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    New goose owner, what kind?

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    New goose owner, what kind?

    I just acquired my first goose last night! I am a wildlife rehabber and someone turned this in to our clinic saying it was wild and injured because it couldn’t fly away after finding it in their yard. I realized very quickly it was domestic. So now I am a goose owner 🤷🏼‍♀️ can anyone tell me...
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    Marek’s?

    Ugh that sucks but I had a bad feeling that is what it was. Thank you
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    Marek’s?

    Agreed!! The poor thing is in bad shape from mites and frostbite on the comb. It’s definitely been through hell. If it’s not Marek’s I absolutely will keep her and rehab her. I am a wildlife rehabber by trade and this makes me so sad.
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    Marek’s?

    Hey everyone, this chicken wandered onto our elderly neighbor’s property this afternoon, and he brought it down to us thinking it was ours. It is not. He doesn’t have chickens so he asked us to keep it. I immediately put it in a quarantine cage I have for our pigeons.It definitely has leg mites...
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    Should I assist Call Duck egg hatching? Hatching at wrong end

    Here they are fluffed up!
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    Should I assist Call Duck egg hatching? Hatching at wrong end

    Both are doing well! The second one actually hatched first early this morning! she zipped while we were asleep at some point early this morning before I got up at 7am and was out by maybe 9 or 10am. The wrong end one is still wet but starting to try and stumble around a bit! Thanks again for all...
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    Should I assist Call Duck egg hatching? Hatching at wrong end

    @BelovedBirds
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    Should I assist Call Duck egg hatching? Hatching at wrong end

    @BelovedBirds Thank you SO much for all the info and help! You have made me much less panicked:D So right before I left for work I checked on the egg and there was another small chunk of shell pecked off and laying on the bottom. Also within that half hour, the second egg has now pipped and is...
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    Should I assist Call Duck egg hatching? Hatching at wrong end

    Thank you! It’s at the pointy end- that is the only reason I’m concerned. We’ve hatched out a lot of chicken eggs very successfully and this is our first duck egg hatch and having one pip the wrong end. The vent is already open- I was going by the chart on the metzer’s website for hatching duck...
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    Should I assist Call Duck egg hatching? Hatching at wrong end

    Oops, that should have said it is now 6am! I should also say that the humidity is at 81% since Saturday.
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    Should I assist Call Duck egg hatching? Hatching at wrong end

    Hi everyone! I need some advice! We are hatching call ducks at have two eggs. One started to externally pip last night on the 27th day around 6pm. It is now 6pm and there hasn’t been much progress, but it’s still peeping away. I should also mention it is hatching from the wrong side of the...
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    Let me draw your chickens!

    oh my gosh, these are so cute!! You are very talented!! Here is my favorite girl "Psycho Betty" (she comes screaming up the driveway at me at full speed):lau
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    Male or female Muscovy?

    Thanks for your replies everyone!!! She’s become my favorite duck! In the morning she makes these soft little noises and wags her tail when she sees me 😍 Now I will have to think of a name!
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    Male or female Muscovy?

    Hi everyone!! I adopted this beautiful Muscovy today that was found abandoned on the side of the road a few towns away from me. This is my first time seeing one in person, can anyone tell me if this is a male or female? Thanks so much!
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