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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

I have two muscovy ducks. The female laid her first egg last Friday. She chose one of the holes she made on the ground as her nest. Last morning and earlier this morning, however, she laid another 2 eggs in the duck house, which means she has two different nests in two different locations. I'm...

How far along would you say these babies are? I'm thinking 20-22 days? I'm sorry, they're terrible pictures. 😬

So I found a nest of eggs hidden in our coop a couple weeks ago and the temperature here is hot enough to where they were incubating the whole time. They’re in an actual store bought incubator now, but all of the eggs are on different days of development. I also don’t know exactly what day they...

Ok, so I have a beautiful African goose named Nakira. She has been dutifully sitting on a clutch of 13 for about 33 days. At around day 21 a rouge chicken egg hatched and i found the poor chick dead in the nest. Then, about a week ago we had a rotten egg explosion. I cleaned up as best i...

My khaki went broody yesterday and has been whole heartedly tending to her nest of eggs. However, we woke up this morning to two fresh inches of snow... in mid April (and we’ve had several colder nights before she started sitting on the eggs). Are the eggs under her still alive and well or is...

I have not been able to find answers I am looking for in the search so I'll try posting. I am currently planning a new coop/run build and getting chicks for the first time. I wanted to build a brooder in the coop with the adults to keep everything in one area. I would have the chicks completely...

I have some bantam chickens (Delawares & Barred Rocks) that are just about a year old. They started laying last year at the end of the summer & I was getting about half a dozen a day! During this winter I was getting one a day. A few weeks ago I found a "secret nest" where some of the girls...

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