 inches!!!
  10. callahanfarmgirl

    What am I doing wrong????

    I hatched a few chicks in Feb that are now 21weeks old. I gave my dad 7 pullets and 6 of his have already started laying, a couple of them have been laying 3 weeks now. I kept 11 of the pullets and only one of my pullets are laying!! We are both feeding the same feed. The only big difference is...
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    20 Week old lays 2 eggs at once, connected but soft shelled??? WHY

    I gave my dad 7 of my chicks who are now 20 wks old and have started laying in the last week. Two of the girls have now layed soft shelled eggs. While my parents had the hens out in the yard this evening "Pocahantas" squatted by a tree just feet from them and layed these 2 eggs at once. Both are...
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    Bow-legged 9wk old rooster??

    My RIR rooster is 9wks old and is very much bow-legged. He was hatched from a neighbors fertile egg by my broody. Did I do something wrong to cause this. I have pine shavings on floor of brooder and his toes are straight. Does anyone know what could cause this?
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    I'm a newbie so don't laugh!!! Are those white strips his earlobes???

    He is a 16 week old EE & I just need someone to conform that those large white strips are his earlobes. I am new & have never seen white earlobes nor have I seen earlobes so large.
  14. callahanfarmgirl

    Please tell me my favorite is a pullet - EE 13wks

    He/She is absolutely my favorite. I just love that the beard & leg color is the same!!! Please tell me pullet or cockerel????
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    Why would broody mom abandoned 2wk old chicks today?????

    My RIR hen goes broody serveral times a yr. This last time I gave her 4 eggs, only 2 were fertile & for the last 4 days I have been letting her out to free range during the day with her 2 chicks & she has been doing a wonderful job with them even putting herself & the chicks up at night in their...
  16. callahanfarmgirl

    7wk old chicks won't roost!! What do I do?

    I am a new chicken lover and had a very lucky hatch rate out of incubator - 37 out of 40. Now they are 7wks old and have been in the big coop for about 10 days and they will not roost. For the 1st 3 nights I would go out there and place them up there but of course 3 or 4 would end up on the...
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    Please help with EE or Ameracuanas? Either way, what are these colors?

    I am a new chicken lover and have SO much to learn. Can someone please help me identify some of my babies. EE or Ameruacanas and more importantly what are the colors called??? 7 wks old
  18. callahanfarmgirl

    Hello from North FL

    Hi everyone!!! I am as addicted to this website as much as I am addicted to raising my chicks. I started with a RIR & Black Jersey Giant our neighbor gave us. Within a few months of having them I bought an incubator because I wanted the experience of hatching my own. I put 40 fertilized eggs in...
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