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  1. LovedMyAlydar

    Will my duckling live?

    In a pinch a heating pad covered by towels would work until you get a heat lamp.
  2. LovedMyAlydar

    Embden Gosling HELP

    I have raised several batches of goslings. To me the light is too close to them. I keep mine up about 2 ft above the tote we brood them in. I use the big flake shavings from TSC instead of the fine because some of these guys like to try and eat them. :( We use New Country Organics starter...
  3. LovedMyAlydar

    I ordered Geese from Murray Mcmurray, but they are coming from Metzer! Anyone know what the deal is?

    That's interesting to hear about Metzer opening a TN division. I bought my ducks through Meyers and I think they came from Metzer. One was DOA so I purchased 2 more and had a replacement as well and these came from Memphis TN. They showed up in good shape,
  4. LovedMyAlydar

    Goslings Hard To Find!

    You could try Welp, I bought 4 straight run Toulouse and 4 straight run buff from them, all are healthy and happy. Arrived in great shape from New Mexico of all places.
  5. LovedMyAlydar

    Underdeveloped Gosling from Metzer?

    I bought from Metzers previously with no issues but that was years ago. I'm surprised that they don't seem to want to replace the sick/handicapped baby.
  6. LovedMyAlydar

    Are turkey hens good moms?

    My sweet lady was an excellent mom and raised 18 babies. We kept one of the girls and sold a few, then a nasty racoon broke into the coop and killed the rest of her babies. Momma walked around the yard with her one baby crying for several days looking for her children. She was heart broken I...
  7. LovedMyAlydar

    Is Pineapple toxic for chickens?

    Are the bees out where you live? My husbands grandmother had a hen that chased and caught a bumble bee, it stung her in the throat and must haven swelled it up and she died within minutes of eating the bumble bee.
  8. LovedMyAlydar

    Neighbors chickens are a hot mess

    Be thankful it's not cats. They are as bad; tear up gardens and poop, spray your front door and ruin the flooring, sit on the driveway, cars, house roofs, etc. And they won't fix them so they keep adding to the population. It's gross and sad that some people have so little respect for their...
  9. LovedMyAlydar

    I Bit the Bullet and Ordered Chicks

    I received my chick and duckling order from Meyer this week. One of the rare breed chicks died the first night, but was weak on arrival and didn't look well and one of the ducklings was DOA. Everyone else is super healthy and gorgeous. I called Meyer to let them know and they said they would...
  10. LovedMyAlydar

    Serial killer goose

    This is similar to a problem I had with a male goose who had a mate several years ago. I sold the pair of them because they were inseparable. He killed several of my laying hens. He would actually grab them and pull eggs from them, (that or they let loose with them in fright). We found him...
  11. LovedMyAlydar

    Kid friendly weeder geese

    I think if you keep females you might have better luck, my experience is that once they reach sexual maturity and breeding season rolls around, they can turn a bit aggressive and territorial. I have had issues with males attacking my hens and actually killing them. I have females only right...
  12. LovedMyAlydar

    Help not sure of breed

    Looks like an African to me.
  13. LovedMyAlydar

    How old is too old to eat turkey?

    We have a Bourbon Red hen who is going to be Turkey Day dinner this year. She will be about 18 months old. She is a dingbat compared to the other girls and her babies are about as dumb as she is. She is also on the small side. Our other ladies are good size and produced better looking...
  14. LovedMyAlydar

    Processing big birds

    What we do is cut a small hole in the corner of one of those plastic type feed bags (Purina, Nutrena, etc.) Stick their head out of it and straddle them on the ground. My husband strokes their head until they basically fall asleep, then he slits their throat and bleeds them out. Takes just a...
  15. LovedMyAlydar

    Dumb Question re: spots in chicken meat

    I have no clue, I would like to hear others thoughts on this one as well. Sorry I'm not much help.
  16. LovedMyAlydar

    Turkeys and chickens together

    It depends on the tom. I had 6 turkeys in with my chickens last year. Three were hens, three toms. One was Thanksgiving dinner, one we kept for breeding. The third was New Year's dinner because he tried to breed one of my hens and crushed her. He was the only one who ever tried that. But on...
  17. LovedMyAlydar

    Turkenstein25's Turkey Talk for 2015

    My hen is hatching out her second clutch of eggs. These were in the refrigerator for 2 months, so I was not very hopeful that they would actually hatch out. But right on schedule, we already have one out and dried and more hatching. These eggs have survived being refrigerated, rained on, etc...
  18. LovedMyAlydar

    Thinking of calling it quits.

    Sorry to hear about the bad luck with your eggs. My hen hatched 15 on her own, which was a big surprise for us. She is setting on more but I haven't got a clue if they will hatch. I think she has about two more weeks. My problem is being overrun with baby turkeys. The little buggers keep...
  19. LovedMyAlydar

    Dealing with grief and massive loss.

    LOL, like that "free range children". Thankfully here we have not had that problem, yet. Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
  20. LovedMyAlydar

    Dealing with grief and massive loss.

    I would have to catch them in the act and her see it to prove it. When my blue slate turkey hen was killed, her Australian Shepherd was hi tailing it for home from down by our retention pond right on the side where the body of the hen was laying, and it kept looking back. It was the only...
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