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    Your experiences with Geese adjusting without their mates

    I am wondering how easy or difficult the adjustment may be for geese to be sold, or temporarily moved to another location without their mates. I do know if they are on the same property and are aware of each other that bonded pairs won't be happy, but what about when a goose or gander moves to...
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    Pictures of Splash Female Geese

    I'm pretty new when it comes to geese and have so much to learn. In the past two years I've hatched out splashes from completely different parents and I am beginning to suspect that all splashes are male. Color genetics in geese are so complex, and the ability to identify even what color a...
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    Suspect blocked esophagus in gosling- How to treat?

    These are six week old goslings. Started them on different feed today, more like a ground product than a crumble. They had been eating a little whole wheat in water and also a little starter crumbles up to now. but mostly forage for the past few weeks. They do have access to grit. I let them...
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    Australian Shepherds and ducks

    Anybody have both? I am considering getting an Australian Shepherd to hang with my ducks while they free range. I've seen photos of them herding ducks as part of training for sheep herding, so it seems they can be taught to be safe around ducks, but I would like to hear other people's...
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    OMG I'm shaking!! Fox was just chasing my ducks!!

    I was sitting right here reading BYC few minutes ago and suddenly heard the ducks practically screaming!! I was outside in seconds in my slippers in the snow, saw the fox in the pen, tripped and fell into the electric fence. I screamed bloody murder and the fox ran off! I counted all the...
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    Pip at wrong end

    Day 26 - I've got three pips out of 10 duck eggs! This is my first time hatching. One of the eggs has a pip 2/3 down towards the small end. Shouldn't the pip be at the part of the egg where the air cell is? What's going to happen to this baby??
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    Now they are outlawing muscovies!

    Seriously! Unless you have a permit for raising meat or already own some you can grandfather in. And they intend to hunt down all the feral ones in the US except a couple of places in Texas where they are considered native. These are really useful ducks, and who's to say the feds can demand...
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    Muscovy ducks become illegal in the US starting March 31

    Muscovy ducks become illegal in US March 31 Check it out http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/RegulationsPolicies/reg2010/Muscovy%20Duck%20Final%20Rule%201%20March%202010.pdf Unless you have a permit to raise them for meat, or you can grandfather them in if you already own them. This is bad news...
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    Duckling video indulgence

    Here is a project I've been working on I would like to share with my fellow duck lovers! Adventures with ducklings It lasts 12 1/2 minutes
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    Commercial Waterfowl Feeds

    I'm wondering what experience other people have with these feeds. I wandered into a store quite a distance from me and found Mazuri Waterfowl Breeder at about twice the price of Layena, but I see online that Mazuri also has a Waterfowl Maintance which I hope would be cheaper. This place also had...
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    Is it time to hibernate?

    When I went to let the ducks out this morning it was 17 degrees and snowing. The ducks walked about 10 feet and laid down. Then the Runner got up, shook herself off, went back into the duck house and the rest of them followed. They didn't even go to their food and water! When I came by a...
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    labored breathing, stopped laying

    My Khaki Campbell stopped laying a week ago, she has been more lethargic, and now I notice as she sits around she has labored breathing. Her tail goes up and down with every breath, you can see her breast moving quite a bit with every breath, and when I pick her up her breath sounds like little...
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    HEY! Where's my EGGS??

    When I open the duck house every morning my three wonderful hens have all laid one egg each, just like clockwork. Sometimes the Welsh Harlequin lays a tiny bit later, but rarely. The Runner laid an egg one morning and then another just before being put to bed that night. That was about a...
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    Does anyone have any experience with feeding their ducks beans?

    I just found a local seller of organic non-soy feed for a great price, but the mix includes beans. Here's the mix: hammered wheat, beans, blue corn and other seeds from the grain cleaning process. Anyone ever feed any beans to their ducks? Soy is a bean and it is in all commercial poultry...
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    Packing Peanuts Orpingtons or Gold Sex Link?

    Got my small duck order from Ideal and five baby roosters came with them. They suggested donating to local feed store, but the feed stores are having none of that. I reallly can't keep these guys, so now I have to try Craig's list. I want to list the breed but I can't tell if these are the...
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    Ducks in Hail

    Something weird I wanted to show people. A hailstorm just hit us, I was out with the ducks and watched. Momma duck called her ducklings into the house, but one stayed out. I heard him peeping so I ran over and he was sitting still with his bill straight up pointed at the sky. I grabbed him...
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    When will they all be hatched? BABY PIC ALERT!

    My broody Runner Aretha has been sitting on these eggs since April 29th! Yesterday morning I saw a hole in one, heard peeping last night! This morning Aretha and Bridgett my Welsh Harlequin hen wouldn't leave the nest. Poor Yacky the Khaki Campbell went out by herself and quacked for her...
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    Cross between a Fawn and White and Chocolate Runner?

    What color does that make? Cause I've been letting my Chocolate hen keep her eggs and I really think she may be going BROODY! She spend half the day yesterday and all day today sitting on that nest, and it's now lined with her fluffy down feathers. I sent the drakes to camp (herding camp) on...
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    Quieter Bantam Ducks

    OK I'm thinking through broody-type ducks, Muscovies have a big advantage over most, but I also am thinking about bantams. Could people with experience with bantam ducks help me figure out which breeds are quieter in terms of loudness and frequency of quacking? Thanks in advance!
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    Best broody ducks

    I'm interested in getting a hen to hatch out some eggs rather than using an incubator. I know the bantam ducks have the best reputation for going broody, but I wonder if people could tell me their experiences with their ducks going broody. Which breeds have you seen go broody and hatch out...
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