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    mixed hatch dates, now what?

    We collected 6 duck eggs and 12 chicken eggs to hatch from a friend's farm. We set the duck eggs one week earlier than the chicken eggs so that they would all hatch at the same time (this Friday). We recently learned that some of the duck eggs are Muscovy and will require yet another week to...
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    livestock quard dog? which breed?

    We are new chicken/duck lovers. My 11 yr. old has been losing her ducks/chickens to a fox. We were looking into getting a new family dog anyway so now we're wondering if we should look into a livestock guarding breed? We have 10 acres, unfenced. Our flock is free range, returning to the coop...
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    oops, will I have a problem?

    We are new to this chicken thing. Our Black Sex Link Hen (we have a Rhode Island Red Rooster) went broody and is sitting on two eggs. (We didn't know she would do this and we were taking her eggs only leaving her with two by the time we caught on). We are not positive when she started...
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