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  1. eliz_anne

    Mating/ Laying Eggs

    Hi everyone! This is my first go at ducks and having duck eggs. Last week, one of my female mallards flew away for a few days but has since returned. Upon her return, the male ducks began mating with her. Something that has not happened before. Today i went out to do my daily cleaning of their...
    • eliz_anne
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    • duck duck eggs duck laying eggs first time duck owner mating ducks nesting
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    • Forum: Ducks
  2. 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...
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  3. Quacking ducks

    Hatching ducklings, help.

    Hi, I have a silver welsh harlequin duck nesting. She’s been sitting for 31 days now and no ducklings yet. Does anyone know what to do? Thank you! The breeds I have are... Pekin female Blue Swedish female Silver Swedish female Silver welsh harlequin female Golden welsh harlequin female...
    • Quacking ducks
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    • duckling female hatching nesting welsh harlequin
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    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Clementine nesting ❤️

    Clementine nesting ❤️

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  5. EnnieM

    Need help with sizing!

    Hello! I’ve attached a picture - I’d like to make a coop/run very similar to this. Planning for 20 chickens, 16+ weeks, depending on breed. They’ll be locked in at night, in the run during the day, and allowed to free range when I’m at the farm (atleast hours every morning and night) 1. How...
  6. F

    Coop full of nesting hens

    I keep my roosters and hens separated between two seperate pens. I have four different breeds. I just paired them up last week. Three of the four hens are nesting, they share the same coop(4'×8') the run is a ten by ten if that matters. My question is, Is it fine to have several hens nesting in...
  7. Beccazon

    Duck nesting

    Since ducks and chickens nest so differently, I would like to see your duck enclosures/nesting areas. My ducks just started laying today. Of course their eggs are nowhere near as clean and pretty as the chickens'. (Do they have the same cuticle as chicken eggs)? I'd like to set things up to...
    • Beccazon
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    • duck coop duck nests ducks nesting
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    • Forum: Ducks
  8. Chicken_You_Out

    The Case of the Disappearing Duck

    Our ducks live a 7 minute walk away, in a pond in the woods near our house. We feed them often to keep them loyal, but know that, in the summer at least, they are fairly self sufficient. We have three females- a Cayuga, a Khaki Campbell, and a Pekin. We love them to death as they are somewhat...
    • Chicken_You_Out
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    • behavior broody disappeared ducks help lost mystery nest nesting pekin
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    • Forum: Ducks
  9. JustAPetLover

    Where can I find the Excelsior Nesting Pad with the cheapest rate?

    Hi Chick Lovers, I am new here and nice to meet you all. I want to buy Excelsior Nesting Pad 150 Packs (10 Pcs per Pac) 13" x 13" I need that many because I have big farm as well I want to keep some stock. Anyone know where can I get that many Nesting Pads with the Cheapest Rate? Thank you...
  10. D

    Coop/run for ducks and chickens.... advice needed

    Hi there. I built this coop a few years back. We have a new group of 7 hens and two ducks living in here. I added another 4x4ish covered section to the right. It is now about 4x12ft footprint, with the elevated coop measuring approx. 3x3.5ft. My question is, will my ducks need (or will...
    • dpeabs83
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    • chickens coop ducks eggs elevated house nest nesting run secure
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    • Forum: Ducks
  11. Emily_VVV

    Moving A Duck Nest

    Hi all, I just made a post asking about when to separate ducklings from their mom but I have a second issue as well. We have a very bad problem with crows and Ravens where I live and we have no tree coverage for our flock. The grown chickens and ducks take care of themselves well and I have...
    • Emily_VVV
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    • brooder brooding ducklings ducklings nesting
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  12. Flaisure

    Rabbit pregnancy help!!

    I have a doe that I could have sworn was pregnant. About 2 1/2 weeks ago she pulled about 3 hand fulls of fur out and was making a nest. She would have been 31 days on Monday so 33 days today. But still nothing. She was carrying hay around in her mouth a couple days ago, but when I came into my...
  13. L

    8 week old chickens not venturing into upper portion of coop

    Hello, I have 6 chickens that are about 8 weeks old. Our coop is set up so that there is a bottom area with a roosting bar to the right and to the left there is a ramp to go into the upper more enclosed portion which has an area with a roosting bar and another section with 3 nesting boxes. I...
  14. DuckWhisperer06

    What is the best bedding/nesting material?

    Whqt is the best bedding/ nesting material for a mixed flock? I’ve heard cedar shavings are toxic to certain birds but I don’t remember which. We are using pine shavings, but I was hoping for something a little more ‘rain proof’. We’ve been having bad storms here lately and where we live, it...
  15. D

    I NEED HELP!!!

    I have three muscovey ducks two female one male and alittle while ago one of the females kept disappearing then reappearing we assumed it was because she was nesting then just afew days ago she dissapeared ane we havent seen her since. We decided to find her best in Hope's she would be there so...
  16. S

    Broody Duck, can I move her nest?

    I noticed that my two Swedish Blues have been ‘missing’ from the rest of the flock when I let them out the past two or three mornings. Eventually they reappear outside, so I wasn’t too concerned. Yesterday I had the day off from work so I had more time to investigate. Both Swedish Blues were in...
    • Shoch
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    • brooding ducks eggs hatching nesting swedish blue duck
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  17. Englishable

    Sitting on dirty eggs?

    Our female goose decided to sit on her nest before we had a chance to really clean the coop/bedding and her nest is right under the chickens' roosts I told my husband to kick her off but he thought she'd be ok and left her. It's been almost a week and today when he checked on her, he said it...
    • Englishable
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    • Forum: Geese
  18. PEONEAL

    Predators Keep Getting Mallard Eggs

    Hi everyone, We are at a loss therefore I thought I would check with you guys. We live in Alabama, have a small pond and we have 5 mallard (4 female and 1 male). Over the past 2 months, we have had multiple nests of eggs. First we had 3 different nests with anywhere from 8 - 16 eggs. One...
    • PEONEAL
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    • duck adivice mallard duck nesting
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    • Forum: Ducks
  19. G

    When do Muscovy begin laying in spring?

    There isn’t a lot of readily available research on Muscovy. When does laying season start? Are they temperature, light, or rain triggered into laying? Or is it something entirely different?
    • Gabrielpsherry
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    • broody age laying season muscovy nesting
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    • Forum: Ducks
  20. Society Finches

    Help!! Sleeper 1 month old Late bloomer???

    My pair of Society finches had 5 babies on 12/20/18. 1 of the eggs wasn’t hatched until about 5 days after the first egg hatched, well I have noticed since last Thursday the smallest looking baby slept all day, feathers plumped all day, and for 3 days he did a quiet chirp sound almost all day...
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