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  1. traceyj

    Welsh harlequin Gender?

    Only females can Quack males make a peep peep for at least two weeks longer and then say Blaart in a raspy voice If she quacks she is female
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    quail cage in chicken coop

    I keep my quail in with my chickens, never had a problem but I only buy from trusted friends and I (and they) have closed stock so less chance of infection taking hold. My rooster and my quail rooster have crow-offs, it's funny as hell
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    I have no idea what I am doing

    Lucky is going to need some friends with that huge space. I just got an old camper for my ducks to live in
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    New to ducks, lings keep dying!

    5 weeks, it's staying around 20 at night, well within reason for ducklings of this age, and again they have had a foster mum to keep them warm too, they all snuggle up
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    New to ducks, lings keep dying!

    Will look those up, thank you
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    New to ducks, lings keep dying!

    Hmm. Wouldn't the other birds also get it? I have chickens and they die if you look at them funny so just the ducklings dying seems odd for a virus. Also this has been the best year for no mosquitos I've ever had at the farm, hornets everywhere but hardly any mozzies
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    New Duck Owner

    yes whenever people ask me the horse sized duck or 50 duck sized horses question I go with duck sized horses, a giant duck would be terrifying. And we aren't trying to put you off, ducks are amazing and some people even keep them indoors But eyes open is a good way to go into duck keeping
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    New to ducks, lings keep dying!

    Thank you I keep them outside off heat because it's warm here 25+ The older duck has nothing wrong with her other than a badly broken badly set leg, but if you think she should be separate then I can do that they just seem so sad the two of them alone and bored. I change their bedding daily and...
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    New to ducks, lings keep dying!

    The chickens are nearby but not touching
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    New to ducks, lings keep dying!

    Hmm, thanks. I thought it was just cedar that was toxic, I've used pine shavings for my chickens for years with no issues, it's a low dust one. I can't do straw or hay because it doesn't decompose here, and I can't compost because I live in a forest so bears come every time I try But I will...
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    New Duck Owner

    Everything danielleinuro just said! Ducks don't poop, that's not an adequate description for the rocket ship force half fart half s*** they randomly explode with at regular intervals. We call it sharting and they will wall paper any enclosure with it daily! They also cannot bear clean water...
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    New to ducks, lings keep dying!

    I've had chickens for three years and just bought ducks but I keep losing the two or three week old ducklings. I have two wh drake, and six wh hens, I bought 8, two week old ducklings from the classifieds and three were boys three died and I ended up with two more hens. (Who are now feathered...
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    I have no idea what I am doing

    Page 42, seriously! Oh my poor heart! Congratulations on the safe arrival of your first addiction. I mean duckling
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    Chickens begat ducks begat quail. Featherbrain!

    Chickens begat ducks begat quail. Featherbrain!
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    1st time hatching welsh harlequin duck eggs, need advice plz

    I know this is an old thread but I'm just about to incubate some of my welsh eggs (I have adults and teens but no ducklings yet) I've got three eggs under a broody chicken but my shiny new incubator is about to get christened!! Wanted to point out it's very hard to find duck hatching info...
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    help! losing a hen a day,

    It cleared up with penicillin and local vet and the Internet insist it can't have been mg. vet wants a cadaver to test to be sure but I'm not killing a healthy chicken. I've treated the baby chicks because it might have been them that bought it into the house. Although they had no symptoms...
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    "DRY INCUBATION"

    Know this an old thread but I've just started my first home incubator dry hatch. Will keep you updated how I go.
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    help! losing a hen a day,

    Update. Thank you all for your posts. I've treated with antibiotic and they are all well again. It responded to penicillin which mg does not so I can rules that out. I have 9 healthy happy chickens now and they are even starting to pay again. Although I'm throwing out their eggs for another week
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    help! losing a hen a day,

    Ok, thanks all for the information. We don't have chicken vet in town but ill call the ministry tomorrow for advice on testing if I lose any more. Have a long list now of possible treatment options and will try and find that here in town. Assuming I can't vaccinate them against it as I not sure...
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    help! losing a hen a day,

    thank you will try and get some tomorrow everythings closed now. so the ones who have recovered should be ok?
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