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My neighbor gave me 8 Muscovy eggs that were under a broody duck, not sure how long she'd been setting on them; it seemed they were at day 12-14. At this point, several of them look like they may be close to lockdown. In the meantime, another neighbor gave me 4 newly-laid call duck eggs which...

I am trying to hatch out Muscovy eggs for the first time and have borrowed an incubator. It has an auto-turner that is working however, most of the information I've found says I still need to turn them manually about 3 times a day, even with the auto-turner. I took this to mean that I should...

This is going to be a bit long-winded, so let me apologize for that before we begin. I DO have a question, but there's a bit of a back story that I think is important....... Last summer my neighbor from across the road gave me 6 young Muscovy ducklings; fully feathered, but not yet flying. I...

I want to get 6 Muscovy ducks and don't know how big their house should be. They will be free ranging during the day and have access to our pond. I plan to house them only at night for the most part but, in upstate NY, they may want to stay inside on some of the colder winter days. Is a 4'x6'...

I have been keeping chickens for a couple of years now and am interested in getting some ducks. My primary interest in ducks is to forage for bugs. We have an organic market garden a that's about an acre in size and would love for them to eat some of the pests, along with the ticks we have in...

I have been raising chickens for a few years now but am interested in getting some ducklings next spring. We have 4 acres and a pond, so there's no issue with crowding. I have some particular characteristics I'm looking for and am interested to hear people's thoughts. First and foremost, we...

Does anyone have experience getting a broody hen to accept older chicks? I wanted to add a few babies (4-6) and have a Buff Orpington in full-on broody mode, but the only chicks I can get locally, in the breeds I want, are two weeks old already. I'm worried they'll be too big for her to...

So here's a question for you experienced folks: I have a couple of Buff Orpington hens who have gone broody on me. I don't want to let them hatch their own eggs because my rooster is a Partridge Cochin, and I don't want mixed breed chickens...and no more roosters! I WOULD, however, like to...

I got my very first chicks ever just last summer. I have 15 hens and 1 rooster who all hatched early last July (5 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Black Austrolorps, 5 Columbian Wyandotts and the roo's a Partridge Cochin). We got our first egg on Christmas Eve and they've all started producing since then...

Sorry, I know there are a lot of threads on here about PDZ and/or sand in the coop, but I've spent a lot of time looking and can't find an answer to my question. SO, here goes: If you use one and/or the other, how do you use it? PDZ alone, or mixed with sand? If mixed with sand, what's the...

I have 16 2 week old babies and we want to begin building their hen house so it's ready when they are. I originally only wanted about 8 hens, but as you all know, that pesky "minimum order of 15" coupled with the irresistible "mystery chick" = 16 babies! So, I will probably re-home some of my...

THE GIRLS ARE HERE!!!! Last week, I was getting a bit worried. Our new babies had been ordered and would be arriving soon, and I still had no idea how I was going to set up their brooder. I needed something that would be temporary, would be large enough to house them until they could go...

Hi! I am brand-new to raising chickens...in fact, my babies haven't even arrived yet! I ordered them, but gave myself a few weeks' lead time to get ready for them and hopefully, learn enough about them that I won't make a complete mess of things! I have 16 (!) newly hatched chicks ordered...