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    3/5 goslings dead at 3 weeks

    The 2 remaining are doing well. One of the goose sitting is leading 4 goslings around. She moved nests and eggs at some point within the last week. I found 2 eggs that she smooshed that looked like they had pipped at the original site. But there are eggs from the goslings at the new nest...
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    3/5 goslings dead at 3 weeks

    I picked up flock raiser and some manna pro as a. Alternative. The 2 refuse to eat either so far. I mixed some of the flock raiser with water. No interest. I have them in a small area with grass and Forbes, I also laid some flock raiser where they are eating They are eating the plants, no feed.
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    3/5 goslings dead at 3 weeks

    Local chick grower 18% protein approx. I gave them a bit of new bunch grass over the weekend. They ate bit, I noticed it in their droppings too. I used same feed mixed with commercial gosling specific stuff on the original 15. MannapPro maybe? I just did an experiment. I put out some of...
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    3/5 goslings dead at 3 weeks

    I started with 15 Toulouse from a hatchery 2 years Ago. 14 made it to adulthood. They seemed more fragile to me when brooding. I tried hatching the following winter. Had a power outage and poor hatch. 1 died soon. 2 were snatched by a raven when I gave them to a brooding goose This year I...
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    I have movement & all until 1-3 days before hatching…

    I finally insulated the floor of the cabin my chicks are in. More stable temperature. A small incubator like that needs stable room temps, they say 74-80. My success rate went from 30-40% to 75-100%. I was getting mostly developed chicks that quit a few days before hatching in the...
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    Having geese with chickens

    I have 10 Tolouse. They destroyed 1/3 of the 1 acre I had them confined in And bits of the rest. They destroy differently than chickens, imo, they pack down the earth. Smooth and compacted. Now, I let them range on 10 acres I finally got fenced in. They have several favorite spots...
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    Dud eggs/eggs pushed out of nest

    I have 13 eggs in an incubator and they are doing fine from the same birds. I have 4 or 5 geese laying. They aren’t sitting. They’ve pushed 6 or 7 out of the 2 nests. The oldest eggs was laid 4 weeks ago. is it worth attempting to hatch those eggs? I would have to buy another incubator.
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    Having geese with chickens

    I have 10 Tolous geese. I have a couple extra Roos that live in the goose enclosure instead of the bachelor hut. Geese sometimes chase a chicken or bully them over food. I think the geese deter predators as well due to the noise they produce.
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    Frostbitten goose foot (pics)

    Update. She lost one toe and most of the webbing on the frostbitten foot. The other 2 feet appear to be OK She moves fairly well.
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    0/24. The lazy rooster

    First time I’ve put in a batch of eggs and got 0 development. I suspected this Delaware was lazy. But Not this bad. I switched out to a new lad. Gold laced Wyandotte, buff Orpington, Polish? Mutt. Wish me luck
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    Magical color changing eggs

    I have an Icelandic that lays very lightly tinted white eggs, but has laid a dozen or so brown eggs over the last 18 months. She is in with 2 other Icelandics. I’m getting 3 eggs a day from them. White. Then, yesterday, I get 2 white and 1 brown. Today I got 3 white again Brown color...
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    Fair price for Pullets/Hens

    Unfortunately for me I stood in a crowd for 2 hours (they didn’t stagger the waitlist) and had the choice of (imo) obvious males in a straight run grab bag. Instead I bought another incubator shell (my geese grabbed my foam one and destroyed it last year) Moving chicken eggs to that with the...
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    Fair price for Pullets/Hens

    I’m in NW Montana. Eggs for eating don’t seem quite as bad as I see online. My brain still hasn’t adjusted to the new $$$ inflation. I’m hoping my last Delaware roo over the RIR produces good pullets. I love my Icelandics, but they aren’t what most people picture when they want birds...
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    Fair price for Pullets/Hens

    I rarely see anything but chicks or hens being sold when folks move. Very expensive area. There are maybe 6 small scale hatcheries and 3 retail places that sell chicks. My cost is $6/feed a bird to 16 weeks. Cost of the egg $1.00 (feed and sunk cost of the layer). Electricity $1.00 for me...
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    Fair price for Pullets/Hens

    I was planning on getting 100 chicks this year, I wasn’t paying attention to the news. Instead I will be hatching my own. I pay $18/50lbs local feed. I have incubator and have hatched before. Prior sales prices $15-30 bird. Delaware Delaware/rhode island cross (24 in the incubator)...
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