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So I ordered two female welsh harlequins this year......confirmed on invoice today that I hadn't accidentally ordered straight run. Ummmmm are both my hens actually drakes? They're 8 weeks and by this time my welsh hens from last year already had dark bills and darker feet and whiter heads...and...

Hi all, I am wondering if anyone knows if the hard sided plastic dog crates are predator proof for overnights while we build our predator proof run/coop. We have 2 ducks in a snap lock formex and that thing is racoon proof, there's bite marks to prove it. Would a dog crate as a temp overnight...

Agh! I'm new to chicks and my three came a day in the mail earlier than I expected. Its reading 84 degrees on my infrared thermometer under their heat plate. Is that warm enough?!? Air temp in the room is like 68F. I could set up a space heater I suppose. I'm on my way to tractor supply so can...

Hi, my 4 ducklings will be 4 weeks old tomorrow and are starting to feather. They seem to ignore their heat plate most of the time. Can I take it out of their brooder now? I found a chart that says by week 4 their ideal temp is 55F?! .....its 64-66 in the room they are in. Thanks all.

Last year I did chick raiser supplemented with yeast for niacin for my ducklings. I am getting 4 new ducklings next week. Anyone try mazuri waterfowl starter before? I couldn't find where it said anything about niacin content/availability on the listing but the listing does say it doesn't...

So my harlequin ducks are 6 months. Will they start laying soon? Or do you think cold/winter/low daylight will push them to lay once the days start getting significantly longer?

I have three 5mo old Welsh harlequin hens During the Midwest cold snap (up to -18F not including wind chill) i brought them inside our cement floor room in a penned off area (~35-40F) These past 2 days it got to 20F and I've put them out to free range. Am I at risk of giving them some sort of...

Hi all! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens and plan on getting around 5 silver lace Wyandotte chicks this spring. I have 3 Welsh harlequin hens currently (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 0! But 3 ducks (3) What breeds do you have...