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    Looking for show quality chickens

    I don't know how long you've been raising poultry, and you very well may know this, but show stock often does not produce your best breeding candidates. There isn't a guarantee of show quality offspring from show quality parents. If it's an egg or young bird no one can tell you honestly that...
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    Need advice on my chukar hatching eggs

    I purchased mine from Amazon after careful consideration of the highest rated LED candlers.
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    I am wondering how to treat thi problem with my ducks

    Were they raised on wire or newspaper when they first hatched?
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    Need advice on my chukar hatching eggs

    Candlers vary greatly in ability. I was able to find an LED candler that allowed me to successfully candle both quail and dark Marans eggs.
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    Disappointed With Metzer Farms

    Did you contact the hatchery to report your issues and get their input?
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    Chicken-safe shrubs or flowering bushes inside run?

    For the grazing boxes I would use something with larger holes than hardware cloth, maybe 1" x 2" ? Hardware cloth or possibly rabbit fencing around the plantings until they are very well established, probably at least two years unless you are transplanting in older mature specimens. I used to...
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    Broody hen

    Did you remove the nest boxes or block them off? How did you try to break her broodiness? There might be things that could be tried but we'd need to know what has been tried without success first.
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    How often does a duck stay with mom like the geese do?

    Drakes in the mallard ducks don't usually participate in rearing the ducklings. Muscovy drakes sometimes behave more like ganders but not always.
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    Fostering baby duckling - need advice

    All other considerations aside you need to be aware that if you raise a single duckling you are likely to end up with a human imprinted duck. She/he will never be suitable to return to the wild. Be careful not to feed waterfowl any medicated feed. The waterer must be large/deep enough for your...
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    Sick goose

    Is there any possibility that your goose could have eaten something that he shouldn't have?
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    Not New just returned.

    Welcome back. Quail are awesome. We started with them after tasting some pickled eggs at a holiday meal. Their eggs are great for baking (just need to crack a few more). Our grandchildren have enjoyed making crafts and ornaments with the eggs as well as dying them for Easter. We feed only a...
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    Three 4 week old Serama chicks....(Quakertown, PA)

    They are beautiful, I wish it you were closer. Hope you find them a great home soon.
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    What to do with a rooster that I can not keep?

    He's a handsome guy, I hope you find him a great New home. Unfortunately it's a bit out of my range, I'm in Pennsylvania.
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    broody duck

    I've had them taken from under every manner of bloody including turkeys. Snakes are especially good at robbing the nests of brooding birds. But we've also caught crows, rats and raccoons in the act.
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    Seed Swap!

    Are you still looking for horse radish?
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    Seed Swap!

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    broody duck

    If you're not finding the eggs somewhere around the nest I'd say it's likely that a predator is helping themselves to your duck eggs.
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    Ducklings,

    I don't know of a way to tell gender until their voices change around week five.
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    After we finish some enclosure updates (no more unsupervised free ranging) I plan to drag out...

    After we finish some enclosure updates (no more unsupervised free ranging) I plan to drag out the 'bators and clean off two years of dust.
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    I don’t know what to do at this point!

    The only way I can successfully candle quail eggs is with an LED candler I bought. I wish I'd found it years ago. I wouldn't worry since that won't help your potential hatchlings or your blood pressure. I will add, in my experience the biggest problems with success in hatching quail are humidity...
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