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  1. Mudstar4ever

    Possible to buy pre-built duck coop and/or run?

    Hi all - Anyone know of any options to buy a pre-fabricated coop/house and run for a few ducks? I'm not super handy, but willing to do some light building. Not lazy - just looking for a low-maintenance solution to convince my mother to keep our ducks. For background, my family and I are...
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    Is this duckling a Swedish? Cayuga-Mix?

    I hatched this lil guy last night - three days premature, but he required no assistance and is a fireball of energy. The woman I purchased his egg from said he could either be Cayuga, Blue Swedish, Silver Swedish or Fawn-and-White. Definitely can rule out Runner, but could he be a Cayuga mix? Or...
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    24 Hours Since Internal Pip...

    Hi all, As you may have seen on my other thread, my mystery duck egg (likely Silver/Blue Swedish or Fawn-and-White Runner) internally pipped yesterday morning at Day 23. Since then, he hasn't made any progress though he's still rocking in his shell when I checked this morning. I've noticed some...
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    Safely Mixing 1 Newborn Duckling with 3 Three Week Old Ducklings?

    Hi there, Soo... long story short, we had two duck eggs in the incubator. One ended up infertile, the other I was convinced had a blood ring and passed in the first week, but obviously we kept him in the incubator. We went ahead and bought three wonderful Cayuga ducklings from a neighbor when...
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    Duckling Day 21 - Air cell too big?

    Hi there! This is Day 21 and I candled my one duck egg to see how he's doing and the air cell has been growing exponentially and already seems to be drawing downward. At Day 21... is this air cell too big? I've kept humidity around 45%, but it seems like he's been growing so fast. The egg has...
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    Duck Newbie : How to make our ducklings more friendly?

    Hi all, We picked up these three buggers 2 days ago (they're 4 days old now). I'm still trying to figure out what breed they are - sometimes I'm convinced they're Black Runners, other times I think they might be Cayugas. They're so darn cute - we've got them in a garage on a bunch of towels...
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    Are these Black Runner ducklings?

    Hi gang! :) I just picked up these three gorgeous babies (2 days old) from a neighbor yesterday. I thought they might be Cayuga or Welsh Harlequins but after I quite literally had to SPRINT after them when they scattered on the grass (and I'm an athlete - they're wicked quick!), I'm assuming I...
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    Duckling choking!?

    I just brought home 3 ducklings, showed them where the water is and left them with their starter food. One seems to be having trouble swallowing. He keeps swallowing and shaking his bill. I've tried to help him drink, but I'm not sure if he's having trouble breathing? What should I do!?
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    Help - 10 degree difference between bator and thermometer?

    Hi all, I just got a Magicfly / Janoel 12 Incubator and need some help with the temp. I bought a secod thermometer / hygrometer from Petsmart (meant for reptile aquariams) to help calibrate the temp, but I think it must be way off because it's been saying my incubator is close to 110 degrees...
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    Help w/ Identifying Duck Egg Breed

    Hi all! Picked up my two duck eggs from a local farmer on Craigslist today!! :celebrate Would love your help with identifying the breeds. I don't know what the drake-to-hen breakdown is, but the eggs came from breeds including: Cayuga, Blue Swedish, Silver Swedish, Fawn/White Indian Runner...
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    How to Store Eggs Prior to Incubation?

    Hi all - My incubator isn't scheduled to arrive until Sunday, but I'm aiming to pick up my two duck eggs tomorrow or Sunday morning. I know you can store eggs up to 7 days prior to setting - how exactly does one do that? Any suggestions as to where I should store my eggs until I get my...
  12. Mudstar4ever

    First Time - Hatching Duck Eggs

    Hi all - Excited to officially meet you all! I'm relatively new to the Backyard Chickens community (technically joined in 2011, more on that later). I'm back home with my parents riding out this shelter-in-place in northern California and my project this spring is to hatch and raise a duckling...
  13. Mudstar4ever

    Homemade Incubator?

    Hi, guys! :) I'm still very new to BYC, so if you could help me out I would greatly appreciate it! :) So let me just paint this picture. I have only hatched one egg before in my life and that one in itself was a miracle. We had a real incubator back then and he was a rescued egg from parents...
  14. Mudstar4ever

    Is My Egg Fertilized?

    I have hatched a goose egg only once before and that was a miracle in itself. He really wasn't supposed to make it, but he did! And now I have another one, four years later. Both eggs were rescued from parents that were killed by raccoons. Anyway, this time around, I don't have an incubator...
  15. Mudstar4ever

    The perfect coop - One that will keep out all predators!

    Now I know there's never going to be "the perfect coop", but as predator-proof as humanly possible is what I'm looking for! Pictures and ideas of your coops would be awesome and I'm going to list some predators that are in my area, (pretty much all of them), and then if you could explain to me...
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    Reasons To Get Chickens?

    (We've had some bad luck with our two clutches of chickens from predators, so my family has stopped getting them. But too years have passed from their unfortunate deaths and my parents said that if I could create a Powerpoint slideshow that shows them that we can keep chickens 100%, or as close...
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    We've got almost every chicken predator known to man. . .

    Yeah, we haven't had the best of luck, but our chickens definetely made a big impact on our lives! We just kept getting the worst of everything! Our first clutch was attacked by raccoons that dug underneath our "no-climb fence" and we had had those two chickens for several months, so we were...
  18. Mudstar4ever

    It's So Nice To Finally Be On Here!

    I would rather not give my location or age, but I do want to finally get involved on this website here! I can't exactly say I'm new to chickens, but my family and I have decided to start over from scratch. The reason I say this is because we have gone through two different clutches of...
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