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    Pekin "family" question - drake with ducklings

    Last fall we acquired a pair of Pekin ducks (male & female). They are ALWAYS together making their way around the yard, garden, etc. A month and a half ago she decided she was going to sit on some eggs and we let her since it was a first for us and a very fun experience for the kids! Out of...
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    Broody Pekin Duck

    I have a pair of Pekin Ducks we've had almost a year. I'm guessing they are about a year and a half old. The female has cranked out almost an egg a day since we got her even through the winter! In the past week she's started staying on the nest for most of the day in what I can only guess is...
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    Why have our eggs gotten smaller?

    We have 29 laying hens and 2 roosters and they are all just over 2 years old. The majority of them are Rhode Island reds but there are 4 Americaunas in the mix. Since the snow has finally melted and the weather is warming up here in Michigan our chickens are finally starting to lay more eggs...
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    Help with molting

    I have 9 hens that are a year and a half old. 4 are Buff Orpingtons and 5 are Austrlorps. Last summer and fall (once they started laying) i had awesome egg laying - about 7 or 8 average per day. This summer it seemed to be more like 3-4 average. In the past month i noticed a lot of...
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    When to expect eggs?

    I've read through some other posts but just can't seem to find the answer i'm looking for..... i have 4 Buff Orpington's and 5 Australorps and a lone Roo. I estimate them all to be about 21 weeks old. My BO's were laying eggs at 17 weeks. I'm just starting to get an egg here and there...
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    Rooster taken over nesting box

    Anyone have a problem with a rooster in their nesting box? I have 9 hens, 1 rooster and 3 nesting boxes. My hens just started laying eggs last week so I opened up the nesting boxes so they were accessible to them (i had them blocked off before so they wouldn't poop in them). Since then...
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    What kind of Roo?

    I have a 16 week old rooster and I'm wondering if anyone can identify his breed for me. I bought 10 chicks about 15 weeks ago and 5 were Australorps and 5 were Buff Orpingtons. But somewhere in the mix I ended up with this white rooster - with a little redish color to his wing feathers...
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    chickens with ladders

    My husband built me a chicken tractor suitable for 10 hens. The coop part is on the top and is about a 4x5' section. The run is under it and in front of it and is about 4x8'. They have a ladder that goes up into their coop - 2' off the ground. Since i've moved them out to the tractor...
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    Free range chickens return to coop

    I have 8 week old chicks. They are now in their chicken tractor outside where they've been for the past 3-4 weeks. I have yet to let them free range though merely for the fact that i'm afraid they'll all run off and never come back! And all my hard work in the past 2 months will be for...
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    Cracked Beak

    I have an 8 week old chick - i think it's a rooster. I also have 9 other hens all in the same chicken tractor. When i went out to check on them today I noticed that the rooster's top beak is cracked and has some blood around it. The mouth still closes together like it should, he's eating...
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