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    Moving dielema

    Thank you Lydia - I have never taken her eggs away before so I just wondered what harm it may do but I suppose its just the same as taking the chicken eggs. Its the move I'm not looking forward to but I suppose they will get over that too - its me, i'm the soft one, the stressed one :) Thanks...
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    Moving dielema

    Hi All - well it is the start of egg laying season and we are moving house at the end of April ! My female Goose Gemma has started to lay and I usually wait until she has laid 2 eggs then take one away and mark the other. I repeat this until she is ready to sit and then give her half a dozen...
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    When can mummy be taken away from chicks?

    Thank you for your comments. I will extend their run and also possibly let them have a little roam (supervised of course) at the weekend, weather permitting. I will learn alot from this first batch but obviously dont want to do anything too early. Thanks again.
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    When can mummy be taken away from chicks?

    Hi, this is the first time breeding chicks and we have 8 beautiful 2 week old chicks. I was wondering how long it would be before we could let mummy go and free range with the other hens. At the moment mum & chicks are all in one coop with a foxproof run protecting them, mummy's seems to be...
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    Sleeping arrangements

    Hi, I am having difficulty putting my gander in the hut on an evening. The goose has been sitting on her eggs for the past 11 days, she pops out about twice a day to feed and drink. He loves it when shes out as I think he's been a little lonely since shes been sitting. The problem is when I...
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    Very strange - Blood from nowhere !!!

    Hi, when I went to clean out the coop yesterday, which I do everyday I noticed fresh blood on the shavings. I checked each chicken in a blind panic but could not find any evidence of injury or loss of blood from their bottoms etc. They all seemed healthy as usual but I wondered could this have...
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    BROODY Hen Help!!!!!

    Hi We seem to have two broody hens. (sitting for three days). We have moved them to their own coop with run but since moving them 2 days ago they have not sat in the nesting box just walked up & down, up & down the run like mad dogs wanting to get out. Do you think I should let them back out...
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    My first winter with the geese

    Thank you all for your replies x
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    My first winter with the geese

    ooops, sorry I meant HAY - I always get those two mixed up HAY, can they eat HAY
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    My first winter with the geese

    Hi, probably a question which has previously been asked but with the grass being very short and the ground hard & frosty, what else besides wheat & goose pellets can I give my geese. Can they eat straw? Thank you
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    Soft egg, dribble of blood - any advice

    Timothy, thank you. Yeah looking at all the evidence and information I have sourced I think she'll be OK. I have had sick hens in the past and know which signs to watch for. She is showing none of these and this morning when I let them out was as hungry and active as ever. I will let you know...
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    Soft egg, dribble of blood - any advice

    She is a blacktail and roughly about 1½ yrs
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    Soft egg, dribble of blood - any advice

    Hi I went to put the girls away last night in their run after a lovely day of free ranging and one was acting a little strange, would not come in, ignoring me. As she turned to walk away I noticed a little dribble of blood and as I proceeded to look further out popped an egg with a soft shell...
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    BALD Bottom - Should I worry

    Hi All Last summer Katie's bottom feathers were getting matted with dried poop. We washed her on a regular basis in nice warm water to keep her nice and clean, which she loved. Since then I noticed that propbably with me rubbing she has lost her nice fluffly bottom feathers and is now left...
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    Any Suggestions, please - disheartened Mum

    Hi All, please can anyone give me their idea/opinion? Just made a new coop, which is an extension joined to the back of the existing one. 3 nights have passed and we put in a camera to see if they were using it and they are still all roosting in the existing coop. They are managing to find the...
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