april 8th 💔 it was the eclipse day she had a prolapse and the chickens pulled it out further and shredded it up. They were chasing her and I saw that and caught her, tried to put her in warm Epson salt bath, but she was too much suffering and bloody mess. I just knew I had to put her out of her...
yes yes I have been so worried about her. She comes out 2x a day for 8 min and 23 seconds each time. she runs around takes a few bites of grass and feed and a quick swim, she walks all around as if she is making sure everything is still there and if it will all be still there for her babies when...
I have sometimes used starw it is ok but they also try to eat it , like the pine flakes. I mostly just use pine flakes. I have never had one choke or die from them. some people start out with puppy pee pads and have good success.
i just candled Trudy’s 4 goose eggs and i saw movement in 3 of them!! the other one ( the youngest) looks almost the same but i didn’t watch long enough for moving i was so nervous the geese were coming back! but i did see what looks like veins and feathers and an air space looks good hoping 4...
wow idk but will follow to see what @Goosebaby and/or @JRies has to say, since I also have a dog in this race ( my goose is on day 21 sitting on four eggs)
me personally I am against breeding crested ducks because so many of them have terrible problems due to the deformity of their skull and endangered soft brain tissue under the poofy pretty looking crest. There are many opinions of people on this site. That is just mine.
Hi there! Welcome to BYC! I’m so glad you got some ducks. I love my ducks. I had ducks first for years before I got geese and then finally some chickens 🐓 it is nice to meet you.