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  1. Carladuckie

    Moma duck not taking care of her own babies

    I'm hoping for the best but I know that nature usually has a way of taking care of things. I'm thinking that maybe because the other duck had so many ducklings that they think there are too many to take care of???
  2. Carladuckie

    Moma duck not taking care of her own babies

    I'll have to take a look and see if I can do that!
  3. Carladuckie

    Moma duck not taking care of her own babies

    Drats, I'm not really able to do that. Thanks for your advice though :)
  4. Carladuckie

    Moma duck not taking care of her own babies

    Hi, I have two mom Muscovy ducks. The one mom just had her eggs hatch and has now 16 ducklings. The other mom's eggs just started to hatch and has now three in her nest box. She seems very disinterested in her own ducklings and is more attentive to the other mom's babies. I am worried that...
  5. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    I really like the idea of just using supplemental lighting. I think I will set the timer to turn on in the am for a couple of hours too! Thanks everyone for all your super helpful suggestions!! Really super wonderful site!!
  6. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    We have had bobcats in the area before. My ex neighbor lost a few to one! It didn't help that he didn't have a roof on his coop! Easy pickings. We close the coop up each night just in case! We found out the hard way about the ravens when one of our ducks was sitting on her eggs. The one time...
  7. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Hi, I've started bringing them out oatmeal with raisins to encourage them to go in and keep them warm! So far we have been very lucky with predators, most likely since the dogs are out all day making sure they know to stay away!
  8. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Brrrr!! We just have had our first big snowfall and it's pretty cold today. Our Black Stars seem to be handling it ok. I'm really leaning on keeping the lights off, especially since we seem to get quite a few of power outages in our area and I would hate for them not to be acclimated to the...
  9. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Wow, so interesting!! I will continue to ponder this and most likely print this off for my hubby as he would be the one hooking everything up! For the present, I have the lights off and they seem to be settling in at night ok. We just got our first big dump of snow, so now it's all about making...
  10. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Thanks everyone for all the great advice! I'm a little confused about one thing still. One post noted to use a red light if you need because they can still sleep?? Is the red light the same as not having a light on?? Excuse my ignorance :)
  11. Carladuckie

    Chicken eye swollen, now open but all i see is red

    Poor thing :(
  12. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Interesting! I've also heard that you can put a little Vaseline on their combs to prevent frostbite. I had no trouble last year even though it was super ugly cold for forever!
  13. Carladuckie

    Help! My duck flying into walls

    Just a little quackers..lol Sorry, I couldn't resist!! I have seven ducks and a drake that live outside. I can't imagine the mess they would leave inside a house??
  14. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Ditto! they are so funny when I come home and they run up to the gate..adorable!!
  15. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    So happy to be here, thanks!
  16. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    It was the same with the ducks and I ended up with Muscovies which I adore!
  17. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    It get a little cold there too doesn't it!
  18. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Thanks, even if it goes to -15 celcius?
  19. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Also though, I agree with letting them have down time!
  20. Carladuckie

    To light the coop at night or not??

    Hi, I have been using a red light and it is very safely put up and away. I guess we will have to see how cold this winter gets. It has just started snowing today!
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