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  1. DuckRunner

    MALLARD THREAD...not rouens, Mallards!

    Odds are it's a drake. You'll know in the next few weeks. If it starts molting, especially around the chest you got a drake. Being quiet doesn't ALWAYS mean it's a drake, but hens generally do make a good loud quack. If it's more of a pleat sound or a quiet whistle, again signs are drake.
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    1 week old chick sneezing

    I've got a week old chick that is sneezing quite a bit. Every few minutes or so he'll have a little wet sneeze. I checked and there's nothing blocking his nostrils or anything.. He's very active and happy, but the sneezing has me a little concerned he may be sick. Anything in particular I should...
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    MALLARD THREAD...not rouens, Mallards!

    I've got two dogs that got along great with the other birds, but the one hen I have left is VERY feisty. My CHESAPEAKE RETRIEVER won't go near her and a couple days ago my Australian Shepard got too close to my hens feed. Never seen a duck chase a dog before that. The chicken was especially fond...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Rebuilding my duck coop... Still got a good ways, gotta get the rest of the wire hung and make the door/ramp, but this is the gist of it Of course I gotta make it homey... This is what happens when it's too hot to keep pounding nails and you find how nice the shade inside the coop feels.
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    MALLARD THREAD...not rouens, Mallards!

    I had the same deal on Sunday morning when I woke up, except my Swedish, one of my mallard hens and my chicken were gone. Only found what was left of the Swedish since he didn't fit under the fence like the other two I'm guessing.. Down to one very lonely little mallard hen now :( I've been...
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    duck names

    Officially this is Lenny, but she responds to Baby Girl more than Lenny. I think she realizes Lenny is not a girls name..
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    Cayuga started laying have a few ???

    Duck eggs can take longer to hatch than chicken eggs do. Give it another week, before you start to worry about the first egg. I've heard up to 28 days to incubate and hatch. Shouldn't be too much longer before you have a couple little ones waddling around.
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    Haven't cried like this since Old Yeller died

    Got a start on my (hopefully) predator resistant coop. Here in south central Montana we've got coyotes, coons, possum, skunk, snakes, birds... just about anything that could kill my last duck is here and I know the raccoons know there's one bird left here. They've been cleaning my traps clean...
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    Haven't cried like this since Old Yeller died

    Where I live, if they get caught once it's usually with a bullet. Pretty big farm/ranch area with very few raccoon sympathizers if any.
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    Haven't cried like this since Old Yeller died

    Woke up this morning to hear one lonely mallard hen quacking away in my yard. Went out there and she was out of the coop all alone. Something got in my coop and got everything except one duckling. I've got my live traps set with tanned rabbit hides and canned ham and tuna in them hoping to catch...
  11. DuckRunner

    Pecking order

    So, I got 2 ducks from a lady at work a couple months ago, they were fairly big when I got them maybe a month-month and a half and have spent most of their time living in the coop and my back yard. A couple weeks later I got a new born duckling from work (was supposed to get two but the other...
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    One big fluffy, feathery and overall odd family..

    Thanks for the warm welcome! Sunflower, I keep the two bigger ducks outside in the coop, they roam around the yard while I'm at work so they're not all penned up all day without the freedom of swimming around in the pool and visiting the neighbors.. They usually just waddle around the yard but...
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    One big fluffy, feathery and overall odd family..

    Hey guys, new here. Figured I'd say hello and show off the children before I start creeping around the website. I've got 3 ducks, 2 dogs and a chicken who can't decide whether it's a duck or a dog. The hen in the back is Sharleen, the drake next to the hose is Earl, Bob is the species confused...
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