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    GOOSE BREEDING THREAD - for breeding, incubating, hatching and rearing.

    That is terrific information. Thank you! Tonight I will add baby 3 to Good Mama of 2. I think its the best solution as new mama is really not good and abandons chicks at 5 weeks. I will do the supervising goose gathering but I have to admit, I'd prefer these new babies to be away from the gaggle...
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    GOOSE BREEDING THREAD - for breeding, incubating, hatching and rearing.

    Miss Lydia, I have some basic questions that seem simple but I cannot find answers to them in these forums. Being fairly new to this I need goose advice. I have several chickens (20) and 3 geese (2 females, 1 gander all brown Chinese). This is their first year laying. We had several but not a...
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    Question about breeding Chinese Geese...

    I am hoping that I can get an answer as I've just had two Chinese gooslings hatch yesterday. I have 3 brown Chinese, 1 gander 2 geese. These eggs hatched faster than I had thought (she only really sat on them full time for 8 days.) But I have two healthy cute as heck goslings. But one looks...
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    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    Is Rudy a featherless bird or is that photoshopped?
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    How should I start this

    I have a related question. I have a hen that was a super mom to two chicks that hatched a week after 4 chicks hatched from another broody hen. Mom + 4 are doing great on week 4, Mom+2 decided she was no longer a mom and moved away from the chicks back with the roo. I tried to put the 2 orphans...
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    Re-introducing a chick back into the flock

    I am really new to this. I have a 9 week old chick that was hatched by a hen (5 eggs, 2 hatched - she stepped on one) and raised as a single chick. Even though its a lone chick, it sure is a survivor. It has struggled to keep up with the flock, has had issues walking - very wobbly, but still...
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    Why don't my hens lay in the same place?

    I keep them in my coop at night but they free range and forage all day. I'm going to put mini cams on all of them and see where they are hiding their eggs. (LOL)
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    Why don't my hens lay in the same place?

    Thanks Chicmom - LOL yes I have seen and heard the queue for the favorite box. I have seen them double up and have two laying at a time. But then somehow that box becomes not so favorite any more which I don't understand. Both of my box sets (3 nests each) are in dimly lit, shaded, quiet areas...
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    Why don't my hens lay in the same place?

    I have 10 hens, 2 are not laying yet, 2 are broody and the others are laying their eggs ALL OVER THE PLACE. I cannot find the nests. They tend to choose one place to lay eggs and I leave one in so that they come back but eventually they find another location and start laying there. I have 2 sets...
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    hobby or obsession?

    I COMPLETELY understand!
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    hobby or obsession?

    Thanks! I'll try that link and upload some photos. But its difficult to take photos because they are either really active and the shots are blurry or they are trying to peck at my lense! :-)
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    hobby or obsession?

    Hi I am a new "newbie" to raising chickens and geese. I experimented with geese and ducks many years ago with a mail order of a small sampling of 6 ducks and 6 geese and had a wonderful time with them on my parents farm. Now, 20 years later, my husband and I have about an acre of land and we...
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