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When we butcher our chickens we use a killing cone,bleed out, then scald and hand pluck. When we do our ducks will it be the same method. Wondering about the plucking due to the ducks natural oil on it feathers. Is there a trick to them? Thanks..

Wondering what the prefered method of egg care to be consumed. We collect every day and wash as well.. We have had no issues as of yet but are giving away to some friends so we want to be careful.. Thanks for any suggestions..

Hello we have mallards that are about a year and half old. We have 3 drakes and 7 hens. They all have really lost all their coloring. The drakes heads are no longer the brilliant green they have always been. Was wondering if it was that they were molting? Can someone explain the molting...

We have a slew of ducks that are 10wks to 4wks of age. All hatched in incubators then moved out to the duck pen. We just got a small wading pool for them and gave them access into and out of it. We found two drowned two days ago and this morning we found five drowned. We don't see any agression...

We have been steady hatching out mallards since March. We have had a few that quit at the end for whatever reasons. Overall they have been doing good. We had 17 hatch in the last 24hrs. All are fine but we have one that keeps floping over on its back. It gets back over sometimes but it will just...

Question has been asked. We have our chicks in the brooder(playpen converted) in the loft of our house. This time of year we get lots of ladybugs. Are they harmful if the lil ones eat them? Had to ask......

Hello, we have alot of Mallard duck eggs that we are going to try and incubate. We have a couple questions that hopefully someone has done this before and can help us. We have been very successful incubating our RIR eggs but not sure if all the facts are the same with Mallard eggs. First...

I know ducks take 28 days to hatch. Do we still take them out of the turner three days before hatch date just like chickens? What should temp and humidity be at last days? Thanks.

We are wondering if we can trim our Rir's spurs / nails. He has three hens but they are starting to show feather loss due to breeding. Or is the answer to give him some more girls.

We started eggs in our Hovebator 2362n . We ordered new one since we are doing a staggard hatch of duck and chicken eggs. It has not come and the only thing locally I can get is the Hovabator with no fan. Our first set needs to be out of the turner Thu 2/25/10 . For the hatching/peeping duration...

Our mallards have started to lay eggs. We have collected as they are layed but they are being exposed to the cold in the duck house. Hens are not setting on nest (broody). We bring them in and put them in the incubator knowing we will have mutiple stages of hatching. Question is are the eggs...

We have mallards but we have one hen that we think may be differant. The hen in question has brown feet when all others are orange. They have just started to lay so we are starting a batch tonight. Most of the eggs are off white but some are greenish in color. What color should mallard eggs be ?

Our mallards have decided to start laying eggs. We started gathering seven days ago. We have six we brought into the house. Turning several times a day. Question is how long can we keep them at room temp before we need to go ahead and incubate. Trying to gather as many as possible to incubate.

Our mallards have started to lay eggs for the first time. We want to hatch out the eggs. Should we let eggs stay in pen or collect everytime we find one. Found 3 yesterday 2 today. Weather is cold 30s at night day time only 50s and expecting colder weather since its only January 28th. We live in...

Hi I was out feeding the chickens and ducks this morning and saw three green eggs in the ducks house:weee. Problem is I am not sure when they were layed. We have 10 mallards, 7 hens and 3 drakes. The are about 8 months old. We thought that ducks didnt really lay eggs until spring so this has...

Is it safe for chickens and ducks to eat grapes?

We have four Rhode Island Red roosters starting to strut their stuff. They are the sons of our original rooster Virgil. Check him out in the online show for RIR'S. We have one jr who challanges us when we go in the run. I like him because I think he will protect his soon to recieve harem of...

Hello, we have (so far) 5 barred rock day old chicks. One of them is much smaller and has his toes (I guess that's what you call them) turned over so he hops around. He is spunky and seems to be fine in all other aspects but was wondering if I could cut a little peice of flat thin wood (like...

Hello, We have one 10 week old hen RIR that we named "uno" and then we have five 8 week old RIR hens and four 8 week old RIR roosters. We want to move them in with our three 38 week old hens and one 33 week old rooster. Boy that was a mouth full ! Anyhow could anyone suggest the best way to...

Hello, I hope someone might have some ideas....A quick history of our lil delawares... We ordered a straight run of delaware chicks... we received 15 we are guessing three different ages. Didn't get a straight/ exact age when I asked the seller. Anyhow, we are thinking they were couple days...