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    Borrowing a Welsh Harlequin drake?

    Can someone weigh in about whether this idea is a reasonable one and how they would go about making it happen? The situation: I have three female Welsh Harlequins who will turn 4 at the beginning of April. They haven't been laying much since mid-summer and I wonder if they are slowing down...
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    How cute is this duck? (Wish I lived within driving distance of Union, MO!)

    Isn't this duck just the cutest? Unfortunately I live in New England or I'd be driving to go get her from the shelter. Maybe someone on here lives in MO and wants an adorable female Welsh Harlequin? (Saw the new listing on Petfinder yesterday.)
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    My favorite cold weather duck-tending tool

    Thought I'd mention my favorite cold weather duck tending tool, in case it's helpful for others out there in below freezing temperatures. It's this pair of waterproof lined gloves: They're actually an offensive bright orange, not brown as shown, but they are saaaaaving me this winter. (I used...
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    Do you think either of these toys would be fun for ducks?

    I've been thinking about toys that my girls might enjoy. They like their yellow Lixit chicken ball full of dried mealworms. I got them a snuffle mat, but it seemed to be too easy to count as a toy - more just a mat with mealworms on it (they're used to picking treats out of wood shavings and...
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    Oh, the indignity of buying eggs at the store

    Today I broke down and bought a half-dozen eggs at the grocery store. My last laying female stopped laying about ten days ago and started molting with a vengeance. Does anyone know when the others (who started molting at the beginning of December and seemed to be done by mid-January) might...
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