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Originally Posted by IROC
We have two chickens and a duck. We're getting about a dozen eggs a week out of them (the chickens). The duck was traumatized when a dog killed her mate and hasn't been laying. I'm new to the whole chicken thing. We just bought a mini-farm (with the emphasis on mini) that used to have horses, but we're only doing the chicken thing at the moment. And a duck.
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I have a bunch of wild Mallards at my house. It started years ago when a wounded drake was waling in front on my house and I shushed him in the yard for safety. he stayed a few days swimming in my pond and hanging out until his foot got better. Through the years ducks would come and go, but last year a few started living here.
Two months ago a mom had 8 ducklings and they grew to her size in 6 weeks! Four weeks ago another mom had 9 ducklings, but one by one, they would disappear. She had 2 yellow ones and they were among the first to go. She only has one left and after 4 weeks, it isn't much bigger than when it was born.
What is with the discrepancy in growth? The first batch used to eat the cat's food, but after 6 weeks, I switched out to bird food. Could that be the reason?