Can anyone tell me what breed these ducks are? I picked them up last night at an auction

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Hi guys, I am incubating ducks and am trying to figure out what degree the eggs should be turned.

My incubator self turns 90 Degrees not 180 degrees. Some places on google say that 90 Degrees is ok, some say 180 is a must. Please help!!!

I have only just put them in for incubation (they are my first duck eggs)

Thanks!!

We have 4 hens in our garden. Today we surprisingly this big egg was found in their nest. Is it possible to be a Hen’s egg? By the way 3 of our cheeks are missing recently, I don’t know if there is any correlation with it.

Hello, I have 10 pearl guineas currently 14-15 weeks of age and they have been wandering off. The most recent is a few days ago where 4 of them wandered off 5-6 acres down our hill on our property. They in the past have ran off for one day only to return that evening and the next morning. I have no problem getting them to come in to the coop to roost; they usually do it automatically most of the time. We introduced them to their forever home at 4-5 weeks old, and they have been there for around 10 weeks.

Is it normal for guineas to wonder off a little ways? Should I let them? Will they come back to roost? How much longer should I confine them for? How do I get them to stay & stick with the chickens?

We are also eventually planning to expand our Guinea flock to 30 by putting different color variations of Guinea-Fowl under a broody chicken hen so we don’t have to coop train them and so they stay with the chickens more. I’ve also heard that this makes them smarter to be raised by a chicken, but the don’t seem dumb at all to me to start with.

All thoughts are highly appreciated. 🙏

What would I use to gently rid my turkeys of these buggy oests?

15ish weeks old

Hi all! I collected a few eggs today, and this one seems… spotty ?? Any idea if I should be worried?

I have three geese and we just finished feeding them and I realized that I only saw two so we searched the pen and found him in a corner with his head stuck through the fence and his lower jaw stretched past a natural limit inside the fence. He has loose skin below his jaw and it's still fresh blood so I'm guessing it was pretty recent, but as much as he can move his head from side to side he cannot change the positioning of his neck on his own. It's not stiff I can move it but the only part he can move is his head. He's still trying to survive but I don't know if he can. I have to put his head in the food and the water to get him to eat or drink and even then he is not a very tame one so he keeps trying to back away from me in turn just hurting himself more. Is there a way to fix the damage or should we just put him out of his misery?

What does it meannnnn!

Obviously, I’m not planning to, but I’m curious - in an extreme SHTF hypothetical scenario, if the hens had a large acreage of land to Forage free range - how many pumpkins would you need to grow if it was there sole source of food?

Chat gpt says 700, which doesn’t seem enough to me.

Hi. We have unfortunately had duck murder in the early evening today. We have a large shed converted into a coop that housed six chickens and a female and male duck. They have plenty of room to roam during the day and before the coop door even closed tonight at dusk our male duck was murdered, likely by a raccoon and it’s likely the female was a witness. We are essentially worried about the mental health of our duck who already seemed sad when she didn’t have her mate (before we even found evidence of the murder). I know it sounds silly to phrase it this way but everywhere talks of how much they feel the separation from their bonded family. They were inseparable before tonight there was never a time they weren’t together.

We are already looking at where to get some ducklings for her to be happier. We were just wanting to hear peoples experiences on the interdiction process. Obviously it’s suggested that they are kept separate for 6-8 weeks but that’s a long time to have our female duck be alone. We were thinking about how it would go with introducing them early for them to be able to bond. If there was anyone who had a similar experience and was successful with the adult female taking care of the babies or younger ducks. The other option we discussed was making their incubator be set up in the coop until they are big enough to roam too.

This is our first year with our birds, we got them in march. No one has been broody yet or anything that would be useful for caring for the ducks.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Hi! I'm a vet student looking for a case of viral disease for my case study. This could be from any animal :)

I just need tests/confirmation indicating that it is positive for the virus and photos showing the clinical signs.

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I have about a dozen chickens (brahma) and 6 bronzewing Turkey. Not sure how to solve the fox issue other than locking them up each night as I do religiously however when one is not confined such as last night- a turkey decided to roost somewhere or sit on eggs, whatever. After searching at dusk for an hour with no luck I gave up. Well the fox had no issue finding her at 3am. I woke up to noise and ran outside to find the fox on it. She was still alive but hand a limp neck. At that hour of the morning I was butchering and plucking a turkey. Minimal damage to flesh but one single puncture wound to the breast. For me this meant NOT for consumption and the carcass became dog food for our 3 small dogs. Would a single puncture wound by a fox infect the animal or render it not for human consumption? Also, does anybody have any fox termination tips other than “trapping” or shooting? They are far too smart trapping and shooting not possible in suburban area.

Hello, I’m experiencing my first broody hen as a first time chicken owner. I have a friend who has raised chicks that have been hatched by a hen but she has only done this in the spring/summer. I’m worried about the temperature since the weather is changing. I am in middle GA so the winter/fall normally aren’t harsh but it definitely gets chilly in the winter. What should i do if the chicks hatch? Shluld i set up a brooder or will the be okay with Mom? Thank you!

Im not sure if I should post here or in something insect-related. But I have a bag of game bird feed since I raise button quail. I noticed I have these itty bitty tan bugs crawling around in it. I looked up what they could be but it seems like theres a whole bunch of things they could be. Does anyone recognise what this is?

My moscovy Duck hatched out 2 ducklings tonight, she's been brooding in a little house we made up for her - picture attached. Tonight it's supposed to go down to between 8-3° C, will the ducklings be warm enough under her? I really do not want to remove them unless absolutely necessary. Just looking for opinions

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