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    Please Help !!! Unexpected goslings - need some help ASAP

    A friend had a goose sitting on eggs she thought were infertile. She got bored sitting and abandoned the nest so I put the eggs in the incubator just in case. The eggs had been cold for about 24 hours. Fast forward a week and I went on holiday and forgot about them. Got back today, went in...
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    One nest, three geese.

    Hi, my three lovely geese and their gander have made a nest, all three girls are laying in the same nest but none have gone broody so far. I'm concerned what will happen if they all go broody at the same time. Do I need to build 2 more nesting boxes and put eggs in each to encourage them to go...
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    Fertile eggs?

    Hi, I picked up some pol birds and noticed when I collected them that they were in with a cockerel. How long after being away from the cockerel will the eggs they lay be fertile? I have a broody silkie and just wondering if it's worth putting their first day or two's eggs under her.
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    It's a girl!

    We bought 4straight run pomeranian goslings that were supposed to be for the table. Long story short, we got attached to them and decided to keep them as our alarm system :) today, we got an egg, so at least one is female. The problem is we have no idea who laid it or who her mate might be...
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    rescue rant (some pics of scaly legs)

    I have never given myself the luxury of a rant before so please excuse me if I have not quite got into the swing of it yet I would like to smack upside the head the guy who owned the chickens we rescued at the weekend. The poor little Maran is so sore she can hardly walk. I have never...
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    EE guessing game, free roosters for the winner!

    My EEs are 14 weeks old. I think I know one is a roo, but the others I am not sure of the others. If you guess right you are welcome to the roos, but I suspect there won't be many takers! (Shipping from Ireland to USA may take a while ) This is my daughter's favourite chick, she called...
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    polish puzzler *Updated with more pictures of NEW chickens at #10

    Can anyone tell me how old Polish cockerels are when they get their wattles? I have 5, 14 week old gold laced chicks who have me completely perplexed. All have head feathers that point backwards in a pom pom effect, but some have head feathers slightly more pointed than others however they...
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    musical artichokes

    Hi, I have a bunch of Jerusalem Artichokes we harvested from our garden today. I was all set to cook them when looking for a good recipe I came across one warning after another about how they can give you "severe digestive distress" I am now too chicken to try them! Has anyone experienced...
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    11 week old chicks, cut the apron strings already?

    Hi, I have a Silkie foster mom who has done an absolutely fabulous job of incubating and raising 6 polish chicks. The kids are now 11 weeks old and still follow her everywhere, every minute of the day! Despite being almost as big as their mom, they still try to hide under her, and rather...
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    Anyone use Bare Minerals?

    I was bought bare minerals and I absolutely love it... but I live in a cold climate. I would like to buy a set for my Mum for christmas but I don't know how well it stays put in the heat. Can anyone help?
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    UPDATE I believe when we pray, we are speaking to a living God...

    ...who cares about his people and listens to them, if you do too then please join me and pray for my sister in law, her name is Rachel and her baby is due in 6 weeks. The doctors are performing an emergency c section as i write, because the baby is not moving and its pulse is weak. Thank you...
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    homocidal broody

    I posted two weeks ago that my broody was attacking her own eggs and eating them, something that she has never done before. People replied that she was probably just clumsy and had stepped on the eggs by accident. Tonight we went to check on her as the eggs were due today. She had pulled one...
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    introducing Kate Moss and the fuzzy butts

    Katie brought the new chicks out today to meet the rest of the flock. The chicks are 48 hours old and already running about the garden eating anything and everything! Kate Moss showing off the chicks to her best friend Gloria This is our first hatch so we are incredibly pleased to...
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    Must not touch! (update. babies are here!!!! pictures added)

    Went out to feed our broody silkie, Kate Moss, and when she moved I could see the first egg has pipped! Could hear a little peep peep. The temptation to pick it up was awful, so I am now back in the house trying to find something to do so I don't interfere.... today could be the day I...
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    help, broody attacking her eggs!

    My chicken has been sitting on her eggs for seven days now. she has been really attentive to them and everything seemed to be going exactly as nature intended. This morning however when I took her off her nest to eat, one of her eggs had clearly been pecked apart and some of the shell eaten...
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    Does anyone own a Brinsea 0ctagon 10 ???

    Hi, does anyone else have a Brinsea Octagon 10, and if you do, how have you found it? I finally got an incubator so I am just curious as to anyone else's experience with them. Thank you.
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    broody incubation nightmare, need some help please.

    Ok, I finally got my husband to agree to let me hatch some eggs and had two broody hens and my fertile eggs arrived in one piece.... sooooo everything was going just swimmingly untill I tried to move my broodys. I followed the method described in one of the threads, moved them at night and...
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    I am so excited but I have no one to share it with!

    I just won 6 gold laced polish frizzle eggs!!! I have never hatched eggs before and I don't know anyone else who keeps chickens, but I have a broody orpington and a broody cochin just waiting on them.. and incase you didn't notice I am sooooooo excited! I can't believe my husband finally...
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    Advice needed. Why doesn't my chicken moult?

    I have an ISA Brown hen, she is about 3 years old and has never moulted. I bought her as a pullet and I KNOW she has never moulted, not even a neck moult. The problem is her feathers are now so scruffy and sparse she looks a real mess and her head and tail are almost bald. However she is...
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    weightwatchers for chickens?

    How do you tell if your chicken is over weight? My light sussex is looking a little pudgy and I heard if your laying hens are too fat it can affect egg production. I am not getting as many eggs as I expected (about 6 per day from 11 birds) and I am wondering if we gave them too many treats...
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