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  1. idaduck

    Pros and Cons of letting hen hatch own chicks?

    I have a rooster and a hen that I want to breed. I have another hen that is broody. Do I take the eggs from the breeding hen and give them to the broody one each day, or do I save up the number of eggs I want to hatch and give them to the broody all at once?
  2. idaduck

    Beheaded

    I was thinking Hawk too. We do have one that flies around our yard alot. We have had a chick taken at night and I think that one was a racoon. We live at the edge of town and about a mile from the river so it could be anything.
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    Beheaded

    I lost my favorite hen this morning. I only had 2 Buff Orpingtons and one was a rooster. I decided to save the rooster to breed this spring just for the fun of it. This morning I let all the hens out to free range like we do every day. A few hours later I went out to do some work and I saw some...
  4. idaduck

    Feed Egg Ratio

    When looking at how much feed you use and how much it cost there are alot of factors to look at. The breed of chicken(size mainly) type of feed, how much free range, and time of year. The bigger the chicken the more they will eat. I found I went though less feed if I feed them pellets vs...
  5. idaduck

    Looking for feed source in Idaho

    I live in Eagle, Idaho and I have been buying my layer feed from D&B supply, but I would like to find another source for cheaper feed prefer in bulk. Does anyone know of any feed mills around this area? Thanks Todd
  6. idaduck

    poop board

    Ok im busted LOL. We hung that bucket up on the wall thinking it was out of the reach of anybody. Then when we checked the girls that night we saw this one in the bucket. Every night after that , that same one was in the bucket. After about a week we remodeled the inside of the coop so we could...
  7. idaduck

    poop board

    I just taught mine to poop in a bucket. It saves a lot of time cleaning up.
  8. idaduck

    New to raising ducks, 1st eggs

    Thanks for the info
  9. idaduck

    New to raising ducks, 1st eggs

    Hello I am new to this site and have found it very helpful. We got our baby ducks in the spring of this year and have enjoyed every minute of it. We started with 3 cayuga and 3 Rouen. Hoping to have more females then males. Well we ended up with 3 male cayugas and 2 male and 1 female rouens...
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