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    Gosling with neck skin pulled off

    Okay, that's interesting about the hen's neck. I had a closer look, and the wound has two points just at the edge of each side of the wound, like a very, very open human eye, so it must have been a raven, or an eagle, or a hawk, etc.... We left it to dry, and it has. The gosling is still...
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    Anybody try "freedom rangers" or Rosambro breeds?

    Quote: Freedom Ranger lines as far as I know. We had 50, we've had 27 already with CHF at 5 weeks old, they are just all dropping like flies, we are seeing 3-4 die a day. They are doing horribly when we've got the fair CX started who are not thrilled with the heat, but not doing badly. Plus...
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    Gosling with neck skin pulled off

    I just covered up the goslings for the night, and upon doing so, discovered that one has part of the back of its neck skin missing. It doesn't look like any other part has been punctured and there is no blood anywhere on it. It is a clear skinning. My guess is that either the neighbour's dog, a...
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    Salmonella - I would love some info from you who would know best....

    I have five children and we live on a farm. We don't have running water, so we do not bathe every day- not even every other day. The "important parts" are washed several times each day, but there is no "excessive" washing; we haul water from a creek and we live in a semi-arid region, so it is...
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    Chicks Love Perching!

    I just finished putting in a set of perches at 8-12" off the floor, but one of the perches goes all the way to the ground, so some chicks walk up and jump off, while others fly up to the highest spots from the floor.My chicks are almost three weeks old. I fastened crossed branches with zip ties...
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    Lurking for 4 years... can you tell I'm an introvert?

    Kansaseq, I didn't see your post earlier, but I'm in for the night now, so, I thought I'd elaborate a bit. We are just starting our homestead. Our cabin is on the wrong spot and needs to be moved 90 feet to the left. In that spot, there are a few posts in and a lot yet to go in, to fence...
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    Lurking for 4 years... can you tell I'm an introvert?

    Arcnadius, when we had no power hook-up, we used a battery to run our computers for an hour here and there, and sometimes we'd "save up" for a dvd. Mostly we read and played games, wandered around in the wilderness, and relaxed in the human pace of keeping warm and keeping fed. We didn't have...
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    Lurking for 4 years... can you tell I'm an introvert?

    Wow! What a kind reception! Thanks so much, everyone. It is very beautiful up here, that's for sure. BUT it is very cold; winter and winter-like weather has been 7-8 months-long this year. That it is still sunny at midnight is a small consolation some days, and others, it scrambles my sense...
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    Lurking for 4 years... can you tell I'm an introvert?

    Hi I've been reading here for a little over four years, and now (finally!) have my first brooder full of 60 redbro chicks and 10 emdem goslings. I do have two fully grown, 2 yr old, emdems, but they have spent 3/4 of their lives with a flock on my friend's farm; they will be returning to us...
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