Hi, We live in Coupland, TX (Central TX area). I have a male (I think), white tufted Roman and a female (I think), American Buff. They were born last March (ish) 2010. Is anybody looking to add to their flock? They were raised around chickens and dogs and love people. Jennifer
when do they molt in TX, or is it the same e'where? And how old are they when they 1st molt? We have a pullett who has only one hind end feather, but its cause the goose plucked them all. It really affects how she potty's, and gets all over her, so I was wondering, if she molts will those...
But I felt around and I don't see anything, no swelling, do they usually heal, or once they get hurt somehow, is it the end of the road? She won't come out of the coop, but she did lay an egg yesterday. I feel so bad, I just don't know what to do. Anybody, advice? They don't limp if they are...
I think this goose has lost his little mind, I took him swimming as usual but I couldn't keep him off of me... the day before that, I was pulling weeds and he ended up on my head!~ I would have loved to have seen that from an outsiders view. But, the good thing is that I can pet him a whole...
He only does this when is am low to the ground, but when I'm picking weeds or squatting down for some reason, my 6 mo old, I think gander, will get very close, kind of frantically rubbing his head and neck all over me, nipping softly everywhere. He tries to 'climb' me. At this time only, he...
Can I release a 7 week old keet, new to our place, lone guinea to be with our chickens... his former housemates got eaten the same day we got them... I don't know what to do with this keet being by itself.... which is worse, being in a cage by itself? or being let out to hopefully follow the...
Poor thing, I wish the other animals could talk. Anyway, yesterday we brought home 4 6-7 week olds. Last night we went to dinner and that's when it happened, they were in a pin in the chicken coup. So now, only one is living, it won't move,,, should we let it out to be w/ the chickens, b/c I...
Hi ya'll, great thread, but i have other questions of course
We just today got 6-7 week olds, are they still keets? How long before I can let them out to play with the chickens (8) and geese (2), who are all about 6 mos old. Can I just give them the 16% chicken pellets? I don't want my...
I have 8 pullets, one goose and one gander - all are around 6 mos, can I add guineas? Should I get older ones so they can all share the same food? and so they can defend themselves better? Can they all share the same food? I give the geese and chicks 16% chicken pellets. How should I...
Our geese are good guard animals, but they were raised w/ the chickens. They are still young, only about 6 mos. so I've heard that they can get meaner as they get older. They do nip at everybody and everything, except my DH and me... j
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We live about 3 hrs south, outside of austin, and there are bunches of geese at the city pond, they seem really nice, you could make a drive down... jennifer
they will lay everywhere, esp. if you don't have a box w/ hay or soft material and a golf ball or something resembling an egg. Start them out w/ good habits and it'll stay that way. jenn
There is a thing called boundaries that many people don't understand... sounds like you need to have a serious talk with your BIL about boundaries. I had to have this conversation w/ my mother jennifer
Hummm. I'm wondering if that something like that is going on w/ mine. Was the egg you got the next day normal? I have been missing one egg a day, and I thought one was hiding a stash somewhere, but after searching and searching, to no avail., I gave up. But then yesterday I got my normal 8...
Great info. So my chicks were March babies, so will they molt this year? - since they are only about 5 months? They are white leghorns. What does the molt entail? How long does it last? I am a first time chicken owner. THey free range all day and go to the coup at night. All 8 of a...
No, it wasn't squeezed, but I swear that that is the pullet who has been bound, b/c today, I got 8!! YEAH... I'm thinking that it was stuck or something, but she's had eggs b/f, weird. jennifer
What does it mean when an egg is shaped funny? I usually get about 8 eggs a day, and about 4-5 days ago, I started getting only 7, so I think one of them has been hiding her eggs. But I can not find them anywhere, so then I was wondering if she was bound. They all act fine, but this am I got...