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    Which breed of goose is best for a household with children?

    Thanks, guys! I order a pair of Buffs. I am excited about raising them!
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    Which breed of goose is best for a household with children?

    Thank you, Goose girl! That was very helpful.
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    Which breed of goose is best for a household with children?

    We have raised chickens and ducks but I'm thinking of adding a couple of geese to the homestead this year. I don't want MEAN geese, though. What breed would you all recommend as being gentler? Also, are the geese a lot gentler than the ganders? I'm considering the Toulouse, Pilgrim, and buff...
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    Please guess these four breeds!

    Thanks, donrae. I think you are right. This is a sleek, slim bird.
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    Please guess these four breeds!

    You guys are awesome! Thank you so much! The only one I'm still not sure about is the banty. She doesn't look like an OEG to me. I saw a photo of a buff banty Plymouth Rock and she looked more like those but I'm really unsure. Here is another photo of the one in question.
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    Please guess these four breeds!

    I'm helping care for the small flock at my kids' elementary school. They have four hens, about 6 months old. Can you help me sort out what breeds they are? They are all standard sized but one (Tiny Tim, who is a banty). Chirp must be an Ameracauna but I don't know about the black hen (Blackie...
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    I have a week old amber white chick with what looks like an off-center crop.

    The crop *should* be on the right side of the bird, so no worries. Usually the birds start the day with an empty crop (because it emptied to the stomach during the night) and then it grows bigger and bigger as they eat throughout the day. When they go in to roost at night it can be pretty big...
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    Nobody told me guineas make pretty sounds, too!

    My guineas are about 8 weeks old and doing great. It's the first time we have raised guineas. I've heard about the awful racket they make but no one told me they make some really pretty softer sounds, too! When they are happy and on fresh grass (when I move their coop/tractor) they sounds like...
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    Rotten egg broke under my broody hen- what to do?

    I have a banty hen that is in her 16th day of sitting on eggs. She originally had 6 eggs but yesterday one broke (or was broken) underneath her. It contained a foul-smelling creamy green goo. I moved her to another nesting box with fresh bedding but I didn't wash the other eggs even though they...
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    Can you recommend a good dog breed for my situation?

    Thank you so much, everybody. I was really interested in Great Pyrenees but I fear that our place is too small for a true livestock guardian dog to be happy. (Plus, that heavy coat would probably be miserable during Central TX summers!) I'm looking into several breeds that you guys mentioned...
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    The khaki-Campbell duck Thread !!!!!!!!

    Our ducks had their first swim today! The Khaki Campbells are 5 weeks old and the mallards are 3.
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    Can you recommend a good dog breed for my situation?

    Thank you so much, everyone! Your answers really are helpful. I thought of a few more details that might matter. We have a small fenced dog run but the rest of our property is not fenced. Our current dog, a 15 yr old lab mix, has never been one to wander off so this is not a problem. Our...
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    Can you recommend a good dog breed for my situation?

    I know what you mean. I've only been bitten by small dogs!
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    Can you recommend a good dog breed for my situation?

    We are thinking about getting another dog and I'm not sure what breed to look for. I need a dog that gets along well with dogs, cats, and poultry. It also has to be good with children since I have three and the youngest is only 3 years old. We'd like a medium or large dog and we live on 1.3...
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    Moving keets from brooder to permanent housing

    I've been letting my ducklings and chicks spend a few hours at a time outside in my chicken tractor. (It's been very warm here and the birds are 3 weeks old.) I know my keets would love to go out, too, but I'm afraid that if I put them in the tractor they will forever-more think of that as their...
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