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    Profams Byc Page

    We are proud parents of two wonderful children ages 10 and 6 an Australian Shepherd 4 Years old named Koda and 4 ducklings - Raven (Cayuga), Sunshine (pekin), Reeses, (Rouen), and Bacon (Muscovy) they are about 5 weeks in this picture. This is their big pool! They loved it. This is a pic of...
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    smelly dirt

    Great to hear that you are composting it makes sense!! Anyone have any advice for my other questions DH is anxious to get the coop back to smell free zone.
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    smelly dirt

    OK - we have had our ducks since May and boy they do grow fast. My DH built a wonderful coop and have an enclosed pen we read through alot of the posts and decided on the pine shavings inside the coop, but made the mistake of putting sod down for the pen. It was gone along with all the plants I...
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    Safe plants for Ducks

    I looked this up and found they like the following: Common cat-tail Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail). This typical marsh perennial can form dense stands. Its aggressive growth will need some manaagement. Yellow fruit Sedge Carex annectens (yellowfruit sedge) Broomsedge Bluestem Andropogon...
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    Any RVers on here? Tips, Rigs, Where have you been?

    We love to RV and love the outdoors. We own a Jayco Kiwi 18' TT, we live in IL and have been to Kankakee State Park, IL, Indiana Dunes, South Dakota, Starved Rock state park in UTICA IL, Shabbona State Park, IL, and many more. We would love to hear your RV tips, where you have been and what...
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    Duck Egg Questions For Newbie

    That is the answer I was looking for! Thanks I didn't know that if she didn't sit on the eggs they wouldn't become little ducklings I just pictured all these eggs turning into ducklings and it made me quite nervous. I am totally ignorant to the whole egg thing. But, thank you for the great...
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    Duck Egg Questions For Newbie

    We have 4 ducklings 5-6 weeks in age we are building a coop - Here are my questions: Do we need to make a nesting box for them to lay eggs in we didn't put that in the plans for our coop? We don't know the sex of our ducks yet if they are all girls great we will have no problems but if...
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    New Ducklings Not Allowed in Our Neighborhood

    Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you - after a very stressful day of finding out the laws I decided to take the honest Abe route and asked my husband to approach our not so friendly neighbors and let them decide the fate of our ducklings. We told her that we obtained them and wanted to...
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    New Ducklings Not Allowed in Our Neighborhood

    My husband bought us 4 ducklings 1 Muscovy, 1 Pekin, 1 Rouen, and 1 Cayuga we have had them about 2 weeks in our house we are building a coop and pen but decided to look into the city codes. My husband called the village and apparently we are not allowed to have fowl in our neighborhood. Our...
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    Vacation in the summer for two weeks? Who will watch my chickens?

    I have 4 Ducklings - 4-5 weeks old we are only going away for a few days in a month will they require full attention or is a visit once a day to check on them ok? Or are they ok on their own for a few days? Also when they become adults if we go away over the weekend will they be ok on their...
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    4 Ducklings Vacation Question - NEW

    We have recently adopted 4 ducklings living in the Midwest They are a little over 4 weeks old and it is currently May 6th we have a camping trip scheduled June 14th and I am wondering with Pen created water and food will they be ok left a lone for a few days? Will they need someone with them...
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