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    returning baby ducks to mama

    my runner hen hatched out 14 babies as they hatched I collected them since she was having trouble keeping track of them and it was not a secure area my ducks free range and have a large pond so once the babies got away from the nest they were bait for several predators. I'm constructing a...
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    free range baby ducks

    can anybody advise on returning baby ducks to mama after hatch collection
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    free range baby ducks

    Quackers need your advice, my runner hen is working on a 100 percent hatch rate with 2 eggs remaining. what I did was removed the babies 14 so far to a brooder bin in the house but would like to return them to a outside brooder pen with mom. I have built a secure environment next to where she...
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    new babies what should i do

    runner momma has successfully hatched 2 babies out of sixteen and working on the rest. she has nested in the chicken house and I'm concerned for the safety of the babies because of snakes. should I bring the babies to a brooder in the house. she is being a great mother but is in lockdown in the...
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    free range baby ducks

    thanks quackers They have a house on the pond edge and floating dock in the middle of the pond although the darn Canadian goose hogs it. I have always kept my babies (bought and brought home) in the house till the fluff is gone and then move them to a heated detached garage and then moved to a...
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    free range baby ducks

    can free range baby ducks survive if with thier mother and have access to a large 1 acre pond? i have had no predator problems. I have always raised my ducks indoors for a few weeks then move them to a pen outside until feathered out and then they are free to enjoy the pond. however I have a...
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    increasing flock size

    thanks for the information... Nope they aren't related and I won't be keeping any males I just want to give the 2 girls some respite from him and I have heard that 1 male can handle up to 10 females. Figured I would use my own eggs and raise them like I did him...got the girls so he would leave...
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    Bumblefoot.

    Hi, I'm new to the forum but I have a duck mating question...oh that sound funny was wondering "I want to increase my flock size..currently have 2 cayuga hens and 1 pekin drake...if I incubate thier eggs and keep the hens will breeding with thier "father" be a issue in the future... quackandclucks
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    increasing flock size

    :(Hi, New to the forum..last couple months..have 4 hens RR mixes and 1 pekin drake and 2 cayuga females, I would like to increase my females by using my own eggs....does this matter that the drake would be the ducklings "father" when it comes time for them to breed in the future. Any insight...
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    newbie

    Thanks, I thought it was something like that, it could be the space issue too, thier house was a quick setup since they started roosting on a set of old windows leaned up against the hay shed instead of using the house I had biult for them, so rather then move them I built a coop so to speak...
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    Virginia

    On the coast
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    newbie

    Hi all, Have checked in on this forum previously but just now joining. Have 4 hens and 3 ducks. My hens are Rhode Island red crosses and the ducks are a pekin drake and 2 cayuga hens. The pekin drake and a 2nd drake whom we recently lost were both riased with the chicken hens. The cayugas came...
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