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  1. Prince77

    Tricking Mama Turkey

    I have a chocolate hen turkey that has been laying for about a month now and she’s been making a nest with her eggs covering and sitting on them. I intend on getting more poults here in May from the same person I got her. If I sneak the poults in to her nest will she know they aren’t hers? She...
    • Prince77
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    • chocolate nest poults
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    • Forum: Turkeys
  2. T

    How to handle nests?

    I’m not really sure what my question is here. We have 5 female ducks. They refuse to use their shelter and lay their eggs wherever they please. They just started laying again after a break this winter and we currently have 2 nests in a wooded area of their run. I don’t ever see them lay on the...
  3. TurGoosen

    Goose nest help

    Guys I’m back again with questions about Cheese and her weird nesting habits. So she currently is sitting on her nest at night and in the early mornings and afternoons and is off during midday when it’s the hottest. However I went out tonight and noticed she wasn’t sitting fully on all of the...
    • TurGoosen
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    • eggs goose goose nesting hatching nest nesting behavior
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Geese
  4. TheGardeningButler

    My Asian ladies had a surprise for me!

    I am thrilled to announce that one of my girls (all light brahmas) laid their first egg today! Looks like nest going in tomorrow first thing!
  5. Gategitter

    5Gal Nest from the outside

    So I’m trying to save space in a new coop that will only be 4’ wide. Wondered about cutting a hole inside and put the buckets through from the inside out. Bracing the bucket on the outside so it won’t pull/droop. Like a nest box built on the side but buckets instead of boxes...
  6. V

    New laying hen staying in run/coop

    I currently have only one out of 16 hens laying. However, a couple days up to laying to now laying for two days, this hen has been sticking to the coop/run area vs free ranging with the rest of the flock. The run and coop part does normally stay open so the chickens can come and go as they...
  7. L

    When do geese give up?

    For context I asked for two girl goslings so I didn’t have an issue with breeding but it is what it is and I love my goose and gander as they are. My geese have grown up and are getting it on. They’ve built a nest and are laying eggs in it, so I’ve been swapping their eggs out with infertile...
    • Lila123
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    • breeding brooding eggs geese goose nest pilgrim predator
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Geese
  8. Pearlescent

    Broody Turkey hen questions

    I have a broody Turkey who has eggs due to hatch any day now, she’s been sitting for 21+ days, the eggs are hers, and I gave them to her at roughly 5-7 days into incubation. One has internally pipped yesterday, but no pip yet. She’s been a great broody, but I have my worries about her still...
    • Pearlescent
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    • broody broody behavior nest nesting behavior turkey turkey hen
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Turkeys
  9. SwimingWithTheGeese

    Broody goose with infertile eggs

    Hello all! I have a darling female Toulouse goose, Bella, Bella has been broody for a very long time, I think about a month and a half or more, unfortunately our gander died of old age so her eggs are infertile, I’m worried she might start getting depressed if her eggs don’t hatch, but after a...
  10. Thewaddleducks

    Please Help with my pekin ducks. Natural incubation.

    I have two Pekin ducks, a male and a female Karen and Jaylen Waddles. this is her second attempt at sitting on a clutch. The first attempt was unfortunately destroyed and eaten by some field rats that are no longer in the picture. She is currently on roughly day, 28/29. She was sitting on the...
    • Thewaddleducks
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    • duck ducklings and chicks first time natural hatching nest pekin
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. Y

    Spice other than Nest and Rest

    I have 4x8 and nest box is inside so 4x7 I made roost of two 48” 2x4 with thin wall on nest side and another on side to go out to run, it seems sorta to big and like only a lane to get to nest or roost and not much other room Think 7 chickens I guess question is, do the need much room other...
  12. PrettyBirdRocky

    Our flock and their eggs, Black Australorp laying first

    Our Black Australorp have started laying whoohoo! We have 5 'original' girls, two of which started laying recently. They were 18 weeks July 14(ish), so 20 weeks tmrw. Our first one was Warden, funky comb and curved foot, blue tag. She's laid in the Infirmary (nesting boxes) since day one, yay! 7...
  13. AngelinaThePekin8

    Broody hatched ducklings need some pointers on the sooner side

    My 4 year old khaki Campbell hen went (this is her very first time broody) broody and her eggs hatched today some of the ducklings don't seem to energetic right now and its making me a bit worried, their all staying with their mom on the nest she's still sitting on some eggs which I don't think...
  14. Koko Acres

    Black Swedish Broodiness

    Hi, We are relatively new to keeping ducks and have acquired a few different breeds that are not laying/mating age yet. We do have a trio of mature Black Swedish in a separate paddock. The two Black Swedish ladies are laying eggs in a nest and they are fertile. My husband and I are hoping they...
    • Koko Acres
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    • broody incubator naturally hatch nest
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. M

    Do I let Bella nest outside her coop?

    Hi lovely people - I'm torn. My white campbell Bella produces an egg every day. She has made huge nests in her coop but never sat on them (20 eggs). Twice recently a crow got to her eggs and took all of them (we used to leave the big coop door open all day but now close it daily to keep out the...
    • Mashie
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    • duck fox nest
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Launchpad

    Broody duck not laying

    I've found a few threads similar but not on the specific issue. Roz, a 1 year old female Silver Appleyard, has recently become broody. She hangs out with/ nests with 2 cayuga. One male one female. Never had any issues. Both females share a nest for egg laying and have for months. Recently, Roz...
    • Launchpad
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    • broody duck duck duck egg egg binding egg bound duck nest
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. thoeffel1994

    Have any of you ever had khaki Campbell x Muscovy crosses? How common is it? What did they look like?

    How common is it for Muscovies and Mallard-derived breeds to cross? Is it less likely to happen if there is a muscovy drake around? I did not separate my muscovy duck from the khaki Campbell drake, I don't think the drake would have bred her because for whatever reason the Muscovies sort of...
    • thoeffel1994
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    • campbell duck ducklings egg hybrid incubate khaki muscovy nest
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. Tyrovive

    Photo of my mob

    Elvis, the odd guy out, looking at Doris and Frank on nest. Of course I wasn’t in time for the recent contest😒
  19. A

    Is my duck going broody again or is she just wanting to breed?

    I was cleaning out the coop today while the ducks were hanging out outside and one of my hens kept making this noise and she wanted back in the coop for some reason. She’s been broody before, but idk if she’s broody again or if she just wants to breed. She insisted on making her nest in this...
  20. DustyDivas

    Fancy new ladder for the chickens and saving plastic from landfill

    So I recently picked up a broken plastic child's slide (one of those little toy thick plastic sets). I saw it online for free locally, and I couldn't resist. Once I got it home, I broke it apart and started to fit it to my chickens external nest box. They were not so sure at first, but soon got...
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