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AnRamire said:
i caved. Didn't buy chickens but now own Peking ducks. Tsc sucks me in every time. My children told me chickens are a gate way animal. Lol. Being a newbie, aside from adding ni!acin to their diet and making sure they have adequate supplies of water, is there anything else I should know about pekings? My husband stated i couldn't buy any more chickens, technically I didn't buy any more chickens..poultry math at is finest. He doesn't know it yet, but I want to also purchAse silkie hatching eggs when one of my hens gets broody. That not purchasing chickens....right????:\
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Glad I'm not the only one!
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For anyone who has birds in the house, we invested in a couple of heavy duty canvas drop cloths from Lowes, and they were worth every penny...we put them on the floor or throw them over the top of the puppy kennel type fence to creat cages. After use just shake them outside to get the clumps off and once in a while run them through a wash (can be bucket washed first to remove heavy soiling).

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fangedknight said:
I have to figure out how to get my lamps to stay on the edge of the stock tank, and I also need to build a screen, Tucker tried to tip the thing over when we tested if he could get in there with the ferret. He's too smart I swear....
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A couple of options...Rather than hooking it over the edge get a length of board and lay it across the tank, secure the board by popping a hole through the tank just under the edge and run a large cable tie or piece of parachute cord through the hole and tightly around the board or through a hole you drilled through the ends of the board. Then secure the light to the board directly over the tank.

My preferred method (though not for everyone) is to place the brooder in a location where you can place a hook in the ceiling above it and hang the lamp over the brooder, making sure to use a twist tie to secure the cord to the hook and keep a wire screen over the brooder under the lamp just in case the securing methods fail so the lamp cant fall into the brooder. Using the 'hanging from a hook' method has a few advantages in my opinion....it allows you to access the brooder without moving the lamp and it lets you easily adjust the height of the heat to control temps easier.
 
fisherlady said:
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Haha. Pepper has two other parrots to hang out with, and I just moved the chicks into their room. This is just another jungle gym for him to climb on. He will probably also like talking to the chicks and watching them. When we first got chicks a couple of years ago, we kept joking that he would imitate the "peep peep peep" of the chicks. Instead, he imitates us saying "peep peep peep". So yesterday, he perched on their cage, and went through his repertoire, which included "peep peep peep!".
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The only feeding would be if he was carrying a snack and dropped it. Unlikely!
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