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    What kind of Animal can I get that will.....

    you shouldn't feed a mini alfalfa - too rich for them - it will make them sick
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    Goose bored with eggs???

    My mama goose was doing so well - faithfully setting on a nest of 10 eggs for almost a month now, that were due to hatch next week. Now all of a sudden, she seems to have lost interest. She goes in there and sets for short periods off and on instead of continuously. No changes around here to...
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    sloshy eggs?

    I had to totally dismantle and rebuild my goose's nest because of a terrible ant infestation I found in their coop. In the process, while p;icking up the eggs, two of them sounded sloshy, like there was water in them-the remaining 10 felt nice and heavy. I threw those two out without cracking...
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    sp;raying for roaches?

    Can I spray for roaches in and out of my chicken and goose coop? When I open the doors in the morning, it is disgusting. At least 50-60 scatter everywhere. I don't eat my old chicken's occasional eggs anymore, since she has been getting into the medicated chick starter for the pullets. So...
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    medicated chick starter bad for hens?

    Will it hurt my old (6yrs) hen to eat the medicated chick starter I have out for my pullets? She gets into it occasionally when I have them all out together (trying to integrate). I have been putting it up out of her reach when I can, but sometimes I forget.
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    Did my gander just mount me or attack me?

    You have definitely just had a "date" and he didn't even have to buy you dinner!!! My gander tried this with me and I just picked him up and put him in his pen. He was mortified but got the message. Hope yours has a mate so he can bother her instead of you. Maybe it was your coat he was so...
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    no water at night?

    Just wondering if I can stop putting water and food in goose coop at night. I have a male and female in there and here lately, every AM when I go out to let them out, they have spilled the whole bucket, which seeps over to where Mrs. Goose has her nest and also will start rotting out the floor...
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    "senior citizen" chickens

    I'm just wondering how old a hen can truly be expected to live with good care. My two remaining ladies are 5 years old. "Oprah" is starting to lose weight and getting bony though still active. (She lays horrible thin shelled eggs that are totally useless). This is what happened to my other...
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    ivermectin for horses-can it be used for chickens?

    Just wondering if Ivermectin I use on horses (paste) can be used on chickens. Thought I read on forum in past that people have used a pea sized dab into chickens mouths. Have used the Wazine in water, but heard Ivemectin good for mites. Any thoughts? And can I use this after I already used Wazine?
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    Need advice to avoid losing any more chickens!

    It's too late for two of my girls, 1 died 2 weeks ago, 1 in the late fall. Both had exactly same symptoms-started losing weight, breastbones became prominent, then felt like nothing but feathers and bones. Combs became pale and shriveled. Would not dust bathe, kinda stood around and looked...
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    chicken fencing

    Just curious if anyone has any tricks for keeping your chicken wire fencing nice and straight when installing on a hill. Mine seems to get so wavy no matter how tight I pull it. I'm putting up new and would like it to to look as nice as possible. Thanks
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    Geese "coop" requirements...

    My geese stay on my property without it being fenced in. They pretty much stay out of the woods and on the grassy areas. I have never had them leave (4 acres).
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    33 Eggs!!!!!?????

    I also went back & forth about what to do with the eggs. But, figured they were no good anymore (started laying 2-12) for hatching and was not going to eat that old of an egg, and call me lazy, but I am not about to blow out goose eggs. Mrs. Goose is still laying but not setting. Know...
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    33 Eggs!!!!!?????

    Kathy : No - My goose never set at all. I ended up throwing away total of 35 eggs (I know - it's a sin) and Mrs. Goose is STILL laying. I am going to let her keep this batch of eggs, although she shows no interest in setting. Will probably throw those out also after a few weeks if she does...
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    Saggy goose? Laid too many eggs?

    Have a 1 yr old Toulouse mix goose has laid total of 33 eggs to date. Started 2-12 and STILL laying e/o day. She is not setting. Started to and then lost interest. She is extremely loose and saggy between her legs to the point she is almost dragging on ground. Still seems happy, eating...
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