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    Gander prolapsed something?

    No he wasn't grunting. He seemed to be pooping normally.
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    BCM with white hackle?

    Hmm that hatch did contain Ameraucana eggs. The Ameraucana chicks are all blue color but it's possible that one of the black adults was a parent, and there's also a white rooster out there. It doesn't seem to have the large puffy cheek muffs like the blue ones have. Everybody was separated so...
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    BCM with white hackle?

    Hello everyone! So as the title says, we have a BCM chick that has white where the copper color should be. It's also missing the leg feathers that our other BCM have. What happened with this chick? Our BCM come from two separate lines. One line consists of a single hen with dark copper color...
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    Gander prolapsed something?

    Sorry for the late reply. Pretty hectic around here during hatching season. I put him in the building they spent the winter in so he'd be calm in there. We used the Bacitracin ointment. I had to hold him against my chest while my partner did the dirty work. She said it was definitely swollen...
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    Gander prolapsed something?

    By antibiotic ointment, I'm assuming you don't mean the red kote stuff? Pretty sure that says external use only. We have various ointments here but I'm not sure what would be safe for him. Rummaging through the med cupboard and I found Mupirocin topical antibiotic, Fucidin topical antibiotic...
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    Gander prolapsed something?

    Hello again. Our gander is nearly 2 years old and has 2 almost 1 year old geese for girlfriends. One is smaller and he must favor her because she is missing a lot of feathers on her head. The other is a bit larger and he seems to have trouble finishing the deed with her just because of the size...
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    • gander goose infection prolapse swollen
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    • Forum: Geese
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    No progress after internal pip

    We candled and then opened the air sacs on both eggs and both had passed. The one that pipped internally looked okay. I'd like to think that we could have saved it had we intervened earlier but it was internally pipped on day 26 before I put them in the hatcher. This means it had pipped...
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    No progress after internal pip

    I couldn't do it with a screw either and had the same idea. Just happened to have my drill bag nearby so took one of the bits out and used it scratch the egg for a bit until a very small hole appeared. Then I used the screw. It's bright here but I tried candling them. I can't see as well with...
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    No progress after internal pip

    I never thought of using a screw....that's a good idea. I think I'll add a safety hole at lunch if it's not too late.
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    No progress after internal pip

    Hello again! So today I am looking for advice on how to proceed with 2 Embden goose eggs that are still in lockdown in our hatcher (old small incubator). There were 3 eggs that made it to lockdown. Day 26: Candled all three eggs and seen movement in all of them. Egg #2 was internally pipped...
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    • egg geese gosling internally pipped
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    • Forum: Geese
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    Leg twisted 170 degrees?

    We're in Canada. I've never heard of anybody ordering feed like that here. I think this bag of Turkey starter will do us this year. The turkeys will be sent to a family member once they are old enough. We have the joy of hatching them. We watched a bunch of videos and fashioned a splint and a...
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    Leg twisted 170 degrees?

    I think you're right about the slipped tendon. I examined him again today and I think I feel the tendon pop into and out of place. It feels like the tendon can slip to the inside of the leg. When I extend his leg backwards and put my thumb on the tendon/back of the hock and gently push/twist the...
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    Leg twisted 170 degrees?

    It's a batch of 4 turkey poults that are 6 days old. They hatched with some other chicks. They all seemed to be doing fine, everyone looked okay although I haven't closely examined all of them yet. Today my father notices one of the turkey poults seemed to have his leg stretched out behind him...
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    • leg poult problem turkey twisted
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    • Forum: Turkeys
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    DIY Incubator Advice

    It's been very busy here. It's that time of year to move the outside flock away from fertilizing the garden and into the grass fields. The temperatures are warm enough to start on our spring tasks. So the egg turners are definitely still working. The 6 Maran and 6 Ameraucana eggs in the little...
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    DIY Incubator Advice

    Yes the egg turners are plugged in and are working the last time I checked. I'll check again in the morning though. I'm usually constantly checking them but have been busy the last few days. Tonight we candled 12 chicken eggs that we have in our smallest incubator that hatch on May 5th. Out of...
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