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    Uh, honey, The Colonel is a girl now.

    African Goose who enjoys greeting cars, sampling finger with grass on top of them, and blindly jogging off steep edges. We're returning her awesome new "friend" Lucy to the previous owner today because The Colonel is being mean in the goose house at night. It's been 2 weeks and we just can't...
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    Uh, honey, The Colonel is a girl now.

    Our supposedly male goose, The Colonel, laid an egg today.... There are some extenuating circumstances surrounding this and a new goose. To help us do some effective sleuthing, does anyone know the answer to the following question: Do geese typically only lay fertilized eggs? Insight is...
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    Colonel Marple

    I posted this in the Goose section, but thought it worth posting in Ducks as well. I'm relatively new to chatting in forums so forgive any lack of forum etiquette/know-how, but the need to relieve the suffering of our goose, The Colonel, feels pressing: Hi All and warm regards, We've had two...
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    The Colonel & Mrs. Marple

    Hi All and warm regards, We've had two geese, The Colonel & Mrs. Marple, for about 9 months, raised together by us from a couple weeks old. They imprinted on us and were also very much in love with each other, but Mrs. Marple died a few days ago and I'm trying to remedy as much of The...
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    Suddenly Sick Ducks!

    In case anyone comes up against this, It was botulism and it came on very fast. The ducks are surprisingly alive thanks to this woman's text from another forum (I used the Epsom salt option with great results): "My suggestion at this point, as it does sound suspicious for botulism, is to do...
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    Suddenly Sick Ducks!

    If it helps they look drunk and are breathing laboriously
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    Suddenly Sick Ducks!

    I was just outside with my 4 ducks and 2 geese for an hour. They were fine. 15minutes later my roommate came in and asked what was wrong with 2 of the ducks. They were separated from the other four for the 1st time (not normal behavior), and they are very weak, and seem to be losing life...
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