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    Ducks drowning another duck

    The bottom picture is a Rouen which is the one with the ring around her neck.
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    Ducks drowning another duck

    HELP… I thought… until today that I had 4 girl ducks…. But one Pekin has a curley tail feather and 1 Rouen has a ring around her neck? The immediate problem is… my male pekin and male Rouen (I think) seem to be trying to drown my other Rouen. Which I think is a girl…. But I guess I really don’t...
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    I’m a Chicken Momma…what kind of ducks are these?

    A friend of a friend needed a new home for their 9ish week old ducks… what kind are they? Male/Female? I currently have 2 ducks 9 weeks (female) and 8 chickens 2 years old (female) and 8 chicks 12 weeks old (female) hopefully they all live harmoniously together. Currently the chicks and...
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    Chicken run cover help!

    Use long zip ties hooked to each other… then weave it in and out of the netting and around the trees.
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    I’ve got eggs…. Yahoooo

    Yahoo, I’m so excited…my girls have laid their first 3 eggs. They are free range, they come out at 5am and we close them in around 8pm. The problem is, they laid them in the goat barn. Question is do I put the 3 eggs they laid in their nesting boxes so they learn? Two of the boxes already have...
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    Hello All - I’m a New Member

    I just put the oyster shells out for them today… most of them picked at it but didn’t seem to eat it.
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    Hello All - I’m a New Member

    Should I keep them in just the coop till noon starting now? They have a coop but no “run”, they free range on a 1/4 acre of lawn and woods all fenced in.
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    Hello All - I’m a New Member

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    Hello All - I’m a New Member

    So they start laying after their combs get. Offer and redder? Also, they are all hens right? I’ve been looking at a lot of picture on this site and some people think they have hens but they are actually roosters…. How do I tell? Thank you so much for any information! And … Isa Browns??
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    Hello All - I’m a New Member

    Hi, I’m a new chicken mom… I got Martha and her 8 sisters at TS in March. I was told they were 1 day old… so they should be 19 weeks today!! Are they? They are not laying yet…. I’m still feeding them starter. They are free range from 5am till 8pm then we lock them in the coop for the...
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