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  1. Dilapidated Dresser to Nifty Nesting Boxes!

    Dilapidated Dresser to Nifty Nesting Boxes!

    Even though my old nesting boxes that my parents built were still in acceptable shape, I needed new ones. I had recently bought several Brahmas (a very large chicken breed) and I needed something quite a bit larger and lower to the ground. Silver-laced Wyandottes in the old, cramped nesting...
  2. D

    Relocating my duck's egg to her "new" nest. Should I do it?

    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...
    • deltav
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    • breeding duck eggs duck nesting egg advice muscovey duck nest
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. TheBirdBabe

    Cookie's eggs

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

    Early Lockdown

    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...
  5. Ozarkhomesteader

    Help! Mama goose not taking care of eggs/babies day 33

    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...
    • Ozarkhomesteader
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    • broody eggs geese goose goslings hatch nest
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Geese
  6. P

    Will a broody mama duck and eggs be okay in snow?

    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...
  7. Jstaz

    Brooder in the coop?

    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...
  8. TheBirdBabe

    FREELOADING HENS!

    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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    Egg bucket
    • Joyfillednomads
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    • basket bucket clean collect fun gathering nest process twice washing
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    • Category: Eggs
  10. RUNuts

    How many times will a hen go broody in a year?

    A question for the distinguished assemblage: The hen who has been broody twice this year was sitting on the nest last night. Since I am new here, what is the worst broody? 3 times a year? 4 times a year? This is assuming you let her hatch and raise chicks. Her spring set was 21 chicks...
  11. S

    New to chickens and laying behaviours

    Hi everyone, I’m new to having chickens and have found this forum so useful! I have two pekin bantams and two silkies. Currently one of the bantams is broody and occupying the eglu go nest most of the day (until we turf her out to eat and drink!). The other bantam seems happy to squeeze in...
  12. SugarandPepper

    How can I track my chicken?

    We have a favorite hen who went missing for about ten days, came back for an afternoon, and then left for another two days! She showed back up in the yard today for a little while and is now gone again. She is at the bottom of the pecking order so I think what she’s done is made a secret nest...
  13. Gracenotes

    Could my duck be hiding a nest?

    I have two pet ducks- Donald & Daisy (named by my Disney loving husband) are typically inseparable. We live in town, but have a generous yard and they know their property line well. Lately I have noticed Donald wondering without his mate. At first this concerned me- especially since I couldn’t...
  14. vickers6504

    Guinea on nest of eggs most not hatching

    Guinea is on the nest and stays on the nest almost all the time. 3 of the eggs hatched between 2-3 days ago and are doing fine. In the nest 1 pipped and started getting out and another just pipped a bit. Those 2 died. I think the membrane got to dry. I have candled some that are remaining and...
  15. S

    Embden geese moved nest

    Hello! I have a pair of embden geese who have their very own house and yard. Meghan and Harry are their names. Meghan is currently sitting on her nest with 9 eggs. We’re 3 weeks in. At the beginning she built her next at the very back of the house. As the weeks have went by she has...
  16. R

    Hatched chick with mother hen problem

    Hi everyone! I am new on chicken raising. I had a hen with 5 eggs. Staggered hatching: April 20 one hatched, then today april 22 one hatched. All 3 eggs still remain under hen. The hen is still sitting on the nest, i am concerned that the first hatchling will go hungry and dehydrated as today is...
    • ReiK
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    • baby basket chicks feed hatch hen mother nest water
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  17. Bigbird2

    Muscovy nesting habbits

    My muscovy laid her first egg this morning in a cardboard box on my back yard. If I move the box to the barn that she sleeps in, do you think she will continue to lay there or find a totally different place?
    • Bigbird2
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    • duck muscovy nest
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    • Forum: Ducks
  18. S

    Nest of eggs

    We noticed these in the corner of their house.. we have a Pekin and a Rouen. Not sure how long these have been there. Will these hatch?
    • Selenasue
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    • duck eggs nest
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
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    Silkie chick
    • SpicePeeps
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    • chick eggs nest silkie
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    • Category: Chicken Breeds
  20. Red Pepper Quiche.

    Red Pepper Quiche.

    Plain as day Quiche Shortcrust Pastry Quiche crust baked MIX \ Wisk to hell. 1 1\2 cup cream 1 +- cup cheese 4 eggs of the duck. Quack Quack. Diced red pepper S and P to taste. pour into crust pan Make pretty with pepper spears S and P to taste. Anything else is up to you. It's a great big...
    • YodaBat
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    • brooding brooding duck chile duck duck nest ducklings nest nesting quacking ducks
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