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    Day 21 is the longest day of my life 🤣

    Guys. It’s day 21 with chicken eggs. When candled on day 18 there was movement I could see clearly at least in one. Some of these shells are darker so hard to see. They’ve been on lock down after that. Not a lot of movement....anxious mom here 🤣. I’m just staring at them now haha!
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    Thinking of getting pheasants.

    Hello! I’m looking into getting pheasants. In the past we’ve raised ducks or chickens. I would like to start with just three. My neighbor and I would be splitting an order so three would be my share. I have a 5x10 dog run that ive converted for ducks that I was going to modify for three...
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    Wild duck eggs that needed help. Now scared ha!

    POSTING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS NOT ON THIS WEBSITE! Ok so this is kind of weird and might need deleted but I’m posting Incase because now I feel bad. Friend calls me that her dog attacked a duck that had made a nest right Outside her door on porch. Some eggs were smashed. (She didn’t...
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    Virginia 2 Free female ducks. Ancona and welsh harlequin

    These two beautiful girls were hand raised. They followed their best friend and leader around everywhere. It’s been a few months since we lost the head of their flock and I think they would be happier with a bigger group. They def felt more comfortable when there were more of them. They are...
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    Found fertilized duck eggs. Now what?!

    I only have one female Pekin duck outside. The rest are inside ducklings I’m raising to give her friends. Today I sound two fully fertilized duck eggs burried in our back yard dirt. I took them to tractor supply to make sure I’m not crazy. Def fertilized. It was cold last night and she wasn’t...
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    duckling with possible niacin deficiency getting worse

    hello i have an ancona duckling i received from cackle hatchery this past tuesday. since then I've noticed her feet are turning inward. now she's tripping over her own feet bc they are overlapping. she's falling over. its awful. i had her on save a chick when she got here but since her symptoms...
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    duckling with possible niacin deficiency getting worse

    hello i have an ancona duckling i received from cackle hatchery this past tuesday. since then I've noticed her feet are turning inward. now she's tripping over her own feet bc they are overlapping. she's falling over. its awful. i had her on save a chick when she got here but since her symptoms...
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    self sustaining duck pond with ghost shrimp?

    ok so now that i have four new ducklings and one grown pekin i need to rethink my duck pond situation. the baby pool won't cut it now. i can't really run electricity for a filter down to where i would need my pond. thats not an option for us so steering clear from those type of ideas. our...
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    MY DUCKLINGS ARE HERE!

    Ok so I ordered three female ducklings. I have one lonely adult Pekin so four seemed like a lot in my mind but worth it to get all female. Omg they sent me AN EXTRA duckling ha! Anyways here they are! Two black Swedish (second is the extra) One welsh harlequin One Ancona They are doing well so...
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    Make my ducklings love me

    Okay so I’m unbelievably excited for my three female ducklings from cackle hatchery to get here! :weeThey come this week. Ancona, welsh H, black Swedish. And I already have a female Pekin. So I raise them as pets. I want them to like me!! My Pekin likes me well enough but I’m looking for new...
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    What duck food to use!!

    Ok so I’ve always fed dumor layer pellets. The girls who sold me my ducks recommended. Now I’m hearing that’s awful to fed them? I’m in some group who recommended this mizuri or something brand. It’s SO expensive. Can I stick with the dumor and just buy some nutritional yeast to nitacin? I give...
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    Adding three ducklings

    ordering three ducklings. That’s the minimum to order. My Pekin needs friends. I would like a mixed flock. Ordering from cacklery and wondering what to get as far as pets! (Getting all females) I def want a welsh harlequin What other two breeds Do you all recommend? I was thinking Ancona and...
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    VIRGINIA-need someone to order chicks/ducklings for minimum

    hi i hope I'm posting this right I'm not sure how to put this under my states thread. i want a female welsh harlequin duckling to raise as a companion to my duck who lost her companion. I dont need anymore birds tho and would need more to fulfill minimum requirement for shipping. my local...
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    Wild muscovies lurking my female pekin

    this morning two wild make female muscovies found our back yard female Pekin and are now acting as if they are “hunting her” she goes back and forth between wanting to follow them and being terrified. I don’t want them hurting her she’s so much tinier than the male. What do I do?!
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    When to buy duckling

    hi! Hope im posting in the right place. I’m looking to purchase one single duckling to raise as a companion to my sweet female Pekin. We lost her companion a bit ago but we are needing a duckling so we can raise it in a similar way to her. (We raise them as pets and spend lots of time with...
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    Hi I’m CC and I’m here for duck advice!

    my family adopted two Pekin ducklings in March of this year. We aren’t farm owners but we have a pretty big back yard and they have become our pets. We love them so much I had no idea the joy they would bring us! Unfortunately Tinsey- our wild goofball- was attacked by a predator and didn’t...
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