Recent content by tunedin5ths

I use orange traffic cones for dispatching my birds. They are readily available at home center stores, come in various sizes, and can be trimmed to size with a utility knife and screwed to a post or tree.

I did what farmerChef suggested and cut a hole in the top of the egg to see what was going on. It was dead. Looks like it died just before internal pip, not sure why, but I could guess that it got moved around too much right about that time. I had a goose that hatched a few days before the...

I put a couple of duck eggs in my incubator on the same day. One hatched a cute little mallard 3 days ago. The other egg I'm thinking may have died. I have a couple of pictures: At the top of the 2nd picture, there is a dark protrusion into the air space that looks like it was maybe...

Thank you everyone, for your support and encouragement! I just thought I should post an update on little Cadbury. He is doing better now. Although he is still a little wobbly, he does stand up on his feet and walk now, and his appetite is increasing. He especially likes dried mealworms...

How Funny!!! If the canada goose of the opinion that your goose is a female, maybe he's right? (or maybe he's just desperate) :-) Anyway, I figure the geese can tell better than we can who's who.

Still stumbling around but he manages to get where he wants to go. He's eating and drinking fine and seems alert and healthy, it just seems like he can't control his legs or hold himself standing up.

Thanks for responding! About 20 years ago I went on a vacation and we drove through the finger lakes area and stayed overnight in a small mom & pop motel. What beautiful country!

Thanks for responding so quickly! He pipped on Monday, and hadn't hatched yet on Tuesday, so I enlarged his shell opening a little on Tuesday evening, and he went ahead and pushed himself out then. This evening will be 48 hours out of the shell. It's good to hear your experience. Not having...

You picked a great place to start! I'm a new member today too, but I've been reading the BYC forums for about 3 years now. Lots of good advice to be had here.

Hi, I've had chickens for 3 years now, and for the past 3 years I've been scouring the BYC forum threads for the great advice you all share. Up until now though, I've never felt the need to post anything, but today I needed to ask some advice about my new baby gosling. If you're interested...

Hi all, I'm a new member to BYC although I've been scouring the forums for the good information you all provide for about 3 years now. I just recently hatched a chinese goose egg in my incubator last Tuesday, and the little gosling, who we've named Cadbury, doesn't seem to be able to stand...