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We had a Runner duck, about 5 years old who over the last couple of months started getting a bigger and bigger abdomen, to the point it was making it difficult for her to walk. On examining her, her abdomen was soft, just very large, and she did not seem too distressed by my examining her...

We have ducks and geese and are thinking of maybe adding some Peafowl? Does anyone have any experience with raising them together??? any problems that you know of??? I would really appreciate you sharing your experiences. thanks

Some of my girls are looking like they are starting to molt and I have had a little drop in egg production. If I started a forced molt for everyone now, would they get their new feathers before it gets cold? --- about the end of October so -- is two months long enough? thanks.

We harvested several ducks and drakes today. When I started pre-plucking one of the ducks I felt something large and hard just below her rib-cage and thought it might be an extra large gizzard. After she when thru the plucker it felt loose in her abdomen and much larger than previously. This...

This little one hatched a little over a month ago the same time as the two larger gosling to her left in the picture. She/he seems to eat well, is very active, but is obviously not growing like the others. Any ideas? thanks

Does anyone have the experience of feeding hard boiled eggs back to their ducks or geese. I have always thought that sounded a bit strange but right now I'm overrun with eggs -- don't want to just waste them and I know they are good protein. so --- any thoughts?

I have some eggs in the incubator - one group is at 34 days the other at 30 days. I know I had too low a temperature for most of the incubation period. (discovered much too late). Now I have had 2 Indian Runners hatch and seem ok (they were at 31 days from the first group, 2 that I helped with...

I have two trios - this year all four geese made nests and have been sitting - two (one of each trio) started sitting about 1-2 weeks before the other one of their trio. My question is --- in the past, once one of the geese started hatching her eggs, the other goose abandoned her nest to be...

Hi all - I wrote a few days ago saying my goose had hatched, and checking on what to do with the other eggs -- several days later on advice from here, I candled the eggs - only one viable so I put it back and she has been sitting on it for a couple of days. --- Just now I looked out and thought...

One of my geese hatched one of her eggs -- nice little Pom baby -- and she is still sitting on several other eggs while the gander is minding the new gosling. How long is it ok to wait before pulling out the eggs and candling them? --- and if they are ok-- will she take them back? Thanks for any...

One of my American Blue Geese (3 years old) just hatched her first gosling. Last year she abandoned her nest when another goose hatched some goslings -- so this is so exciting--- she now has one of her own! She is sitting on a bunch more eggs, so I'm hoping we'll see more later today or tomorrow.

I was just wondering if anyone has found one breed of drake to be more or less aggressive than another. We have Indian Runners, Saxony and Ancona. We kept the males separate until the last couple of weeks -( I want to gather eggs to incubate). There are two drakes and 10 ducks in the Saxony...

I just bought a hova bator to use as the "Hatcher" so that I can separate the incubator eggs from the hatching ones. Anyone have any experience with this brand? and advice? thanks in advance.

Hi All - I'm getting 8 Shetland Goslings from Holderreads tomorrow! Yeah! I'm so excited! I was just wondering if anyone would like to talk about their Shetland Geese? Anything I need to know that is different about them (I currently have Pomeraneans and American Blues). Thanks in advance for...

I have a year old Saxony duck that is taking a lot longer to finish molting than her sisters. She is still looking really scruffy and the rest of them are pretty well all set with new feathers. Is this just within a normal range of time, or could there be another problem I should attend to. She...

I have a nice little pomeranian gander that was hatched the first week of May. He has always been with some Saxony and Runner ducks and seems quite content and likes to "guard" them. Recently I have noticed I am getting fewer and fewer eggs each day. I have also noticed some yolk colored...

The main part of his body is a little more "milk chocolate" thank the photo shows and his head is a very pretty shimmering green in the sunlight. Thanks for any input on what to call him -- beside beautiful of course LOL These are his bachelor buddies

Hi - just wondering if any else has had this experience and what you did that worked or didn't for your goose? I have a two year old Pomeranian goose "Susie" who is part of a nice Trio that I got from DH 2 years ago as new goslings. Susie has recently decided to hang out with my American Blue...

I have some beautiful Indian Runner ducks/drakes that I got this year from Hollderreads. I cannot keep them all, plus I have had experience in the past with toooooooo many drakes. So my question to you all is how do you decide which ones to keep for breeding? Do you have some specific criteria...

Hi all - I would really appreciate your thoughts and ideas. I have a 3 month old Pomeranian that suddenly is unable to stand. He/She was walking this morning and then a couple of hours after breakfast the whole group were calling --so I went to see. and the one gosling was unable to stand. I was...