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I just hatched 7 sweet little ducklings in my incubator. All are well and currently inside in a brooder. Two questions: 1) When will they be old enough to move outside without a light at night (I'm in Tucson, so we are around 100 degrees in the day time, and 70 degrees at night)? 2) I'd like...

I am in need of a new broody. My old Barred Cochin has hatched and raised several broods of chicks and ducklings, but she hasn't gone broody for a year and I think she may be done. I've heard good things about Buff Orpingtons and, of course, Silkies. I need a bird that will sit at least a...

I am looking for a duck breeder near Tucson AZ. My 4 mo old ducklings have turned out to be one female and four drakes. I need to even things out and pick up a couple of hens (and get rid of a couple of drakes). I'm not exceptionally particular about breed though I would like at least one...

I know that I cannot use it on or around my ducks, but I wonder how toxic it is to ducks and at what distance. My ducks and chickens are housed in the same area but separated by a a low chicken wire fence (primarily to keep my hens out of the duck's mud) and they also have separate coops. I...

I just finished treating my birds with Safeguard for worms (3 doses, 3 days apart) and am still seeing live worms (I'm pretty sure tape worm) in some of the droppings. How long do I have to wait until I retreat with Valbazen? I also have 5 ducks that live with my hens. I haven't seen any...

I have 5 ducklings that I am brooding naturally with one of my hens (who also hatched them). They are 2 1/2 weeks old, healthy and growing. There is plenty of room in their brooding cage (which is a chicken wire enclosure withing the larger coup so they can see the adult hens, but are...

I have 8 duck eggs incubating naturally under one of my broody hens. Thursday would be day 28 for them, but five of them started pipping exernally yesterday, day 24 and two of them broke through making 1/4" holes last night. Here is the problem. It has been unusually hot here -- 113-115 for...