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See if you can spot baby Bertie. He is the only gosling this year and thr flock is a little over protective.

We have a few egg eaters in our flock so our egg production is way down. Does anyone know how to build the type of nest box where the egg rolls away after laying so it can't be eaten?

I was hoping to get some salmon favorolle hens to go with my Favorolle cross rooster but ended up getting these instead. Are they Favorolle roosters? Mr wonderful has white saddle and hackle feathers. These guys feathers are definitely gray. The other feathers are mix of brown and black. They...

This is little oreo he/she is about a week and a half old. Does anyone have any idea what kind of duck she is? They were sold as hatchery choice. We also purchased 2 more one is completely black and the other has a tiny bit of yellow. I just love their cute little feet.

We went to the local store to get some birds last night. My son wanted a goose for 4H. There were 3 geese left. We couldn't buy just one because it would be lonely. We couldn't buy 2 because the one left behind would be lonely so now we have 3 new geese. How old do they need to be before they...

Frankie has a black spot on his lower bill. I am not sure how he injured it. Is it anything to worry about? Can anything be done to fix it? The bluekote on his cheek is from an old injury.

Our female brown chinese goose is determined to start a family even though it was -22 Degrees F this morning. She has laid some eggs which we have taken away and now she resorts to sitting on chicken eggs. I am worried that she is not moving around enough or getting enough to eat. We keep...

Are frozen eggs ok to eat? Even though we check for eggs several times a day sometimes they freeze especially when the temps outside go below zero. They like to lay their eggs on top of the straw bales that are on the outside wall which are on the opposite side of the barn from their roosts and...

We found this large egg this evening when we were penning everyone up at night. It was in the same nest as the chicken eggs which is at ground level under a low shelf. The four eggs on the left are chicken eggs, the larger cream colored egg is a duck egg. Could the large one be a goose egg...

Any ideas on what breed of rooster Mr Wonderful is? We purchased him last week with a few hens from a farm with multiple roosters so he looks a little rough. Hopefully his tailfeathers will grow back soon. He has a little feathering on his feet and in sunlight some of his feathers appear to be a...

We are new to chickens and for most of the summer the girls free ranged all day and came back to a small fenced enclosure which also had a small 4 x 8 coop. Once they got older they decided that the inside was for sissies so they all roosted on top of the roof. I have been worried about owls...