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Hi everyone, I haven't posted here in years but I have a pair of 5 year old Super African Geese from Metzers. My female got attacked by raccoons last night. For a lot of reasons keeping them safe just isn't an option anymore. Is there anyone near Greenville, PA who would want him if she doesn't...

I am having the worst incubation of my life with some shipped eggs right now. Order was delayed, box looked like it had been punted, saddle shaped air cells and so on. One egg has hatched of 30 (miracle!). It looks like I may, and I mean *may* have one or two more chicks hatch. Maybe. If they...

I've had chickens for years and this is a first. Twice this week I've hardboiled banty eggs and peeled them to find one with a green "white". I believe this is only affecting one hen. They cannot free range due to hawks so it's not something she's getting into weed wise. The eggs are being...

I have an easter egger hen who is currently glued on the goose nest. She is trying to cover about 8 goose eggs. This is crazy right? I'll need to move her into the main coop to tonight, is it possible she could hatch them? If so I will take some with her and set her up. The geese could care less.

Hello! My african geese are laying along with the chickens now and there are only so many eggs we can eat in a day. I was thinking of putting some goose eggs on craigslist/Facebook for hatching, pysanky. All the geese do, all day long, is mate and there is a bull's eye in the yolk. What on earth...

Hello, I've been a chicken owner and member here for years. After a number of things going wrong the last two years (foxes, hawks, loose dogs) I've decided to get rid of my standard chickens and move to an all bantam flock in a big covered avairy type setting. I really enjoy a colorful egg...

I can't even believe I have to ask this question but due to reputation geese have for shenanigans here goes. Will geese harass honeybees or a wooden hive if I put one in their fenced yard? I used to keep bees in the yard and the chickens ignored them. The geese however, like to mess with stuff...

Can anyone reccomend a nice legband for my african geese? I'm starting to not be able to tell them all :idunno apart.

Ok, I really was not sure where to post this but have always found open minded, practical people in the Meat Birds section so here goes. I collect curiosities and over the years have cleaned skulls from some of the birds I've raised with great results (from goose down to quail). Now I'm going...

Don't you love seeing that in a title.:rolleyes: So I'm sending a couple of roosters to the processor tomorrow. I have an Orpington hen that while probably 2 years old I suspect she isn't laying, plus we just have too many chickens. So tonight I'm putting her in the pen with the roosters and...

I went into TSC today, for feed, NOT chickens. Well, we know how that goes. Lol. "Barnvelder " chicks were 50 cents. I got 3. What does everyone think? Breed? Pattern? These pics are all of the same chick.

Can anyone help me with this silkie? I am aware of the low quality, I love this funky chicken because of the lack of head puff and the single comb. Born in March maybe, bought from TSC. No crowing, no laying, no mating yet. With the way my head roosters act (vaguely protective, indifferent) I...

Ok, so file this under "never thought it would happen to me". A hen that I bought fully grown a year ago (so not sure age) has started to crow. Yes, I'm positive it's a hen. We have plenty of roosters so it's not a dominance thing... does this mean it's hormonal and she's done laying for good...

I did not do an autopsy but probably should have. I culled this hen this evening, she was hunched up and the red bulge was quite bigger while she was alive and not on her back. After she was dead I was pressing on her abdomen and felt an egg right above the vent that seemed to be stuck sideways...

I've posted here a couple of times about how annoying my geese are (they were actually put on craigslist once for bad behavior until I felt guilty and pulled the ad) well this week they have finally redeemed themselves. My 3 year old goose set a nest way under our chicken coop and now we have a...

I finally found my easter egger hen - in the shed nesting in a round laundry basket we use to cover transplants. She has, no joke, 20 eggs under her. Today i shooed her off, grabbed 10 and candeled them quickly with my phone. Much to my horror, they all looked great. She can't hatch all of...

My african goose has been setting on a nest for about 2 weeks. She's built in a place thats just about impossible for me to reach - in a depression in the far corner underneath the chicken coop. Today I managed to get a couple of eggs from the nest when she was getting a drink - me pregnant and...

I might just need to vent :rolleyes: I love, love, love watching my geese but lately they've really been getting on my nerves. The three of them are so annoying right now. No, they're not nesting or laying they're just being miserable. All they do is poop, honk, and chase chickens. Sometimes...

I forgot how messy quail chicks are. :rolleyes: What does everyone here like best for a crumble feeder? I'm using a chick feeder and while the quail are no longer trying to get stuck inside of it (fun!)they are still taking great joy from scratching crumble all over the place.

I always shudder when I see that post title but here goes :rolleyes: This pullet hatched fine but her leg started turning in at about 2 weeks. She ended up hopping With the leg turned nearly backwards and the weight on the back of her foot. Is this just a slipped tendon? I put her down today...