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Taming Sebastopol Goslings
I brought home an adult pair of Sebastopol geese a few months ago (my first exposure to geese). The female immediately went broody and the male got a bit bored and ‘hung out’ with the humans. He wouldn’t let us touch him, but would follow us everywhere and nibble a bit. When the four goslings... -
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Brooding duck in with other ducks
Maybe. I’m thinking of moving the two Runners in with my hens, as they’ve managed to coexist with the chickens on other occasions. It will be interesting to see how the little drake does separated from his foster Mom, but it might be a good thing as he seems overly attached her. (I let myself be... -
Brooding duck in with other ducks
I have a Welch Harlequin duck ‘Lovey’ sitting on four eggs about to hatch. She currently shares her run with an older Indian Runner duck and a two month old male Indian Runner who she was a foster mom to. Lovey is an amazingly calm and friendly duck and has been having a surprising calming... -
New Lone Gosling Questions
All is well. With a little encouragement from ‘sourland’ I tried again. ‘Dexter’ peeped like mad while looking for me for about 15 minutes, but the parent geese kept encouraging him and he/she eventually ended up under Momma’s wing with the other goslings after they all ate and drank. 😮🥰🙏🙏🙏 -
New Lone Gosling Questions
This is encouraging. I’m concerned about how to keep him warm. I think I could rig up a heat lamp. Otherwise maybe we’ll just try supervised ‘playdates’ off and on during the day and see how things go. I’m mostly worried about him figuring out how to crawl under the momma goose for warmth. -
New Lone Gosling Questions
Im new to geese and this is my first hatch. The mom seemed to struggle a bit with successful hatching. We ended up with three live goslings, one dead gosling, two partly hatched but dead in smashed eggs and one newly hatched and for all purposes cold wet and dead and shoved out of the nest. When... -
Looking for Appenzeller Spitzhauben.
I live in Washington State and have been unable to find any Appenzeller Spitzhaubens(?) in my area. Will I have to break down and mail order from cackle. I’m actually only looking for a silver spangled rooster. Mine died recently after a being in some mystery declining health for a couple of...- L0rraine
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What color is this?
Whoops didn’t mean to post picture twice 🤷🏼♀️- L0rraine
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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What color is this?
This roo is almost two years old. He’s a part Sultan / frizzle bantam mix. He looked like he would be a splash as a chick - white with a few black spots. And then, at about four months he started to look like he fell in a very muddy puddle - and he still looks that way today. 😬😆- L0rraine
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Sizzle with double genes
I think I’ve ended up with a sizzle hen with a double dose of the frizzle gene. I purchased her as a young hen and she looked fine, but now she looks like she’s going through a molt and has a lot of bare skin. I got the sense her breeder was careful to avoid double dosing, but seeing naked spots...- L0rraine
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Lavender Orpington Shredder Gene Help
Me too 🤷🏻♀️😆- L0rraine
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- Forum: Exhibition, Genetics, & Breeding to the SOP
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Name the rescued roo's breed!
BYW - I have a ten year old porcelain d’uccle hen (from a feed store). ‘Liitle Missy’ is the sweetest thing ever. She follows me around the garden talking to me all the time (but she doesn’t like for me to pick her up 🤷🏻♀️😊).- L0rraine
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Name the rescued roo's breed!
OMG - I’ve just rescued what is apparently a Mille Fleur d’uccle rooster. I’m guessing you are too far away to get the two together. ❤️😆- L0rraine
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?