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    Chicken Blinders Safe?

    Can blinders be put on a rooster to deter aggression?
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    Hen killing baby chicks

    Is the same true of ducklings hatched by setting duck hen? They should be separated?
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    Review by 'M Butz' in article 'Raising and Caring for Goslings'

    I've been searching for good information on raising goslings. This article is comprehensive and not hard to put into action. Thanks!
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    Review by 'M Butz' in article '.'

    Good information in the article, but it stopped just short of naming the other species in the Cairina genera. It gives me a thread to follow, so I'm sure I can sleuth it out. Thanks for posting the article.
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    Sad and lonely goose... Advice please!

    Just rescued a sweet Chinese brown in Wisconsin with some infection on the webbing between its toes from presumed frostbite. The vet is pretty sure it's an underweight young gander. It's our first goose. After the antibiotic cream clears up the infection, we had planned to place it with the...
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    Comment by 'M Butz' in article 'From coop to kitchen: Pets versus livestock and respectful chicken harvest'

    Your article was informative to me since I'm new to keeping chickens. Dealing with an abundance of roos will definitely be easier and done humanely.
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    New member introduction

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes. Bought 4 Speckled Sussex chicks and 3 Cayuga ducklings in late June, 2018. Added 4 Silver Laced Wyandottes chicks in August, 2018. There are also 2 random (breed unknown) hens that were rescued from an animal shelter over a year...
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