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I've been trying to grow grass in the outside run since this spring and it was going surprisingly well until we hit a drought. I don't have the time or energy to water it twice a day because getting the hose out that far is a time-consuming, pain in the butt. At this point, I have patches that...

Just yesterday I came home from work to find that my Khaki hen, Bridget, was favoring her right foot. She holds it up when standing, but she will walk on it gingerly to get around. Upon inspection I found that her toe was completely swollen up, but I can't see the tell-tale black scab or really...

Random and odd question here, but I have a flock of 8 ducks that are full-grown. One of them is a drake. Then I have a group of 6 ducklings that are exactly 9 weeks old today. I used a puppy pen in the coop to separate them from the older ducks and they sort of stay in there full time. I want...

I've noticed a lot of discussion about angel wing in ducks lately and after having just dealt with it for the first time myself, I wanted to try to help others if possible. Now let me reiterate that I've only dealt with it just recently in two of my ducklings. I did not invent the method, but...

I currently have 6 ducklings, all about 5 1/2 weeks old. It's my 4th batch of ducklings that I've raised and I decided to do something a little different this time around. My prior ducks were all raised on Nutrena Naturewise Chick Starter, supplemented with brewers yeast up until they were...

I've searched around and couldn't find a clear answer and every other post just seemed to be about pricing. My question is regarding rules and regulations on selling duck eggs. I currently sell them for $1.00 a dozen to a couple of my Dad's work friends, but I'd like to start selling at farmer's...

I'm not sure where else to turn given the circumstances, so I figured I'd see if any of you here had some ideas. I currently have 8 ducks(7 hens, 1 drake), and of those ducks is my Pekin hen who is roughly 24 weeks old. She's my most outgoing bird and the only one who doesn't run for anything...

For the past year my 6 ducks have been in a 20x20 run that I've turned into the deep litter method because they had destroyed all of the grass in most spots and it turned into a mud pit thanks to their kiddie pool. This summer we plan to expand their coop and build onto the run by about 1/4, all...

I currently have 6 ducks, 1 drake and 5 hens. We are greatly expanding the coop and run this year and I plan to get roughly 5 more hens from Metzer this year. I've dreamed of owning an Ancona for quite some time, ever since I first saw them. They're hard to find sexed though and I don't want an...

I've been reading every bit that I can on the whole fermented feed process and I plan to try it within the next couple weeks. But I do have a few small questions on it. First, I bought a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a lid(but I'll probably use a cloth instead) and I currently only have 6...

This summer we plan on doing a major overhaul with the ducks. I'd have 6 currently and would really like to have more, so we're going to be almost tripling the coop size and expanding the run, as well as adding an inground, lined pond with a bio-filter. Along with this I'd really like to dress...

Due to the fact that I've been very ill for the past 5 days now, I was sort of rushing with the morning chores because I couldn't take the cold air on my lungs for very long and I somehow completely missed that fact that my poor Cayuga hen has a bad upper respiratory infection. I feel terrible...

So we've been getting into the colder winter temps finally, about 20 degrees at night. Not too bad really, but I don't do well in the cold so it feels much colder to me, haha. I live in NY if that helps to gives you an idea on our weather. I've been using a heat lamp in my coop for my 6 ducks at...

I have a 16 week old Welsh Harlequin hen that suddenly started acting odd today. I came home from work to find her in the corner of the pen, laying down by herself. When I entered she got up and came over, but much slower and kept away from the others. I checked her over and can't see anything...

So, I have 6 ducks right now. Three of them are 22 weeks old, the other three are 11 weeks old. I'm hoping to get eggs from the first batch before winter gets here because if I'm not mistaken, they should start laying in a couple weeks(please correct me if I'm wrong, I don't fully understand how...

I currently have three 4 week old ducklings, all female. A Rouen, a Buff, and a Welsh Harlequin. They've been doing pretty good except that I haven't been socializing them nearly as much as my last little batch of ducks because I never kept them in my room like I did the others. :( Just the...

I currently have three 12 week old ducks, plus three more 1 week old ducklings on the way. I feed non-medicated chick starter to both, but I thought I was supposed to drop the protein a bit on the older ones so I started mixing a bit of scratch grain to just their feed. I also supplement brewers...

Kind of a random question, but I have been looking everywhere and have found very few places that sell these types, let alone sell them already sexed. I did find a place locally that has sexed magpies, but they have to sell them in groups of 6 or more. I really just want a couple females to add...

So I started out with 5 ducks from Metzer. One male and four females. My Khaki got killed by my dog in two days because of a mishap with him getting away from me and snatching it. And then my Welsh Harlequin just randomly died last night for unknown reasons at 7 weeks old. I currently have two...

Hello, I'm sorry if this is a bit vague, but I'm trying to find reasons on why I found my Welsh Harlequin dead tonight in her run. I have(or had) four ducks, all currently 6 1/2 weeks old. I have a small closed coop for them with a fenced run. I keep food and water in the coop at all...