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I have a gosling who just hatched, all on his own, very enthusiastically at that, and he still has around a pea-sized amount of yolk remaining. It's very small, but it's a little dry and doesn't seem to be absorbing anymore. What should I do? As it's so small, what are his chances? I put some...

Hello, I am looking for designs, plans, or ideas for small coops (2-4 birds, perhaps?) that can withstand very low temperatures. Being in Canada, particularly Saskatchewan, our winters can be lower than -30F. We sometimes have -40 days, or lower. I know insulation is absolutely crucial, and...

I thought I'd like to try my hand at using one of these as many people suggest them... but realised they don't sell them in Canada at all! I was wondering whether anyone knows of a substitute to create the same effect, perhaps something homemade? Thanks.

I have been confounded by this for a while, so I thought I would ask. When people say to take temperature readings at "egg height", what do they mean? Does that mean at the very top of the egg, or the middle, or where? I have two Brinseas running (octagon advance EX and mini advance EX), and...

These are parrots but any advice is welcome! My pair is young, and this is only their second clutch. However they did not lay their first clutch with me, so I have no idea precisely what went on with it. In hindsight I should have asked more about it. I know they successfully had babies, but...

So, I've recently noticed that my new Brinsea Advance's temperature reading is off about 0.8-1.5 degrees from the actual temperature (it is too high). I was incubating at 99.5 and it was about 98.2 with a digital thermometer. I went ahead and bought a Brinsea spot check, which is indeed a very...

The thermometer in my Brinsea, even when it is set to 99.9, reads around 98.4. However, it only reads 98.4 when I put the probe on toilet paper. Otherwise it reads 96.4 because of the foam on the bottom, which is cooler than the air from what I can tell. I didn't get a thermometer because I...

The autoturn cradle on my new Brinsea works well, and seems to be doing its job, but I notice that it clicks quite a lot whenever it turns. Not just once, but multiple times. Is this normal? It didn't seem to do this at first, but now it is. Function seems normal aside from that... What...

Everyone told me prior to getting the incubator that someone had to be here to sign and I knew that very well, but it's not been very long since I ordered it and I'm in Canada so I figured it wouldn't even be this week. But there was an attempted delivery today and no one was here! I have a...

One of my eggs was cracked -- just a small crack, on the large end near the air cell. It did not injure the membrane and is only a hairline crack, very small. However the air cell is growing really fast now. I am wondering whether I should incubate this egg at a higher relative humidity, and...

I'm looking into buying a Brinsea incubator. I do incubate poultry -- most often, waterfowl -- but I also breed parrots and want to have an incubator that can hatch parrot eggs. I'm not sure about whether, because it has auto turning, parrot eggs can fit in it. I think I will be buying the EX...

At my nearby waterfowl park, I have noticed this year that there are domestic rabbits hopping around. They are not kept within a fence; they go everywhere. They are obviously domestics. Little black rabbit, little white one, some multi-colored ones... I noticed that they suddenly appeared...

Do I have this right? A dark brown is usually black, a light brown is usually chocolate, and black is blue? I hatched two ducklings, both of which had a white mother and a father of unknown color. It could have been a chocolate, black or blue, form what I know. One duckling, which was a runt...

I know there are quite a lot of threads on this, but they are all old so I can't really ask my questions there. The pictures that I saw on one thread both looked a little different from what I see when I try to vent sex my three day-old gosling. S/he doesn't have an obvious penis pop out of...

The mother is definitely an embden (although apparently she is a cross; she is white, has blue eyes, is big, etc) -- father is unknown. The gosling has brown eyes.

Will anyone have any cotton patch eggs/goslings for 2011? They are, as far as I know, only available in the US - not Canada - so I've decided a trip down may be necessary. Although apparently it's possible to ship to a post office (which, in this case, would be probably in Montana/North...

My gosling, who is about 12 days old, has two twisted toes. I don't know why I just noticed this. Both her toes on the outside of her feet are twisted, so that when she stands, they are not straight, but stand sort of sideways. One is worse than the other. Her feet are still springy and...

Okay, I am all the way in Canada but no one here has geese laying this late... Understandably. It is really late, but I am still getting desperate. Possibly desperate to the point of traveling to the states to pick up eggs if anyone has any. I know it is a futile attempt, but I am attempting...

He's just lying there in a corner, eyes closed. He has separated himself from the others. He's not eating or drinking. When I feel his crop, I can feel stuff in it, mostly water. He poops, but only mucus, and it's all white, no fecal matter. Does anyone know what this is and if it will...

My dear little goose is in the care of an avian veterinarian right now, and has been in the hospital there since Friday. We've gone as far as to have her x-rayed, blood tests done, and on Tuesday her lungs, air sacs and trachea were scoped. The initial x-rays were taken before she was given a...