Recent content by littlenell1

HI there, Found this post in a google search. I have two groups of breeding blue magpie ducks and got some rather nice whites from them. Mostly have been eating or selling on until I read about the Stanbridge White...I would love to be involved in maintaining this breed...

New to keeping these but loved them after I had a hen from a friend.. So I bought a trio from breeder who was giving up to concentrate on other birds. All well, hatching and I got a few single comb, so culled once I was told it was a throw back, but now I have a cockerel growing on and it does...

There is a website which offers information in English but I cannot get it to work for some reason with my browsers.http://www.pouletbresse.com/site/ The video is pretty self explanatory, though some may find it not to their taste. The standard I guess is not used outside of France as they...

I have these in UK and have been amazed at how friendly and fast they grow. The chicks seem to come out pretty much ready to set to eating and drinking! Not eaten one yet as Mr Fox took the one we were going to use as the breeding cockerel so had to keep the less than perfect one till I could...

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Hi Pete, Is it possible to get permission to post your incubating info on a forum for pilgrim geese? Many thanks

Thanks all. Brown boy and his pals came through a rehoming. They were scaring the mother, as they were starting to react to the young children who were teasing them Brown boy's foot had been stood on as well by a horse the day we picked them up...and his toe was almost severed in two, but the...

We have been lucky I guess. Up to now our flock of geese have remained in the paddock overnight, flocking to one corner for night time. No losses despite our neighbours losing chickens in daylight hours. THEN, I go to feed the geese in the morning, putting the grain in the dog kennel run to stop...

How much will one gooose graze ? We have 13 and they graze about half of a 3 acre paddock. They have kept the grass down quite short. How many will I need to keep together so that they are happy? I guess you will need at least a pair. We have a mixture of breeds and although I can sex the...

We have a similar issue. Goats share the paddock with the geese> I solved it by putting the food behind the bars of a dog run/cage that we use to store our hay/straw. It backs onto the paddock, has bars that the geese can get their heads through but the goats cannot. Well, they can get a tongue...

My little abacot boy has done some growing up. Here he is with his runner duck buddies and his ladies, well almost, he is a bit shy and hid behind the water container. Mud everywhere!

Just check on him and he has passed away. Rest gently little duck dude. You fought a hard fight but just got too tired. x

He was out in our shed and has not fully feathered out- about 6 weeks old. Cold here in Oct, so heat pad was in there, with plenty of space for him to move away from it. He is not eating, not drinking and cannot walk. I brought him in last night, and kept him in our laundry cupboard. Hot water...

He made it through the night, still huffing away ? bit slower. Unsteady still, pooping well. Given him first tube feed for day. Any ideas what else I can do for him. He is a special boy...means a lot to me...

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