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My pair of Tolouse geese inhale everything green they can find, and we've had so much rain this summer that my yard and house are overgrown. Can I harvest weeds and give them to the geese? The main culprits are as follows: Virginia creeper ivy Thistles Ragweed Wild lettuce (Lactuca scariola)...

My 3 week old toulouse gosling just pulled my stud earring out of my ear and ate it. I'm concerned about the post hurting her. Do I need to take her to the vet? What should I watch for?

I have a hen brooding 7 eggs in a dog igloo, in the same run as my tom. He can't get to her because he's too big to fit in the igloo, so she is safe. What about when the poults hatch? Will I need to separate the tom to keep him from injuring them? Will the hen become anxious if she is in the run...

Hi there! I originally posted in the "Geese Questions" thread, but nobody has responded for 3 days so I'm posting a new thread. I've raised geese before when I was a kid--we had a pair of Embdens, and they were ever so helpful that I had to distract the geese while my dad worked on the car so...

Hi all! I have 2 dairy goats who are due in May, and I know I'll have more milk that what I will need. How can I incorporate milk and milk products (whey, excess curd, leftover yogurt, etc) into the diets of my poultry? I have chickens, turkeys, quail, and guineas. Should I let the milk...

I'm receiving 4 Royal Palm and 4 Blue Slate turkeys from a hatchery in April, and I'm building and planning now, so I wanted to ask the experts so I can tailor their care to my particular situation. Ideally, I'd like a trio of each, but if the sex ratios end up with only a pair I'll be okay with...

My pet coturnix rooster is over-fond of one of his hens, to the point where her back is bald from repeated mating attempts. I've watched him, and he will try to breed her 5 times in 10 minutes. We can't really separate them, because when the rooster is alone he will crow incessantly (I time him...

I bought a rooster for my flock, mainly as a guardian for my hens as they free range since we live in an area with a lot of predators. He's a 2-year-old Barred Rock roo named Rocky. His previous owner said he was getting picked on by the other roosters, but that he was friendly to humans and...

So my spoiled chooks have decided that they prefer to kick/peck their lovely expensive organic pellets out of the plastic feeder and then once the pellets hit the ground they're ruined forever and inedible. (The same girls will fight viciously over a tomato that's been rolled in the dirt and...

We are processing several rabbits this weekend. Is it safe to give the chickens kidneys, livers, hearts, etc? Should they be cooked, or is raw okay? How much should I give them?

So I was a little late in harvesting my edamame (immature soybeans) this year. I'm popping the beans and they're all a bit brown and soft. They'd be fine to eat, but I prefer mine to be greener and more "toothsome" to eat. Can I just give them to my mini velociraptors? I assume since a lot of...

Hi all! I think I know what I'm doing, but I want to ask the experts to be sure. I picked up 2 one-month-old Mammoth Bronze poults from Mt. Healthy Hatcheries at a feed store a few days ago. I saw what they were eating, and it looks like it was 18% chick starter, so for the first month they've...

I've been a long-time lurker, but I decided it was finally time to call in the experts for a little help about my 1.5-week old chick. I'm looking at this little one's comb and I'm thinking "rooster." Can anyone here please confirm whether this is a rooster or a hen?