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I've been feeding scratch grains and layer pellets from tsc. I don't think they need oyster shells because none of our other birds are having problems, and when we ate the 4 eggs the geese layed the shells were VERY thick.

The spring of 2022 we purchased two female baby geese for our 3 year old male goose. They were introduced last summer and they have become great companions. About a month ago we found their first eggs. We found four. I don't know if they're all 4 from one goose, or if the two started to lay...

Hello. I just want to give an update because it helps me when I read other posts and they update after their initial incident. My son's turkey miraculously regenerated skin and feathers... I'm not sure how that happened, but it did. His skin with feathers was ripped off and hanging while the...

I really appreciate your great advice. Thank you!

Also, what should I do about that flap of skin hanging? Should I cut it off or leave it hanging? It's beginning to harden a little.

We have had traps galore set out for over a month and aren't trapping anything. We bait them with marshmallows, fried chicken, trout, tuna fish, smoked oysters, cat food, and yet we watch them walk right past the traps on the trail cams. We've had birds for around 9 years and never have we been...

So here's a picture, but it's hard to see with the blue coat on it.

My husband and I have been fighting with a raccoon and fox all spring. He finally got the raccoon, but not until after it killed 2 ducks and mangled 2 turkeys of my sons for fair this year. He has back up turkeys to take, but I'd hate to lose more birds. One turkey has his skin hanging off the...

Update : Our goose is slowly returning to his old self... Finally! Through extra interaction and bribery with treats. He even walked with me to our pond and hung out with me for an hour there, which is about 600 feet from his own and the other birds. I even got some neck scratches in that he...

That's good advice, thank you! 🤞

Hello. After losing too many chickens to hawks we decided on getting a "guard goose". We purchased an American buff last spring and hand raised him. Goostav grew to be a beautiful, sweet, kind and affectionate young goose. He bonded to our flock of chickens and ducks very well and spent much of...

Just an update. We put up a trail camera and found it's a fox. It's showing up at around 3 am, and not every night. What's the best way to get a fox? Sorry I posted the original twice, I didn't get a confirmation of posting the first one.

Hello. My 10 year old son raises Cayuga ducks for 4-H. This year we hatched out his first ducklings from last year's fair ducks. They refuse to be put into the coop at night so we allow them to stay out with our guard goose. This has worked for over a year without any problems. Late two nights...

Hello. My 10 year old son raises Cayuga ducks for 4-H. This year we hatched out his first ducklings from last year's fair ducks. They refuse to be put into the coop at night so we allow them to stay out with our guard goose. This has worked for over a year without any problems. Late two nights...

No, sadly, it did not ☹️. This is our first time trying to hatch eggs from our Cayuga's eggs. We set 13 and 9 hatched and living. One I'm not sure will make it as it keeps flipping over onto its back and refusing to eat/drink on its own. It's been several days and I'm not sure what to do. It's...