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  1. LNGSMITH

    Question about relocating ducks...

    I am actually wondering the same thing for my ducks and chickens. However my question is more along the lines of what would be the safest way to transport my little ones to our new home. Husband and I will be moving and we are taking our little ones along, but we are more wondering what is going...
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    SWEDISH Duck Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I've got 1 female khaki Campbell, 1 female buff; and they are almost a year and yes 3 male and 3 female blue and black swedish all the same age. So at this point in time would it be better to remove 1 or two males to prevent over breeding??
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    SWEDISH Duck Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I have a mix of blue splash and black Swedish ducks (about 4 ish months old; 3 male and 3 female) just recently my fiance and i noticed that one of the blue splashed males has been charging our black male when he tries to get treats or be around the other ducks. It seems that he has been doing...
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    Duck Feet problems - Never seen anything like it - Help!

    I've used the powder and it did stop the bleeding and I got him to settle down so he isn't as active so I'm not seeing blood.. I'm just going to wait and see.. thank you !!
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    Duck Feet problems - Never seen anything like it - Help!

    I have a blue splash Swedish duckling who has a front claw that's hanging by the tip of his toe. I was holding him when he kicked his feet up and got caught on my sweatshirt and when I sat him down I noticed blood and realized he had ripped his claw out... it's still bleeding in small amounts...
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    Brooding Time

    Would anyone know if it is normal for broody chickens to sleep while sitting on eggs ?? Normally when my buff orpington has been broody before I haven't seen her sleeping but I noticed today she was asleep everytime I went to check on my flock (4 times max) I'm sure I am over reacting, but I...
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    Where do I take my ducks to get their wings clipped??

    Can this product also be used on their wings as well ??? So looking last night before putting the ducklings away for the night it's their wings that are bleeding we've had one male which is the one who was really bleeding yesterday and we've noticed a female duckling as well; her wings were...
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    Where do I take my ducks to get their wings clipped??

    So my husband and I looked when he got home a little bit ago I tried to earlier but the little one was so fussy I couldn't get him to hold still long enough for me to look under his wing. Both my husband and i looked, NOT A SINGLE SCRATCH ON HIM! Atleast it wasn't anything serious however I'm...
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    Where do I take my ducks to get their wings clipped??

    Help help!!! I have a month old blue swedish duckling who recently was getting pecked by the other duckling siblings while in their pond. To my shocking realization he was bleeding intensely. It was not his wing I've wondered if he has injured himself roaming our backyard. I've taken him in to...
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    SWEDISH Duck Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    What week would you suggest starting them on grower ?
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    SWEDISH Duck Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Could any of you give me some advice on when I can start giving my blue swedish ducklings starter feed ?? I have 4 blue and 2 black swedish ducklings and they are barely 4 weeks old :) cutest and sweetest ever
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    Chicken mama laid baby ducklings! What's next ???

    So now I'm seeing 4 of 6 baby ducklings. We still have 2 to go !!! Do you know by chance if they can still hatch passed the 28th day ??? Today is the 28th day for all 6 eggs being under our broody chicken and in an incubator...
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    Can a broody chicken hatch duck eggs?

    Could anyone of you tell me if you know if blue swedish eggs can hatch after the 28th day ???? I'm thinking I've got 4 of 6 eggs already hatched, but there may be two more still unhatched and I was wondering if they only have till the 28th day to hatch ???
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    Chicken mama laid baby ducklings! What's next ???

    Ok, from what i can see with only 2 of our eggs of 6 total hatched right now, do you suggest I take the hatched ducklings out of the nest so my chicken can lay on the unhatched eggs or should I leave the hatched ducklings in with my chicken???
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    Chicken mama laid baby ducklings! What's next ???

    I have a chicken who has just hatched baby duck eggs :) I see two of 6 eggs so far, however I'm now wondering what happens now. The nest is in our chicken coop in one of the nesting boxes and I'm trying to figure out how my chicken will feed/water the babies...
  16. LNGSMITH

    Broody hen; egg hatching experiment

    That's what we figured would be the case.... I will see what we can do about fastening the nesting box :) thank you tons for all the information! !
  17. LNGSMITH

    Broody hen; egg hatching experiment

    We have tried placing ceramic eggs in other boxes but my broody chicken keeps placing them in her nest ha...... one othere chickend has also laid an egg in the box next to hers as well but she also grabbed her egg and moved it into her box...
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    Broody hen; egg hatching experiment

    I've got a 6 month old chicken who has been laying on other chickens eggs for almost 3 weeks now. My hubby and I have actually placed one of our ducks eggs up into the nesting box to see if she would sit on it and she did for a whole day before we took it out. My husband wanted to try and see if...
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    Egg laying problems??

    At first she was laying every other day for 4 or 5 days than she laid every day. About a week and a half after that she did take a break and didn't lay for one day, the day before that though she laid 2 eggs. I haven't checked her vent yet, but I did give her a warm bath, that is our next step.
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    Egg laying problems??

    No she has been laying for about 3 weeks now, out of all my chickens she was the first to lay and she is the smallest. I gave her a tums tablet and warm bath and felt her abdomin and I could not feel an egg.. and she laid an egg on the 25th but not yesterday..
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