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    2018 Hatchalong

    I have a family of ten Toulouse Geese 2 adults and eight babies. I thought I could handle them raised the adults from babies and the hatched their own. Don’t have the space to keep them and don’t want to split them up. Free to a good home please anyone interested hit me up. I live in Swanton...
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    Thanks.
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    Just wanted to say thanks again to everyone for their well wishes and helpful information look at how good she's doing she has the purple band. She is happy and playful and she gosh darn cute!!
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    Ducks ducks ducks.

    I have or will have an abundance of ducks soon. Right now I have 7 pekins about 3.5 weeks old. no sex determined yet. also I have 23 more coming in the incubator mallards, cayugas, black Swedish, duclair, buff, and welsh harlequin. live in NW ohio. respond if interested
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    that's the only time I have ever done it. unless someone has a better idea for my drake on how to calm him down and make him less aggressive. he is my largest and most beautiful bird I wish there was something else to be done.
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    And no I will never eat the geese the geese are pets
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    now on another note. I have a giant male pekin he is not going to let any new birds in the yard. he has already attacked some 2 week old ducklings. luckily I was there to run him off. Anyone know of a good way to pluck a duck and get the down off without using the wax method. I think im...
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    whew sorry. Im not getting any updates any more for some reason. But it looks like she is going to make it. I have been feeding her more of a free range diet. I have had my kids hand feeding her any thing that our male goose eats. they just watch him and then pick some for her. she is...
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    I will tell you right now preventative maintenance is key. I would start getting everything you need. nutri drench, bedding of different types, two waterers two feeders, brooder lamp, back-up bulb, vitamin packs, look at feed carefully geese need less protein. 20% max. The only other cases I...
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    vet is def an option but no vet in my area has experience except emergency vet. unfortunately I can not justify $250+ for the evaluation. called a large animal vet that. he says that he would suggest doing what I am doing. her poop is no longer runny it is more like solid I guess so im...
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    thank you all
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    no real change yet thanks for asking. I have narrowed it down to either her brooder or her feed. She is too weak to graze so we have been hand feeding her. I just watch what he brother eats in the yard and then I pick some and feed her. Last night she seemed to be doing better and I went to...
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    Thanks I m doing my best. She has been eating at least enough to poo some. She has been like this for 24 hrs. Has anyone had any problems with tractor supply pine shavings. That's the only thing that I can find on the web that is similar to my situation. I personally use them with all my birds...
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    I have seen niacin deficiency in ducks this is something totally different it is the darndest thing. also I am noticing she will not extend her neck much. She also isn't growing very fast not like the male goose or my ducklings. She keeps her head very close to her body at all times. The male...
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    Gosling dying in my hands

    Yes niacin B3 is in the vitamin pack just checked
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