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  1. Henrik Petersson

    9-Week-Old With Crooked Toe; Too Late To Cure?

    I have a 9-week-old Creme Legbar cockerel who's had two toes that are bent 90° sideways since week two or so. At first, I thought "whatever. It's a cockerel. I'll only spare one in the end anyway, I'll just cull the ones with deformities". So I didn't do anything about it. You might already...
  2. Henrik Petersson

    Can Wild Mallards Raised By Humans Get By In The Wild?

    I didn't know that people always bring that up.
  3. Henrik Petersson

    Can Wild Mallards Raised By Humans Get By In The Wild?

    Why do you bring that up? No-one in this thread has suggested doing that.
  4. Henrik Petersson

    Can Wild Mallards Raised By Humans Get By In The Wild?

    Somewhat differing responses here. Interesting. Seems to be a topic without a clear-cut answer. I'd love to see some more replies.
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    Can Wild Mallards Raised By Humans Get By In The Wild?

    A friend of mine found 3 mallard hatchlings by their dead mother and is now raising them, giving them fodder, a heat source, and letting them roam around in an outdoor cage and take the occasional bath. After a very short while they started seeing my friend as their "mother" and follow her...
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    Do geese need enrichment?

    Wow, with harnesses and all?
  7. Henrik Petersson

    Do geese need enrichment?

    Interesting. This is a topic that's very neglected in articles I've read. How do wild geese "enrich themselves"? I mean, chickens scratch and explore all day; what's the goose equivalent of that? Knowing that can make it a lot easier to come up with enrichment ideas...
  8. Henrik Petersson

    Do geese need enrichment?

    Cool, they seem to need less than chickens then. Our muscovy ducks also seemed to need less. They were "lazy" and preferred to just sit around a lot.
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    Do geese need enrichment?

    Hello! I have owned chickens for a decade, and dabbled in muscovy duck keeping. I'm thinking about geese. Now, I know that chickens are highly curious. They hate "boring" runs that only consist of a patch of dirt. Also, chickens have agoraphobia and like to hang out in bushes. Chickens...
  10. Henrik Petersson

    My chicks are four weeks, are they ready?

    If they could mingle without problems, I would say they are ready for a full transition. Kudos to you for treading so carefully.
  11. Henrik Petersson

    My chicks are four weeks, are they ready?

    By 16 weeks of age, you can probably treat them as adults for all intents and purposes. You can certainly feed them adult feed, and you can put them in with the older ladies, but of course with the usual precautions needed for introduction of new flock members.
  12. Henrik Petersson

    My chicks are four weeks, are they ready?

    16-week old or 16 week-old? This is why grammar matters. ;)
  13. Henrik Petersson

    My chicks are four weeks, are they ready?

    Well... If a hen mother has brooded them, she takes them outside from day 1, so...
  14. Henrik Petersson

    Chick hatched without beak!

    This is very fascinating, sad as it is. May I share the story and images on a Swedish Facebook group? I am sorry for your chick.
  15. Henrik Petersson

    Chickens 'teamed up to kill fox' at Brittany farming school

    Personally, I suspect the fox died for other reasons and the peckin was post-mortem (but that story is much less cool!).
  16. Henrik Petersson

    Chickens 'teamed up to kill fox' at Brittany farming school

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/12/chickens-teamed-up-to-kill-fox-at-brittany-farming-school?CMP=fb_gu&fbclid=IwAR0YSdeTFeZJdY74NEgxasn9RtpdaNnks8qOzCw8sOfwMxJc3bgbSnWIwYo
  17. Henrik Petersson

    When are chicks old enough to be outside during the day?

    Wy not let them go out from day one? If they have the opportunity to get to a heated and wind-less space? If a hen gets chicks, she takes them out at day one...
  18. Henrik Petersson

    Five DAY Old Chick Crowing

    Jessica Granvik from Sweden just posted this video of her five-day-old chick that... Crows! It's of an autosexing chicken breed (she didn't write which), and if the behavior wasn't enough of a clue, it has the coloration of a little cockerel. There are eleven other siblings in the clutch; three...
  19. Henrik Petersson

    What is the best bedding material for chicks? (Cheap and easy)

    I'm not worried about toxicity, only that they'll eat it and it won't be good for them, well, because it's wood.
  20. Henrik Petersson

    What is the best bedding material for chicks? (Cheap and easy)

    I'm re-awakening this thread. Hatching chicks this spring, and I'm torn whether I can use wood shavings right away. Half of the people seem to say "it works fine, never had a problem", while the other half say "they'll eat the wood shavings, put them on towels the first week". Shavings would...
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