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    11-week-old American Buff gosling, periodic swollen joints in one leg / episodes of inability to stand & walk on it. Diagnostics showed nothing. Help?

    That's good, ducks and geese spend a good fourth of there day in water the swimming and floating really helps strengthen there legs, my one gosling celest went through this, and water therapy and green food brought her out of it. To maney grains make them fat and grow to fast green foods slow...
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    11-week-old American Buff gosling, periodic swollen joints in one leg / episodes of inability to stand & walk on it. Diagnostics showed nothing. Help?

    Start feeding Romain lettuce and fresh grasses , make sure you chop both into very small bites, then float it in about a inch of water. Grains etc aren't enough for gosling they need green food and lots of it,. Increase water daily until its deep enough for her to float, do this at least twice...
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    11-week-old American Buff gosling, periodic swollen joints in one leg / episodes of inability to stand & walk on it. Diagnostics showed nothing. Help?

    Start feeding Romain lettuce and fresh grasses , make sure you chop both into very small bites, then float it in about a inch of water. Grains etc aren't enough for gosling they need green food, slowly increase water do this at least twice a day, eventually the water will increase to where...
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    Peach Tree Question?

    The sap is like a scab on a wound, this can happen when the tree has been injured such as pruning when the sap is still moving or a bit of bark has been removed or broken,this also can happen when a branch becomes heavy and the bark splits, and lastly you may have peach bark beetles
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    Fenbendazole use on chickens

    Just going through this with my girls. Vet said 1/2cc per bird for 5 days repeat in 10 days,safeguard goat warmer liquid if your birds are bantums use 1/4 cc per bird. The best way I have found to administer is by putting dosage on small pieces of bread they will gobble it up but make sure your...
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    What gender is this 9 week old Easter egger

    Hen all the way,sometimes a dominate hen will crow especially if there is no roo. If it where a roo the waddle would be more visible at this stage.
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    Comment by 'goosiegosieduckduck' in article 'Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens'

    tomatoes are from the nightshade family, it is not a good idea to let your birds eat the green tomato as they contain the same poison as nightshade also the plant is toxic, too much will kill your birds.
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    SOS HELP! Baby ducklings and goslings dying

    try sitting them in a shallow pan of water and Epsom salts twice a day , also they could be getting too much protein, mine usually will get all purpose crumble and I will go out and find some wild grass such as young chickweed, make sure to cut it up into small bites, I also keep a shallow dish...
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