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I found a ist of the ages and how much protein should me given to ducks but now I can't find it? Anyone know the protein levels for certain ages

The biggest thing to make sure the protien is low when the joints set and the wing flight feathers are coming in to prevent angel wing. And make sure they have the extra vitamins they need.
 
The biggest thing to make sure the protien is low when the joints set and the wing flight feathers are coming in to prevent angel wing. And make sure they have the extra vitamins they need.


They are 3 weeks and 4 days old. Their feathers are growing but none visible. What vitimins and how much protein?
 
They are 3 weeks and 4 days old. Their feathers are growing but none visible. What vitimins and how much protein?

Niacian is the big extra ducks need while growing. Brewers yeast is a good source or mealworms. They are good on brewers yeast and chick starter untill the wings start.
 
Niacian is the big extra ducks need while growing. Brewers yeast is a good source or mealworms. They are good on brewers yeast and chick starter untill the wings start.


They're on unmedicated chick started so I'm just making sure I get what I need for when they get their feathers. Their wings are larger but no feathers
 
I gave them a lot of fodder and greens to get the protein down as the only duck chow I can get is layer. So I gave vitamins in the water and lots of low protien greens for 2 weeks or so.
 
Hi guys! I haven't posted in quite a while...I've started college so I've been pretty busy. But I am absolutely loving it. I'm having the time of my life, and today I'm joining a club - the WHADT club(Welcoming Hearing and Deaf Together) so that I can meet some deaf people and start putting what I've learned in my ASL class to use. I'm really excited, I am fascinated by everything deaf. Their language, culture, people, etc.

PREPARE FOR PICTURE SPAM.
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This is the Olive Egger that some of you wanted to see pictures of as she got older. I got REALLY lucky - I was given just one olive colored egg, and it ended up hatching AND turned out to be a girl! She is gorgeous, I love her beard.






And remember that Black Copper Marans that NOBODY could agree on the gender of? Well, today it's gender has been proven...because she squatted for me when I went to pick her up! We call her our $30 chick because we bought two "girls" for $15 each and one ended up being a boy, so we gave it away.
Here she is...she's so pretty. I normally don't like black chickens but I think she's very cute.




AND, one question from me today...what would cause a chicken to not have missing feathers grow in for several months? When I got my lovely Frizzle Tolbunt Polish she was missing feathers on her neck, head, and back. You can see they had started growing back in but they stopped growing after she came to live with me. It was only a couple months ago that they finally grew back in - could it be the stress of moving to a new house that caused her feathers to stop growing? She looks as cute as a frizzle can, now!!




Oh, and what chicken photoshoot would be complete without a behind-the-scenes picture?
 
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19 of 19 eggs went into lockdown this morning. 10 chocolate orps, 9 silkie/sizzles.
I had one egg peep at me! Maybe I was a little late?
It's going to be a long weekend waiting on them to pip..... :) :fl
 

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