Posts by Goldenpheasantlover

I have noticed he is very warm and seems to be breathing heavily. Almost flu-like, but without any discharge. I read somewhere that over-heating could cause 'staggers', which would kind of fit what he's doing, but I'm not sure what to...

Lark - He's eating a drinking fine which is why I assumed it was this niacin deficiency. I'm feeding him goose crumb and have been letting him outside to eat the grass. I think that's part of the reason he was so tired yesterday...

Our Charlie, the finger-biting gosling, seems to have been getting weaker over the past few days. I've read up that the fact he is so wobbly on his legs could be a Niacin deficiency, so we've been putting brewer's yeast in his food....

Our 1 week old Toulouse gosling keeps biting everyone's fingers. He chews on everything, and the finger biting wouldn't be a problem except it's starting to nip. He's the only goose we have (and our very first one) so I wanted to know...

Sumi - The navel looks pretty sealed up to me. I've never seen gloop come out of the egg when a chick hatches before, but there's a first time for everything XD The gosling seems fine though so you're probably right.

Just hatched our first ever Toulouse gosling this morning, but this dark gunk came out with it. I'm not sure if it was attached to the gosling and then broke off or if it was never attached at all (I'm going for the latter but that...

RedDrgn - I'll ring them up tomorrow. Right now I have to find a space to keep the poorly ones. And like you they're just pets, so it'snot as if the whole flock will have to go.   Scwheeler - I have chicks indoors as well. I...

CMV - We got the birds at a poultry auction about 3 years ago, and no new birds have been introduced recently. These are the only birds we have at the moment, and while they don't fully free range they have a very large enclosed area...

So I noticed yesterday that my Ixworth cockerel has quite rattly breathing. I was a little concerned but he wasn't showing any other symptoms. This morning when I went to check on them I noticed that one of the hens (there are 4 hens...

My eggs hatched Thursday through to Saturday (1 each day). I've ended up with only two chicks because the first one died. He had a bad hatch - inside the shell was quite bloody and I think he might have torn his yolk sac. But still,...