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Always have a back up source of power my husband took a truck battery hooked up some cables to it and a power inverter and I always have a back up source of power for my Bators....Hope this helps
 
We are in Ellijay Ga. and have almost 60 chickens. Big coop. Actually old hay barn renovated to a big roost room and smaller nesting room. We have big 16x40 out door pen enclosed with 1 inch hex wire to keep chickies safe from racoons etc. But they go out in the morning and in at night. When we are not here, they have the big pen to play/live in.

I have a question tho...we have recently been inindated with mice! When the chickies see them, they will eat them...Yeah! But the mice mostly come out at night when everyone is on the roost. I have heard where rats will chew feet or toes off of sleeping chickens. Mice don't do that do they? I have not had a case of that yet. Just like to look ahead and prevent issues when possible. I just ordered 4 humane mouse traps that work great. Just couldnt find them til now. How does anyone else deal with the mice?

and also we use deep straw for flooring with D.E in the winter. but this summer the heat was such I took it out to let them access the cooler dirt floor. But it is not easy getting the poop out. I have read where some use sand as their flooring. Saying it dries the poop out really well. Just wondering how they they get those poops out. When I shovel the straw/poop out, I put it in our compost bins. I laugh thinking of myself with a extra large pooper scooper. haha But sand sounds cooler for the chickies too.
 
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Does anyone have ducklings for sale? I need some ducklings but most of the website charge wayyyy too much and most of the people selling ducklings on Craigslist are too far away...
 
Sparkypatriot15 said:
Does anyone have ducklings for sale? I need some ducklings but most of the website charge wayyyy too much and most of the people selling ducklings on Craigslist are too far away...
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Jumping in again....sorry....I bought my ducklings from Ideal. They didn't charge an arm and a leg for them, however, I did loose 1 the first day. Considering how far they had to travel, I'm surprised all 12 chickens and 4 ducks made it (the one passed shortly after opening the box). They were $3.95 each for straight run (you can get them sexed) and with them I think you have to place at least a $25 order. Mine are beautiful, but their not for show or or any thing like that. We love them anyway. Some people don't like hatchery birds and that's their choice. Hatching some eggs off of ebay is another option. I've not hatched duck eggs (I tried but they were infertile) but I have pretty good luck with shipped chicken eggs off of ebay. I just thought I would throw that out there for you. Good luck finding some.
 
I really like those Runner ducks (they look like bowling pins. We have a large pond; but the neighbor's dogs would get them. Can those things even float?
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