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hi can you tell me if anyone has used the R-Com 20, it has an automatic humidity controller and wondered if anyone has used this machine with good results.

Hi i have put in some duck eggs in my incubator, what humidity reader do you use, i had one that i bought off ebay a couple of years ago but now it does not work, i will need to get another one and wanted to find out what you all use and found to be good and reliable.

hi i am about to put in 6 Appleyard duck eggs in the incubator, the question is do you spray the eggs with tepid water or not. would like some advice from anyone who has tried it and did it help, or shall i not bother with spraying the duck eggs. thank you.

hi has anyone used a smoke bomb to rib the coop of red mites, i read on one of the chicken forum of a person using the smoke bomb that you use in your greenhouse to get rid of bugs, she said that she sat the smoke bomb on some foil to protect the wooden coop and lit it shut the door and let the...

hi i have a chicken that is poorly she keeps losing her balance and is using her wings to keep her up, she is huddled in the corner and just sits sleeping, she has diarrhoea and is drinking lots of water which i have put by her. she is the top chicken so she has not been bullied. any suggestion...

Hi i have a pair of mini silver appleyard ducks for sale. they are a breeding pair, she laid her first egg in February and i have hatched some of her babies. i live in Gloucestershire and i am selling them for £35.

hi my worry has been confirmed my duckling has angel wing, i thought that they could stay on crumb till they were 4 weeks, they are now 5 weeks old and i have put them on growers pellets, they have been eating lettuce since they were 1 week old, does anyone know what has caused this as the...

hi i have hatched out 2 ducklings which are now 5 weeks old, i took them off heat and put them outside in the day but bring them back in at evening time. today one duck is all fluffed up and not eating, what can i do to help. i have put them back under heat and kept them inside, what else can i...

hi my baby ducklings are now 4 weeks and they will only eat there crumb if it is wet and will not touch there grower pellets, they eat loads of lettuce which i put in there water to dabble. how will i get them to eat there pellets as i am worried that if they stay on there crumb that they will...

here is a photo of my baby ducklings.

here is my silver appleyard ducks they are so sweet.

hi we have recently lost are beautiful drake, i now have a new one and my duck has now at last excepted him, she keeps bobbing her head at him but he does not seem to know what she is asking of him, what age should he be when he is ready to mate with her, he does not have all his head feathers...

hi my ducks started to hatch yesterday and it has been all night and another day and they don't seem to have made a lot of progress, they are peeping and they have there beaks out but nothing else, should they be hatched by now. what shall i do.

hi i have 6 mini appleyard duck eggs for sale. these are a quiet bird and very friendly and easy to train, i have no problems getting them to go home too bed and they just waddle off when they are told to go too bed. £5.00 plus postage.

hi all could you tell me how old should the duckling be when i take the heat away. what age can they go out side. i am going away in May and was hoping they could go out in their run so my lad can take care of them with all the other animals, they will be about 7-8 weeks old.

hi i could do with some advice my appleyard has just laid her second egg and i have noticed blood on the floor is this normal, my chickens didn't bleed and i am worried about her, i only have one male and one female could he hurt her when they mate, she often squeaks when they do mate, so i am...

question if i keep only female ducks will they call for a male, is it best to keep male and female together, at the moment i have one male and one female and i am worried he might pester her when breeding season start, how long does it last and will he leave her alone once she has laid her eggs...

The more i read about the runners and the more i see them i want some, i wish i had more land to keep them. :(

hi does anyone know how old my mini appleyards ducks will be when they start to lay. they are 13 weeks old now, my chickens started about 20 weeks. are ducks around the same age or older. :?:

this is there water which i put there lettuce in so they can dabble, as ducks are ducks they decided that they can climb in.