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    Ducks still peeping at 8 weeks.

    My 2 ducks are 8 weeks plus and still peeping. No quacks yet. I read that female duck's voices start to change at 5 and 6 weeks old. I am starting to assume these 2 are males. Any thoughts?
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    Duckling Eyes seem injured

    One of my 11 day old ducklings that are with their mama had two sore eyes. I noticed it when I was looking for markings. Both eyes had blood around them and are sore from something. Wondering if a little rodent grabbed it - like an outdoor mouse that dug a hole into their outside yard area...
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    Candling eggs in duck nest

    I have a young Blue Swedish Duck laying on about 14 eggs. Some are dated may 3 as I put them out to encourage her to sit on them and lay more to sit on. Big mistake I'm sure. Any way I have candles a few here and they're and put them back in the last couple of weeks here and there. It's...
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    Can newly hatched chicks survive with the two mama hens who hatched them out?

    I put 6 Brahma hen eggs under my broody bantam hen in the coup. There are only f 4 bantam hewn in there. Before long one ofmy other broody bantam was laying on them to help her. This evening I heard the peeping. I checked and saw the shells of an egg under one hen. Both hands are still...
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    Chick won't mingle

    Hi posted this on another thread with no response. Hoping for some feedback . I let my broody hen hatch some eggs this spring as a little project. Unfortunately a newer egg got left behind in gathering so after 3 hatched, and that day I unexpectedly adopted a baby chick that was alone from a...
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