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    Green Roof for Coop and Cement Board

    :frowI am about to build a coop and really love the idea of a green roof. In the interest of using what we have on hand, I was wondering if concrete board would make an acceptable base. (We have a little left over from a tiling project.) Y'all be gentle if this is a dumb question- I know nothing...
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    Wheezing rooster that appears healthy

    I have a turken rooster that I estimate to be 14-16 weeks old. He is heavy as a brick with a healthy gloss to his solid black feathers. His eyes are clear and alert and he is the dominant rooster of three his age, so very active. I let them out yesterday to free range, which I normally do with...
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    Chicks walkin on whole leg

    I have two day old chicks (out of 17 hatched) that are walking on their whole leg as though they have no flexibility at their ankle joint. I picked one up and it seems the joint can bend but you wouldn't know it by watching them. The feet don't appear defective to me and I don't think it is...
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    Anyone know of a champagne d'argent breeder in Alabama?

    I did a lot of research and narrowed preferred breeds down to champagne d'argent or American chinchilla. Of the two, the appearance of the champagne d'argent is more appealing to me, but I can't seem to find them anywhere in the state!! Any suggestions?
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    Dorkings, Orpingtons, or Bresse

    I am trying to decide whether to go with dorkings, bresse or orpingtons (or some other breed that I have yet to discover if anyone has suggestions). We are looking for a dual purpose bird, but at this point the primary emphasis is for quality and amount of meat. (We will have enough hens that...
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    Does anybody have experience with the American Bresse from hatch to table?

    I am wondering if there is really a noticeable difference in taste to your average person-like me- as opposed to a chef or culinary expert. What would the whole experience be like compared to something like my orpingtons? How much of the difference has to do with the breed and how much is...
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    Muscovy Trio- Blue Drake, Blue Pied and Chocolate Pied Ducks

    These were to be my breeding stock for next year, but we are downsizing. (My daughter is getting a dog for Christmas and I wouldn't know how to keep the dog from getting in the duck pool or the ducks from getting in her water bowl.) The blue drake's father was a lilac, so he should carry one...
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    Muscovy setting without laying?

    I have a muscovy hen which is about 1 yr old. She hatched off one brood earlier in the year. Now she has built a nest. I have observed her plucking feathers and everything and she even sits on it some during the day. However, she hasn't laid a single egg in it. This has been going on for 2 or...
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    Muscovy not laying

    All of our muscovy hens (5) started laying with a bang this season at about the same time. Each hatched a brood and the youngest ducks are about 9 weeks old. (We sold all but my favorite 7.) We have one hen that laid since then, but I collected the eggs for eating. However, other than that...
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    I thought barring was sex-linked

    Our cukoo marans rooster bred a silver phoenix game hen. When the two babies started showing their barring, I thought they were both hens. (They are the dark barred of a cukoo hen as opposed to the light barring of a cukoo rooster, as well.) They started crowing. What's the deal? (Two...
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    Muscovy ducks are the most prolific animal I have ever raised!!!

    We had ANOTHER duck set off babies. That makes about 60 babies in about 2 months out of 4 hens. And actually, this was one of the hens second batch for the year. WOW! Don't get me wrong, they are adorable! We have a lilac drake over wild-type, blue pied, silver ducks. The ones that have...
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    Pictures for fun :) Muscovy babies!!!

    I am so excited to see what colors we get from these! Parents are lilac (drake), silver, blue pied, wild-type, and black with a white head. (The latter are hen colors.)
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    Muscovy Ducklings! Possible Silver, Blue, Chocolate, Wild-Type, Pied, Black with a White Head

    If anyone is interested, I have some precious muscovy ducklings for sale. The father is a lilac (blue and chocolate) drake. Hens are wild-type black, blue pied, silver, black canzine (black with a white-head). They are really beauties and the ducklings may be any mixture of the above colors...
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    Supplementing feed for baby muscovy?

    Here is the story. We had a muscovy hen which hatched out 10 babies last week. She is already down to five. For some reason, our hens just do not have good survival rates when allowed to raise their young. So I now (unexpectedly) have five baby muscovy ducks to rear. I went to one local feed...
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    Allowing muscovy to raise their own young?

    Everybody says muscovy are great mothers. We had our third muscovy hatch here today ( ). However, we had issues with each of the previous hatches, or more correctly after the hatch, so here is my question. Brownie (my first muscovy hen) had a brood of almost 20 adorable ducklings. They...
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    Muscovy brooding

    I know it takes 35 days ... but I am wondering if that 35 days starts when the momma duck begins to sit on the eggs at night (when she is still coming off for a good portion of the day) or when she settles in to full-time setting?
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    Muscovy Hen Driving Me Crazy!-anybody else's ducks made them feel dumb

    She started laying about 2 weeks ago and she keeps laying in different nests!!! She is alternating between 3 different ones. After a couple days, I moved the original eggs but she doesn't seem to lay in the same nest EVER. How can she ever hatch babies if she can't even remember where she laid...
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    Muscovy Laid an Egg

    My muscovies stopped laying two months ago (give or take). This morning, I went outside to let them out of their coop (they free-range during the day) and one had laid an egg! I thought for sure they were done until spring. Really-no eggs in AT LEAST 2 months and now that it is getting truly...
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    What is your favorite recipe for a 22-23 week old rooster?

    Trying to find something new to try, but dear husband does not like tough or dry chicken ... any ideas?
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    Are my muscovy duck hens really muscovy duck hens?

    I bought two muscovy hens. One is blue pied and one is silver. I asked the seller if they were pure muscovy and he said yes. However, I went outside yesterday and the guinea was chasing them (mean guinea for another post- I would re-home him if I could catch him). Anyhow, they quacked!! They...
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