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  1. Yardmom

    Help wry Ducklings!

    It sounds like behavior related to vitamin deficiency. That would be unusual for 3 day old ducklings. How old are the ducklings? What is your brooder set up - heat and cool ect. What are you feeding them? I would probably try feeding them some eggs. With ducklings niacin deficiency is...
  2. Yardmom

    What is acceptable behavior for pecking order?

    From your description it sounds like your birds are pushing the limit on behavior. What is your setup like (coop, run, free range)? How are their feeder(s) and waterer set up. Do they have places to get out of sight lines from each other?
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    Wheaten ameraucana 2 week cockerel

    Sometimes chicks have physical features visible to the eye that show they are male. More often than not they don't. This chick does not have any visual signs such as a red and large comb compared to others of the breed. Feathering differences can be genetic. There is no way to follow the...
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    Filtering Water

    We have a reverse osmosis system that filters the salt out of our drinking water, so it is possible. It will take a very fine filter. It will depend on the what the other contaminates are on how to filter them.
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    Is my chicken unwell or just sleepy? I don't know why/what to do?

    Unfortunately you bird is quite ill. I don't see any visual signs of her coming back into lay, so I doubt it would be egg binding. Pictures of poop, what type of chicken food she had been eating, and any dewormer or other information of past care would help in knowing what might be wrong.
  6. Yardmom

    Is this guy still okey or shrink wrap?

    If you can see veins it is not yet hatch time. As long as its beak is free it should be ok to wait and see if it can hatch on its own.
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    Tamest rooster breed?

    What is your purpose for getting roosters? How many hens do you have? Most often when someone is talking about separating the roosters from the hens it is because they hatched or bought straight run chicks and now have to many roosters compared to the hens. I am not aware of rooster...
  8. Yardmom

    2 y/o EE stopped laying after eggbound

    Egg binding can not last an extended time, but it could be a different reproductive issue such as internal laying.
  9. Yardmom

    Internal pip or trying to? - Day 24

    Yes
  10. Yardmom

    Trio Nesting Together

    Yes, I have had 3 broody ducks on the same nest. Not a single duckling hatched likely because they kept moving the eggs so much. They do not take turns. They either sit or they don't. Honestly you are still at a stage where you don't know if any of your ducks will go broody, nevertheless...
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    Internal pip or trying to? - Day 24

    It won't hurt to lockdown a day early if they are pushing on the air cells.
  12. Yardmom

    Barred Rock head spots

    Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) hatchery quality barred rock don't always get defined head spots for pullets. As long as they are pure barred rock you can still go by single barred for pullets (darker) and double barred for Cockerels. That should become clear in the next couple weeks.
  13. Yardmom

    Hard Time Figuring Out Duck Breed

    It looks a bit like a welsh harlequin, but not quite right. Possibly a hybrid (purposely created by the hatchery)
  14. Yardmom

    Worms?

    Not a worm.
  15. Yardmom

    Shrink wrapped egg??

    Just bring the humidity up up bit for those still hatching. Manually add water with sponges if needed. It is tough to tell from the picture why the chick didn't pop out. If it was shrink wrapped it would not fluff up. Once a chick starts to zip and stalls it can be assisted.
  16. Yardmom

    Too many drakes and roosters??? Help!

    Drakes can injure chicken hens if they try to mate with them. Other than that your numbers sound fine. My teenage daughter is the main poultry tender here, and yes she wants to hatch and keep everything. Each year I struggle with how to handle the culling of some of the males. I have decided...
  17. Yardmom

    Eggs Wiggling on day 15!!!

    Watch for internal pips. If one internally pips raise the humidity early.
  18. Yardmom

    Baby chicks with older chickens

    If you get chicks you will be integrating them with grown hens. It will be the same now as it would be next year. Unless you have a broody raise them. There is no way to know when or if you will get a broody.
  19. Yardmom

    Duckling developed spots above eyes overnight

    Possibly a little gunk from the eyes. Do the ducklings have water deep enough to dunk their heads?
  20. Yardmom

    Comb and wattle receded

    The smaller paler comb are normal for a hen that is not laying. Did she take a break from laying during her molt? Any current known stresses that could keep her from laying?
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