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I would love to keep the barred because he is really pretty, but I am afraid to because I have a really friendly mature barred rock and I am afraid with another roo he will get aggressive. What is your experience with having more than 1 rooster?

Thanks guys! Not the answer I was hoping for , but at least now I know. I appreciate your input!

I hope these help, he/she was the hardest one to get a pic of.. go figure LOL. I have 17 grown hens and 1 BR roo. I haven't integrated them into the coop yet so these guys are living in the barn. Today, I opened the barn doors so these little guys could explore and the mature BR Rooster went...

These are 3 "chicks" that I hatched out on March 18th, so they are 2 months old. The first 2 pictures shows a hen and rooster barred rock/comet cross. I can definitely tell the roo from the hen. The third picture is a Barred Rock/Rhode Island Red cross and for the life of me I can't decide if...

I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions on how to get ducks to lay in their boxes?. I have 7 females and they are laying all over the place. I have 3 extra large boxes set up for them and they do sleep in them at night but when it comes to laying eggs, finding them is like a scavenger...

I am considering adding Royal Palm Turkeys to my flock of chickens and ducks, but the more research I do, I keep finding horror stories of them demolishing flowering plants around the house and playing havoc on gardens. What are your experiences with them? Also, all of my other poultry free...

This past week our pond became home to a wild diving duck. He comes every year and stays for awhile and then leaves. I was just looking down at the pond from the windows and see that our 3 Peking ducks are now "diving" too. They stay completely underwater for at least 5 - 10 seconds and then...

Update: My female Muscovy is doing great thanks to all of the good advice. She wasn't happy when I "dumped" her out of her box to clean it, but she went back into it that evening. She has been swimming with the other ducks during the day and only goes into her box at night. Her feathers are...

Thanks everyone for the great advice. I went to TSC and got some dried mealworms, electrolytes and probiotics. I also bought something that is called "Kickin' Chickin", it is suppose to be good for feathers, has anyone ever used it? I just got finished cleaning her box and she is NOT a happy...

My thoughts are that she is molting too, but it has been so long that this behavior has been going on and she isn't looking any better. I only have one drake and they use to be best buddies (he bred her but it wasn't a constant thing), all the other ducks leave her I'm really worried about her...

I have a 1 1/2 year old female Muscovy duck who looks horrible, She only comes out of her box to eat and then goes right back in. Up until 2 months agol she looked great and would go into the water and play and act like a "normal" duck. I have 5 other ducks and they all look great so I know it's...

Thanks! We "raided" the nest yesterday and took out 18 eggs and left 6 for her. She wasn't a happy camper while we were doing it but she doesn't seem stressed about it, she is still laying on her nest.(thank goodness!). Shouldn't be too long before we have ducklings! Thanks so much for your help!

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Thank you so much! I have the incubator up to temperature and it is ready to go! I do plan on leaving her a few eggs so that she can finish laying on them. She has been a great mom and deserves to raise a few of her ducklings! Another question that I have is: It's fairly warm out today, but...

My Pekin female has been sitting on a nest of about 20 - 24 eggs for close to a month. She was bred by my male muscovy, which will make the ducklings Mullards ( mule ducks). Does anyone know if I can take the eggs and put them in an incubator since she has sat on them for so long. We were...