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    Goose house pics

    I have four Brown Chinese. The doors are 36" high and 16" wide. I can squeeze in if needed, so I would imagine a larger goose could fit too ;)
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    Is this angel wing?

    Three out of four goslings have completely normal wings now!!! One of the little guys still has a gap. Do I rewrap or will this correct itself? He constantly keeps hitching the left wing (his left) up like its bugging him somehow.
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    Is this angel wing?

    I will either be an expert wraper or the goslings will declare mutiny and lock me up somewhere.
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    Is this angel wing?

    ...and a third developed angel wings overnight. Mazuri Waterfowl Starter sounded like such a good idea in the beginning. Oh well, I have lived and I have learned, que sera sera
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    Angel wing in ducks, & how we wrap to mend it - Pictorial

    Awesome! You just saved my goslings from spending 7-10 days as mummies, wandering around scaring small children. Thanks! -Julie
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    Is this angel wing?

    Thanks! When I got home from work today another goslings had both wings turned out too, so I apparently need to get this wrapping technique downpat. Sigh... Maintenance diet is supposed to be in tomorrow morning too. Thanks again! -Julie
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    Angel wing in ducks, & how we wrap to mend it - Pictorial

    You wrap all the way around the wing once and then figure 8 it to the body, correct? How do you wrap if it is in both wings? Wrap wing #1 and then figure 8, then wrap wing #2 and figure 8 it again? I was never good at arts and crafts. ;)
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    Is this angel wing?

    I know there are thousands of these angel wing threads, but I am a newbie to waterfowl so please forgive... Goslings are 33 days old at this point. Fed a diet of Mazuri Waterfowl Starter since arrival, supplemented with greens and allowed out to graze a few hours each day. One is developing...
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    Goose house pics

    I wondered about the gravel hurting their feet too after we went on a walk-about yesterday and they really did NOT like the gravel along the edge of the driveway. Thought about sand...but that would probably erode quickly when cleaning the pool. I have no clue on ventilation for Colorado...here...
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    Goose house pics

    Thanks for the complements and advice! These are my first waterfowl, so I am a newbie to all of this and appreciate any help. They have two black shade cloths on them now, but I am searching for white or tan...in this heatwave, the black colors seems to be absorbing and radiating too much heat...
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    Goose house pics

    My pics are LATE...but everything is LATE in my life right now. Lol. Lots of things to do and not enough time! My brother took sympathy on my goslings being forced to live in a house of my making...so he took over, built them a house in his shop, loaded it on a trailer and brought it...
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    Brown Chinese goslings arrived from Holderread yesterday

    First picture from their arrival yesterday. More pics to come as I get time... I call this picture, "Too Much Cuteness To Be Legal"
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    How much headroom is needed for housing Brown Chinese?

    Thanks for the link! Don't know why that didn't turn up in my searches. They all look great! I LOVE the Goosey-Loosey Goose House from Flyte So Fancy in the UK, but I'm stuck in the USA with mediocre carpentry skills http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenhouses/Goosey-Loosey_Goose_House.html
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    How much headroom is needed for housing Brown Chinese?

    I just received my copy in the mail today. Finally (!!!) a book on geese that has details instead of vague suggestions! The shelter it shows on page 94 is exactly what I have planned, but now I have a height. Glad I didn't go ahead and cut the boards to 36" To Enchanted Sunrise Farms - No...
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    How much headroom is needed for housing Brown Chinese?

    Mine will be, there are far too many coyotes in this neck of the woods for them to stay out, not to mention neighborhood dogs. Hopefully I can get them into the habit of going up when they're young, so it's not like herding cats every evening. :)
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    How much headroom is needed for housing Brown Chinese?

    The plan (currently, it can always change and usually does) is a 3 sided shed, kind of like a miniature run-in shed for horses. Hopefully, the open front should allow for easy clean out with a rake. It will be enclosed in a larger welded wire kennel with roof, so really the house is just going...
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    How much headroom is needed for housing Brown Chinese?

    COMPLETELY new to geese and expecting four Brown Chinese goslings from Holderread's next month. Yay! Working on the design for their adulthood house. Everything I read just states that "ample headroom" is needed, but doesn't explain what constitutes "ample." 24 inches? 36 inches? 48 inches...
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    Raising mealworms question - sifting

    4.5mm is my most used, but I switch sizes depending on the bedding and size of worms. My sieve came with 4 screens and I purchased an additional set. Hope that helps!
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    New To Board & Proud Owner Of A New Stagecoach Chicken Tractor

    Quote: Never installed an electric fence, but both tractors are still secure. Something tried to dig under one of the tractors once, but apparently gave up (it helps that the soil here is like cement). The only problem I've had was when I mowed to close and snagged one of the wheels on the...
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Quote: Here ya go... https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=19882 Happymtn - I'm not sure if she is still selling. Come to think of it I haven't seen her around in a while. But then again it has been freakishly hot lately, I would say that makes successful shipping really hard.
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