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    Please help urgently! Goose vomiting???

    could raw potato be the culprit? i have a feeling my neighbours may have given it to them.
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    Please help urgently! Goose vomiting???

    My 2 year old goose (who was fine yesterday) is practically lifeless and vomiting his food up. Ive never seen it before. My chickens and ducks are in good health but my other 3 geese are looking a little mopey, not sure why, but no signs of vomiting in them yet. Theyre being feed on scraps and a...
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    Young Cochin Bantam laying issue

    Broody maybe?
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    confused on my geese??

    Might they be hybrids?
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    How bad will this be??? HELP, Please????

    aww don't worry too much, i'm sure all will be well. I assume there will be a bit of squabbling to establish the order then all will be fine. In my experiences of settling new hens in, i've found that you can only try. Give it a chance and check regulary to see how she's getting on
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    confused, first hen has injured leg, now another.

    I have a hen who had a huge wooden gate fall on her, i thought see was a gonner but she's as fit as a fiddle now (3 months later) and is laying again. In your situation, is there any way the hens could be injured by something around the area or maybe a fiesty roo? Are they limping or walking...
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    New Baby Duck Question

    Thats completley normal lol, we elevated the waterer on a board to try and prevent the litter from getting wet, i'm unsure what else you could use.
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    Help

    Are the temps right in the brooder, are any of the other displaying any symptoms indicating disease such as cocci? (bloody stools etc) How old are the chicks?
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    What wormer???

    Thanks very much for that info, much appreciated, i think i will try the Ivermectin and see what happens.
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    How to tell if they are roosters??

    The old chick:- gorgeous JG's!!! stunning...
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    How to tell if they are roosters??

    Huge comb!! chunky legs, pointy neck feathers etc.....
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    is 2 weeks long enough?

    mine come out the baby house and get put into the main barn at the end of the day, once they've been out and wandering round the following day, i will have to catch them and put them in the barn myself, this may carry on for 2 days max with my birds but after that they know the score. It all...
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    integrating a rooster?

    i usually just put them in and hope for the best, they will establish the pecking order between themselves
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    Now I know..Genders Blue and Black Orpingtons

    How lovely, i know how frustrating it can be having to many roo's and worrying a lot about ending up with too many roo's i was recently taught a good trick with my orps, on birds that age, if you pull out the wing and the tips are flat edged its a pullet, if they have little pointy bits on...
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    why did they leave the snackies?

    How strange, maybe they just filled up a bit more whilst you were out?
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