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Okay so... I got eggs from my neighbour in February. They were supposed to be duck eggs. They were not. They hatched a week early. They are chickens! I now have 5 chicks. I've had chickens once before (also by accident) and I am learning as I go. They are wonderful chicks!! I love them so much...

Hey everybody. I'm a mess as I type this out, and its going to be a long post. Sorry and thank you in advance. Today's subject matter: My gander is trying to mate with my ducks instead of my goose, and tried to kill the goose. Context: My Toulouse gander (2 yrs) refuses to pair up with the...

This year has been insane for me, and we are only 3 months in. In January I had a mink get into my coop. Killed 7 in one afternoon. Injured 5 more. I ended up with 3 ducks in my bathtub for 3 weeks being tube fed medications. One of them had to stay in the tub for another 4 weeks cause we found...

I'm in Alberta, Canada. This is our forecast this week. It has already been like this for 3 days. Needless to say, my flock is a bit upset about the temps. Last year I only had 8 ducks and we hit -53C. Managed okay, had some frozen poopy bums every few days. This year I have 20 ducks and 2 geese...

Hey everybody! I have a broody problem!! So two hens went broody at the middle of May. They had like 20 eggs between the two of them and it has gone real bad. The other four hens went broody and now we have 5 hens trying to share 1 nest box, and I think its actually killing the eggs. We are...

Hi everybody! Its me again!! I won a draw on Facebook for a dozen assorted purebred duck eggs and they came in today. I have 4 Cayuga eggs, 4 Saxony eggs and 4 Welsh Harlequin eggs. I'm SUPER excited, but I'm also really anxious and looking for some tips! I've only hatched 3 other times. I live...

Hey everyone! I have two fish tanks with an overabundance of snails and duckweed. I was wondering if it would be safe to give these to my ducks? I use water conditioner and stuff but I'm not sure if whats safe for fish is safe for ducks!

Hi everyone!! I'm distracting myself with research on my ducklings because I thought they would be black swedes but their down is a lighter color. And then I got into the rabbit hole of Swedish colors and looked at my drake from last year. I will try to get better photos tomorrow but is he a...

Hi everyone!! We lost one more between day 16 and 21 - not sure why, but everybody was well and moving when we locked down on Saturday. Last night was our first pip - so far no further progress, but lots of moving and peeping! This little one pipped this morning on the wrong side - head away...

Alright!! So the incubator is GREAT. I got the Nuture Right 260 and love it. Though I'm a little bit too handsy. I'm candling once daily because I want to see how everything is developing, but I'm just taking the lid off and shining my phone flashlight on the egg to check for veins - not...

Heyo its me again! I bought a Nuture Right 360 to incubate my own eggs this year - super excited - and I put 20 in on Wednesday. Candled today and we are almost all viable!! I was expecting a much lower fertility rate. Which brings me to my problem. I got Khaki Campbell eggs from another lady...

So its the middle of our great Canadian Winter now and its currently sitting at -38C WITHOUT the windchill. Feels like -44C. I have 8 ducks in my 8x12 coop. Lots of thick straw, heated water buckets and a little shrub cover to offer some smaller area for them but man I am freaking out. They are...

Hello all! Daisy and Darkwing are HUGE now, and nearly fully feathered. Their wings and tails havent come in fully yet but they have lots of blood feathers going. This is their inside to outside travel bin. I'm putting them out in the coop with the 6 big girls today. This is my expected temp...

I'm 90% sure this is normal but I just wanted to show the difference in my duck Justine! The first pic was her in June - the second is today. What a color change in a molt!! Again, I have no idea what breed they are. Rouen/Swedish/Buff mixes apparently, but Justine doesnt look like a Buff...

Hi guys! I'm a first time duck hatcher - I have 6 adult ducks already. And of course. I've got the newbie anxieties. Five eggs in the incubator - Hatch Day was supposed to be today, but I had two babies hatch yesterday. Started pipping Thursday night; first hatched yesterday morning, second...