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    Need home for Cotton Patch Gander!

    I would like to place my Cotton Patch gander in a good home. He is one year old and I incubated and hatched him. He was a member of a very nice trio until coyotes climbed my enclosure and killed the other two. He is white with a few grey feathers and bright blue eyes. Of course his bill and...
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    ~~Crazy 24hr Auction~~

    $12.00 on lemon blue project Cochins.
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    AHHH. This is my first try at incubating geese eggs.....ADVICE NEEDED

    I'm glad to have found this post! I am on day 5 incubating 5 Pilgrim Geese eggs. They are in a Genesis hova bator preset to 100 degrees I am keeping humidity between 50 & 55% except after misting which I started last night. It went up after misting. Last night I opened the lid, misted with room...
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    Help with skunk in trap!

    Dh dispatched the skunk with a 22. He said it seemed more hunane than the way animal contro dispatched the last one. They stuck it foot or five times with a tranquilizer dart and it took about half hour to die. The 22 was instantanious. Thanks for everyones suggestions!
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    Help with skunk in trap!

    We called animal control last time he caught one. He was able to move that from the pasture to the front without it spraying. They euthanized it on the spot due to rabies in our area. This one who couldn't move to front since it spryed. we really don't want animal control in the pasture to see...
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    Help with skunk in trap!

    My DN caught a skunk in his trap. He tried to put a trap over it but it sprayed and chased him off, LOL. How do you handle a skunk in a trap? He says he can't get close enought to it to shoot it. We live in a neighborhood.
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    Night time food and water

    I think the are 4 to 6 weeks. I got them at TS when they 1st came. They look like big ducks now. My problem is where to put the food & water in the kennel where they won't spill it. They are spending the day in the fenced back yard and Locking them in the house in the kennel at night due to...
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    Night time food and water

    I have begun locking my two young pekin ducks in a large dog kennel at night. Do they need food and water in there? I lock them in at dusk and let them out about 6:30 am.
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    Why isnt she growing?

    I forgot to say that she still peeps like a chick.
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    Why isnt she growing?

    I have an EE hen that never grew. All the ones that were with her in the order are full size. She also has a leg that does not seem to have a knee in it as she limps and that leg doesn't bend. My DH helps her on and off the perch and feeds her after everyone else has left the coop. She is much...
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    Please help poor Bubbles!

    Someone else was having a problem like that with a duck. It turned out she was feeding medicated feed and when she stopped it got better.
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    Sebastopol gosling questions

    I have a pair of Sebastopol goslings that 7 days oldl. They are in with a pair of Lavender goslings the same age. The 2 Sebastopol have that same thing on their backs. It does draw the attention of the other goslings to groom them there. The wet feels oily or soapy to me. I bathed the area last...
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    Goslings arrived!

    My Sebastopols and Lavender Ice gosling pairs arrived today from Holderreads. They were alert and active. I think I am really going to enjoy geese! Sorry for the small picture I had to use my phone. DH is out of town with the real camera. I think I will name the white Sebastopols "Ribbons"...
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    Call Duck Eggs: Artifical Versus Natural Incubation

    That's a fantastic hatch rate! Congratulations! I should be getting my Brinsea today. I would really like to see pictures of your new ducklings.
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    Help feeding small call duckling!

    I emailed the fellow I got the eggs from and asked about bloodlines but have not heard back. She is eating on her own the ground up flock raiser.
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