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One of my two French Toulouse geese has been broody for a few weeks now. On her nest 24 x 7. She comes out to eat and drink at mealtimes but back she goes. She is not laying eggs. Just sitting on her nest. She's healthy and she's done this in past years. How should I handle it? Our other...

Our female Saxony duck keeps fighting with two other female ducks. The drake stays out of it. One of the ducks she is fighting with is very small and has a limp. I am trying to keep her separated from the rest for the most part. I've tried spraying the Saxony with water or holding her down...

I scrape my chicken's poop boards every morning. The boards are wooden....not yet painted. Would it be wise to spray the boards with a light mist of vinegar after I scrape?

What is the best type of white paint to use when painting my chicken's poop boards? The boards I'm using is pressed wood. Not really the time of year to paint them but want to be ready for warm spring and summer weather. Also, I obviously want to let the paint dry thoroughly. But what about...

How to find out the status of Avian Bird Flu in specific areas / states. We are taking precautions to keep our waterers covered for all of our geese, chickens and ducks. But it's a lot of extra work. How will we know when we are out of the woods? Thank you!

Hello! I am considering a switch from straw on the floor of our 9' x 9' chicken coop to pine shavings. I've never had an easy time picking up after my girls using straw and I feel like the shavings will be easier to maintain. And possible cheaper as straw has become so expensive --at least in...

I understand that spinach should be fed only sparingly to our backyard birds. Does anyone know if the stems are ok?

Wondering if I can cook some brown rice for our geese while the grass is covered in snow.

Banana skins (organic) have a lot of nutritional benefts and my birds love them. I let them set to get soften a bit then I chop them up to an almost oatmeal consistency. I was so delighted to have another source for a nutritious treat. But now their coops have an off odor. I may cut way back on...

I know that chicken poop needs to age about 12 months before using in vegetable beds. What about goose and duck poop? Does it also need to age?

I like throwing different leaves and branches in the chicken coop for them to horse around with. Does anyone know if kiwi leaves are safe or toxic for chickens?

I feed my ducks 1.5 cups of fermented layer / per bird. I have found that when I back off of this amount, they don't lay daily. But, 1.5 cups may be too much?

Does anyone have it figured out how to keep your oyster shell offering clean of straw and debris? I want to hang a tray off cyclone fencing - low enough off the ground so birds can get into it but high enough so that debris doesn't cover all the oyster shell. There are feeding trays at the...

We let our chickens work our compost pile. But we also eat a lot of apples which means the chickens may eat the apple seeds. Should we de-seed all of our apple cores before putting them in the compost pile?

We have 7 ducks (different varieties) and 2 drakes. They have layed plenty of eggs in the past for us but they haven't been laying for several months now. They have an excellent diet consisting of organic grains, vegetable greens and slugs. We just came out of summer months so it's not a...

We have a beta male duck who has gotten so bullied that he has lost weight and is lame. He is separated from the rest of the flock, although right next to them, and we're wondering how to get him healthy quickly. Other than slugs and extra helpings of grain, what can we give this boy to bring...

Our 3 French geese have not been laying for the last several days. They are monopolizing their coop (can't get in there to clean) and acting like they're trying to lay but no results. This is their prime laying season?

Our 3 geese have started dropping significantly more poop in the last few weeks. A lot of it is black and a lot bigger some of it is actually turd-shaped. They recently started having access to our compost pile which is all vegetative matter. Has anyone else had this experience with their geese?

We have 10 ducks - 2 of which are drakes. One of them is mercilessly bullying the other. Any recommendations?

Thank you to all for your recommendations regarding our duck's nutrition during this time.