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Douglas County, CO members!
We went back home to Kansas this weekend and moved them to another farm where they will be well taken care of. My wife would love them to be out here though, so let me know what they say. I appreciate the concern and willingness to help.- Wild Hair
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Douglas County, CO members!
Hey all. I'm in need of suggestions. We are looking for places to board 1-3 goats. I say one to three because we recently moved to Parker and had to leave our three goats behind with family. Upon recent visits, we've become unhappy with the care they're under, mostly an issue with fresh water...- Wild Hair
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Ducklings + Goslings
The rest of our birds sure do love it when we get a couple inches of rain. -
Ducklings + Goslings
We're still not sure what the larger duckling is. I'm on the fence now between a Blue Swedish or an Ancona. Any opinions? -
Ducklings + Goslings
Here's the troop in their coop. These little mallards are in love with the water dish that's for sure. -
Ducklings + Goslings
Oh cool. I wish you luck with yours hatchings. We've got a few eggs set to hatch around April 15th. Fingers crossed! -
Ducklings + Goslings
Beautiful little babes! Is the gosling from your emdens? -
Ducklings + Goslings
We were gifted two baby mallards just last night. They're about a week younger so there's quite the size difference now. There was only a little bit of roughhousing when they were introduced. Our gosling was the youngest by a few days but she's now the biggest for sure. EDIT TO ADD: we lost the... -
Ducklings + Goslings
The two ducklings weren't too sure about they're new roommate at first -
Ducklings + Goslings
New Update: two days ago we purchased a little duckling for Orschelns. I'm not sure on the breed though as it was only labeled as a meat breed. This morning we had our first gosling hatch. I brought it home and it's happy in the brooder now. I had also found a smashed little fully developed... -
Ducklings + Goslings
3 goose eggs and 2 duck eggs. I was just under the impression that the babies would fare better in a brooder inside. We're mostly concerned for their well-being. Our two geese are with our 12 ducks and I'd hate to have something happen to them and I foresee a hassel keeping them all seperated... -
Ducklings + Goslings
New update: little duckling is in the brooder now. It looks like it's gonna be in there alone until the goose hatches the clutch she's on. We candled the remaining eggs in the incubator when we removed the hatchling and didn't see any movement or shapes in the air sacks. I left them in there in... -
Ducklings + Goslings
Both. She's sitting on 3 goose eggs and 2 duck. They're due any day now too and I planned on taking them home to the brooder when they hatch. -
Ducklings + Goslings
First babe is out on the 33rd day! None of the others have pipped yet so I'm a little worried for them. Hopefully our goose hatches her babies soon so our little peeper will get a friend in the brooder! Edit to add: It's a little black runner from the looks of it. Looks just like it's daddy -
Ducklings + Goslings
We've got our first noticeable external pip. They've been on lockdown since day 26 and today marks the start of day 31. Being our first hatching run we just used eggs out of the fridge and we are down to 5 eggs in the Bator. Last time we candled the eggs in the goose nest we had three healthy... -
Duck Cam in the Coop.
I've had rubber foam pads in mind just like the ones in your pen. How well do they hold up to the urine and poo? I've been told it would eat into the pads. -
Rubber foam mats
This is very similar to the nest box my birds already have. Everywhere I'm looking at ordering the pads from say they won't absorb water. Hopefully they aren't misleading. The shavings do work great but as my flock grows, I could see it being quite the pain with cost and disposal. -
Rubber foam mats
@chwychuro thinking a little more on the matter, your concrete floor is porous unless you sealed it. The foam pads I've described are of the nonporous type and shouldn't absorb any moisture. They might still be susceptible to corrosion by the urine, however. -
Rubber foam mats
I've ordered a small batch of six pads to see how they hold up to some durability tests. The urine eating into the foam was my biggest concern and also the claws. A lot of folks don't realize how sharp they can get.