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Wow! You all have been busy posting! Lets see if I can catch up...
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What color were they as chicks? ISAs are sex linked. If they were a light red/copper and white, they should be female. All ISAs, even females, have big red combs so don't let that fool you.
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Ducks are covered in a heavy coat of down and are born with one of nature's most efficient internal heating systems -- even for their bare feet. As long as they have access to shelter from the elements they don't need to be confined for storms whatsoever. Storms, as a matter of fact, are some of most ducks' favorite weather. If we get the freezing rain they're calling for your ducks would LOVE to be out playing in it. Remember ducks are ducks, not humans. It is futile and even potentially damaging to humanize animals and make decisions on that basis.
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Hmm, doesn't sound like Sam. Doesn't ring a bell as to anyone on this thread, actually.
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Semantics.
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Please don't relocate varmint. If you can't bring yourself to put them down, just double up the security of your coop and don't trap them to begin with.
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It's not uncommon for this to happen at all. Put them on opposite sides of a fence and at night you can put the new roo in the coop, just inside an old rabbit cage or something, for warmth. He'll be fine running around by himself during the day. It should calm down in fairly short order. When you do introduce them face to face again, without a fence between you may want to go ahead and bring your roo out into the yard even. The extra space they have free ranging helps to calm squabbles faster, ime. They can get further apart, see each other from across the yard, fight and then retreat a good distance, etc. Good luck! Just because they fought now doesn't mean they can't get along later.
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My daughter's d'Uccle has existed solely on the bird seed the wild birds drop from the three feeders outside all winter. I haven't seen her eat actual feed since last summer. She spends all day scratching around under the feeders and is no worse for wear. It's not ideal if you're looking for them to actually produce anything. And isn't exactly economical, but if they eat some here and there I wouldn't worry too much. At least yours are getting the whole mix. This d'Uccle is only eating whatever the wild birds drop.
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What color were they as chicks? ISAs are sex linked. If they were a light red/copper and white, they should be female. All ISAs, even females, have big red combs so don't let that fool you.
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Ducks are covered in a heavy coat of down and are born with one of nature's most efficient internal heating systems -- even for their bare feet. As long as they have access to shelter from the elements they don't need to be confined for storms whatsoever. Storms, as a matter of fact, are some of most ducks' favorite weather. If we get the freezing rain they're calling for your ducks would LOVE to be out playing in it. Remember ducks are ducks, not humans. It is futile and even potentially damaging to humanize animals and make decisions on that basis.
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Hmm, doesn't sound like Sam. Doesn't ring a bell as to anyone on this thread, actually.
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Semantics.
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Please don't relocate varmint. If you can't bring yourself to put them down, just double up the security of your coop and don't trap them to begin with.
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It's not uncommon for this to happen at all. Put them on opposite sides of a fence and at night you can put the new roo in the coop, just inside an old rabbit cage or something, for warmth. He'll be fine running around by himself during the day. It should calm down in fairly short order. When you do introduce them face to face again, without a fence between you may want to go ahead and bring your roo out into the yard even. The extra space they have free ranging helps to calm squabbles faster, ime. They can get further apart, see each other from across the yard, fight and then retreat a good distance, etc. Good luck! Just because they fought now doesn't mean they can't get along later.
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My daughter's d'Uccle has existed solely on the bird seed the wild birds drop from the three feeders outside all winter. I haven't seen her eat actual feed since last summer. She spends all day scratching around under the feeders and is no worse for wear. It's not ideal if you're looking for them to actually produce anything. And isn't exactly economical, but if they eat some here and there I wouldn't worry too much. At least yours are getting the whole mix. This d'Uccle is only eating whatever the wild birds drop.
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