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    Sneaking baby chicks under broody hen

    I didn't hatch the chick myself. It was the only one left of 3 chicks a feral chicken brought into my yard. The mother had abandoned them and I could only catch one before it got too cold and wet for them. The "re-hatching" idea was terrible, it was early this morning when I wrote it and I...
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    Sneaking baby chicks under broody hen

    This questions is along the same lines as gracilove's, except my question has to do with feral chickens. One of the many feral chickens in our neighborhood came into my yard with 3 very new chicks yesterday. Early evening they were all separated from the mom and each other. I could not see...
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    Muscovy duck

    thank you for replying. I think the Drake is just trying to prove that he is the boss. He tries to corner one at a time and pulls a few feathers out. But the boys are getting bigger and might just turn on him one day. They are getting their caruncles already also. Do you know when they...
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    Muscovy duck

    I have three ducklings about 3 months old and I am pretty sure they are drakes. They are huge - larger than the mommies and a little smaller than the daddy. Is this normal for 3 months old to be that big? All three have thick legs but they are all still peeping like babies, their tail...
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    Broody hen raising ducklings

    I have a young hen who went broody (first time sitting) and was sitting every day on the clutch of eggs in a specific nest. One week when I found warm eggs from my Muscovy's I put them under her, and found two more the next week. So she sat happily on 4 Muscovy eggs. One wasn't viable, but...
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    what does a "pipped egg" mean?

    I had 3 Muscovy eggs that a chicken was sitting on, she was broody, but the Muscovy hens were not. One hatched a few days ago - that egg was laid a week before the other two. I found the hen walking around the coop with the duckling and the other two eggs were cool. I brought them in the...
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    Broody Hen, no eggs

    I have a very broody Hen, she is laying on my fake egg and won't get off. I don't have a rooster to mate with the hens, but I do have Muscovy ducks, the male is mating often with the females and we get an egg every few days. However, I don't find them right away, Muscovy hens not broody at...
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    Can Muscovy Drakes injure a hen when mating?

    We don't have many predators here in Hawaii, but they are fenced in right by our dogs. I can't see how the dogs could have gotten a hold of her but she might have been sitting too close to the fence. The fence is very strong and there are not any openings large enough for their muzzles to get...
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    Can Muscovy Drakes injure a hen when mating?

    We've only had these ducks for a few months. The hens just started laying eggs. They are all pretty young. So that is why I asked if this is something that can happen.
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    Can Muscovy Drakes injure a hen when mating?

    I have her in a box in the garage so she can ke
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    Can Muscovy Drakes injure a hen when mating?

    I went out to feed my Muscovy ducks and one of the females didn't move. I thought she might be egg bound and walked up to her, she tried to get away and that is when I saw the injury on her back - just at her tail. I picked her up and put her in a sink full of water, I could tell she wasn't...
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    Muscovy Duck Care

    Living in Hawaii, the weather is generally very mild, there really are no predators for them except for dogs that might be out and about - no wild packs or anything like that. The ducks live in a fenced in yard, have shelter from the elements, they just choose not to go into the little nesting...
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    Muscovy Duck Care

    I found a male Muscovy wondering around our neighborhood. I could tell he had been attacked - no tail feathers, one wing was damaged and he seemed very disorientated. I put him in with my chickens and he did well until he became an adult and very amorous. We had to kick him out, but we found...
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    Review by 'Noelani' in article 'Keeping Muscovy Ducks'

    I found a male Muscovy wondering around our neighborhood. I could tell he had been attacked - no tail feathers, one wing was damaged and he seemed very disorientated. I put him in with my chickens and he did well until he became an adult and very amorous. We had to kick him out, but we found...
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    Strange situation

    I want to thank you all for your helpful suggestions. I will try to sit with them more and see what happens. Also, thank you for the suggestion for adding my location. I don't worry about having to add heat to the coop, but it does get pretty chilly here during the winter.
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    Strange situation

    My neighbor had a feral chicken lead her 7 chicks into her old coop. They didn't want them but she couldn't chase the mom and her chicks away. The mom found a safe place and didn't want to give it up. She was afraid her husband was going to take matters into his own hands. So she asked if I...
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    Will Silky Chickens adopt other chicks?

    This was very helpful. Being so new to chickens and getting an established flock first, then a mom and chicks, then more chicks, I was at a loss as to when and how to introduce them all.
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    Will Silky Chickens adopt other chicks?

    Thank you all so much. I don't want a disaster on my hands and lose these chicks. I will make a place for the chicks to see the other chickens, so they all can get used to each other. Right now I have 2 pens that are separated by a 2-foot tall wood barrier. There is a perch the chicks...
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    Will Silky Chickens adopt other chicks?

    We have some feral chicks but feel we need a mother hen for them to stay out in the yard. We fear to put any of our other hens with the chicks in case they don't accept the chicks, and I wouldn't know which hen to choose either. I've heard that Silkies are the more nurturing type of chickens -...
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    Comment by 'Noelani' in article 'Chicken bully/chicken victim - a two-sided issue'

    I have a feral chicken that hops around - not having use of one of her legs. Hoppy was in her own pen alongside my chickens for almost 2 months. Yesterday I decided to introduce her into the flock, but it was a mess. Mulitple bullies, 3, 4 or 5 at a time pecking at her, sitting on her so she...
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