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  1. LillyBantam

    Plastic barrel coop

    Hey everyone. I am going to move my ducks out of the chicken coop for nights because they are so fidgety and upset the hens all night. I decided this summer (that due to a red mite infestation) I would not buy any more timber products for my birds. So I'd like to get a plastic house for my...
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    Plastic Barrel duck coop

    Hey everyone. :D I am going to move my ducks out of the chicken coop for nights because they are so fidgety and upset the hens all night. I decided this summer (that due to a red mite infestation) I would not buy any more timber products for my birds. So I'd like to get a plastic house for my...
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    pic of my newly hatched ducklings

    My ducklings hatched yesterday under my broody hen, on day 26 so two days early. One died in the shell a few days ago, so I was left with two. my hen is pleased as punch with them. x
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    Help. - mumma hen pecking freshly hatched duckling!

    My first duckling hatched today on day 26, he seems strong, is just laying under her. He's atoll wet so freshly hatched, when mumma hen saw him she pecked him, is she going kill him or trying to stimulate him? This s her first hatch.
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    Duck eggs day 25/26

    My silkie hen is sitting on some bantam east indian ducks, they'll be 28 days Monday morning, so halfway through day 25. Well, I heard them cheep today, and I checked them tonight when locking hens away and two of the three have got a small crack. They can't be hatching already can they? Or...
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    I would really appreciate some thoughts on my candling pics

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/646871/broody-silkie-cross-hatching-duck-eggs/10
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    My first ducklings due on 30th April - anyone want to join in, think im going to need help!

    Hello My broody hen is sitting on eggs for the first time... but not chicks, ducklings (black east Indian). I have never hatched using natural methods (if you can call a chicken hatching a duck natural!) I have candled the 3 eggs, so far so good, despite being stollen by a rogue hen and...
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    Damaged egg

    I have just been up to check on my broody (has been sitting on 3 duck eggs for 4 days), one has fallen out of the nest box and is chipped on the air sac end and is cooler than the others where it has not been under her. no sure for how long. She was ok 4 hours ago. Shall I discard now? Or shall...
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    Broody Silkie Cross hatching duck eggs

    Hello all Last weekend I brought home two black East Indian ducks (bantam breed), a lovely pair. She laid 3 eggs for me. I have a very broody Silkie Cross (just under 1 year old, so our first grown-up spring with her). I decided to pop the duck eggs under her, I so want to hatch the natural...
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