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    Need help on new watering system

    Ok so. I’ll go over it quick. The idea is a hose is connected to a 5 gallon bucket that is connected to a pvc pipe with holes drilled out of it for my ducks to put their heads into. Ideally the bucket will be filled and will only fill enough to be slightly over where the tube is inside the...
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    5-6 week old pekin wobble, walking issues

    Ok so we are having some issues with one of our pekins. He is about 5 weeks old and having issues walking. I’ve read around d and I’m guessing g it’s a vit B issue but I figured I’d post on here just to make sure. Visually there is no feet issues and he doesn’t peck at me when I pick him up to...
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    New brooder/coop for the ducks

    Ok so the ducks grew a lot faster then I actually had time for so repairs to the coop, mainly the roof, didn’t get accomplished. But on a good note they are in their permenant structure. The 4x4x8 are not permanent as they will be the framework for the run. I gave them 5x more space then they...
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    Near death experience for my ducks

    Ok so this is more a warning for others and also a learning experience for myself Last night I was awaken to the sound of fire alarms in my house at 2am. Got up, whole house was a thick cloud of smoke. Turns out the heat lamp for my duck brooder fell off(no clue how, it’s been in the same spot...
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    More duck ID…I’m sorry!!

    Ok so I’ve added 6 more ducks to the two I got a week ago. Everyone is getting along fine and no issues. I have two pekins not pictured. Everything I’ve google images shows up blue Swedish(both gray and black showed up that) Picked up from tsc so I’m assuming there’s some mixing going on. I...
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    Another duck ID thread ;o;

    Welp here it is again. Got some ducks from TSC in the “assorted duckling” box and just curious what people think Obviously I’m not to picky, kids love them and we are already on the hunt for two more to make the total to 4.
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    Feed for mixed chicken/duck chicks

    Ok so of course, it’s the season and we picked up 4 chicken chicks and 2 ducks. They are being raised in the same brooder but I want to make sure that the ducks are getting the proper nutrition Is there a feed(or mix two feeds) so that I can just give them both the same stuff and not have to...
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    Shed Conversion, Advice Helpful

    Alright, long story short, i was gonna build a shed but we moved and i have acquired one with our new house that the previous owner used as a coop. It ain't pretty but honestly I don't think chickens care that much. obviously some repairs and patches will be made to the doors and hole on the...
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    Mini bus converted to coop?

    Ok. I know it odd. But wondering if anyone has done anything like this. Price wise it’s a couple 100$. Just wondering if anyone has converted anything remotely close to this into a coop. Obviously a lot would have to be done, rip the interior out, wood up and insulate stuff, add a ramp, remove...
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    Been gone 10 years, but i'm back with chicken questions!

    Ok, long story short I use to raise quails. I had around some 250 of them or so. I've moved from SC > France > Ireland > SC and now moving up to PA in the Apollo area outside Pittsburgh. I've scanned through the coop design threads, Honestly i want to build something that i can walk into as...
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    Quails in France, who's got em!

    Ok so I just moved to France about a week ago. I had sold off all my birds before I left the states and i'm really wanting to get some more over here. Just putting a shout out there if anyone around lives in europe and is able to ship eggs to france.
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    WOW. crazy comb on 3 wk old.

    I don't know much about chicken ages, how fast they grow, combs/waddles stuff like that. I mainly raised quails. Well i hatched my first chicks 3 weeks ago, black frizzle bantam cochins. Anyway. i got one male, its quite obvious, and his comb is growing in HUGE. is this normal at 3 weeks of age...
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    Current brooder setup, adequate? pics inside.

    First time brooding chickens, brooded many a quail. anyway i know that their needs arn't the same. couple pics of the brooder here, just wanting some input on size, is it enough still. The chicks are about 19 days old now. I was gonna put a dust bathe in there, but i wasn't sure if they would...
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    17 day old cochins. wondering about sex UPDATE: photo's on 2nd page

    ok i havn't taken any photo's yet as my son is playing games on my phone. i know they are cochins, 3 frizzle and one smooth. now the one smooth chick is starting to get alot of red on the comb. i'm GUESSING this is an indication of a rool the other 3 don't the coloring yet.
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    Some photo's of my 10 day old frizzle/smooth bantam cochins

    These are my 10 day old bantams, i'm told they are black with mottled. Heres some shots of them staring at the camera oh so nicely heres a shot of Noir just a few random shots, gonna get some better ones once i get my nikon charged. its got a euro plug :/
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    All but a few, Gone.

    Well, i'm moving to france soon, and my HOA finally got a hold of what i was doing in my backyard, so i have gotten rid of ALL my quails, minus the buttons and one female that was my first quail i got over a year ago. Only got my chickens left, and they arn't going anywhere. It's been fun andi...
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    Diablo 3, does this count for this forum?

    I wasn't sure what they ment by games, forum games, thread games? who knows, i don't. anyway, i just got diablo 3 and was trying to see if any byc'ers play at all, well if you do add me to your friend list in game wilco#1811....and if this is in the wrong forum. sorry about that, wasn't...
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    Toys for chicks in the brooder?

    Howdy all, i've looked thru the brooder thread to see what kinda stuff people put in their brooders for their baby chicks. Mine JUST hatched last night, they are still in the incubator but i've got the brooder setup in the dining room. Was wondering what neat things people have noticed that...
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    Hundreds of quail hatched...finally i move on to chickens...first cochins!!!!!

    i got my first bantam cochin eggs pipping about 6 hours ago from now...well..i got 2 that have hatched, i can't wait to get them out of the brooder and get some pics. anyone got some awesome black cochin bantam chick pics to share....SHOVE THEM ON OVER...i will be posting pics tomorrow morning...
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    crazy color mutation maybe? golden to a roux?

    So i got all my pens set up with pharaoh in one, dark/red range in the other, and white/golden in another(theres only 4 in there 1:3) anyway i got one golden hen and i had a male white with recessive red range in it. incubated some and this is what popped out. Not sure if you can tell the true...
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