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I appreciate all your responses Angry Hen. Thank you! I'm not sure of the breed. I just reached out to some local folks while looking for fertile chicken eggs in hopes of helping out the broody duck and goose situation and FINALLY getting me some much wanted chickens. The chicken lady has...

Thank you! And he is out! On his own. I just kept up with the warm damp clothes and out he popped. Ugly lol little spud! Just put him back in the shoe box on the heating pad to dry. With a lamp (minus the shade) bare bulb only. In an attempt to dry him and keep him warm. The red light heat...

I am new to chickens! I have several Muskovy ducks (all female) and a Chinese goose. I've always wanted chickens so when my Goose and one of the Muskovy ducks went broody I decided to see if they could hatch me some chickens! I put the first few fertile chick eggs under the Chinese goose...

Miss Lydia. Thank you for your reply! A broom sounds like the ideal keep him off tool! I was initially considering tying a flag to a dressage whip but once he latches on that would be a rather flimsy item. Keeping a broom between the two of us sounds more solid. Since this whole duck thing...

First of all forgive me. I am new to all this. It has been our plan for quite some time now to start raising chickens here at home. I've been doing a lot of reading. Backyardchickens.com has been most informative! Ducks were to come shortly thereafter provided we had our chickens under control...