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    Fox Killed Most of My Chickens

    After 17 years here without seeing any fox, one got into our chicken pen yesterday morning and killed all but five of our chickens, including two beautiful roosters! Just left their bodies right where they were killed. The five escaped by flying over the fence. I happened to see two of them by...
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    Ducks & Geese Together

    We have four Weeder Geese who just recently hatched two goslings. They are in a decent sized enclosure but not predator proof. One gosling came up missing yesterday. We put the remaining gosling in a small hutch to raise for now. Meanwhile, we have a 'rehab' hutch that is critter proof where we...
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    Ducks with Eye Issues

    We have two of our grown ducks in 'rehab' hutches and both have eye injuries that I'm trying to treat. I always go natural first and have been using collodial silver on their eyes as it is one of the few natural things that doesn't sting or burn but is anti-biotic, healing, etc. Might add it to...
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    Ideas for NON GLASS Coop Windows

    We're building a brand new chicken coop from scratch (no pun intended!) and need some ideas for windows other than glass. We'll buy glass if necessary, but wanted some less expensive ideas. They'll also be covered on the outside with strong woven wire, too.
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    Injured Duck

    We had three female ducks in a separate area because we had 18 males who were trying to mate them and they were getting pretty beat up. Well, something got into the pen and killed two of the three girls and the third was injured. She already had white film over one eye, most likely from mating...
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    Goose Feeders

    We have Weeder Geese and one (probably a male) wants to be in the goat pen instead of the goose/duck pen but we need a way to feed him so the goats don't eat his food (grain). Anyone have any unique creations or ideas on how to do this?
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    Too Many Male Ducks!

    This year we added 16 ducks to our group and unfortunately, most of them are males! SO, the few gals are getting way too much 'attention' ... yes, even now in the middle of December! We have a pair of white Pekin ducks and the female is crippled from all the 'attention' she's gotten the past...
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    Geese are dying

    We have [had] six Weeder Geese that are [were] about five years old who began dying for some reason. They were in our outer woods fenced area with tons of brush, weeds, plants, etc. with our three Boer goats. We also fed them every few days some grain, sweet feed and meatbird crumbles. They...
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    Easter Eggers

    We have 20 hens, all 'heavyweights' except three of them, which are 'ornamental' smaller chickens. One kept getting out of the pen and actually taking flight so we had to clip her feathers on one wing and she's been staying put since then. About two months ago we bought six Easter Egger...
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    Egg with a Tail!

    My hen laid an egg with a tail! SHEESH!
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    Goat Proof Goose Feeder?

    I have an unusual situation. We have a large fenced area where we keep our three Boer goats, seven ducks and six weeder geese. We have two sheds as well and a covered outside area. One of the sheds has a small feeder troth as well as a grate for feeding them hay. The problem is, as the...
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    Goat/Critter Proof Duck/Goose Feeders

    I have an unusual situation. We have a large fenced area where we keep our three Boer goats, seven ducks and six weeder geese. We have two sheds as well and a covered outside area. One of the sheds has a small feeder troth as well as a grate for feeding them hay. The problem is, as the...
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    Goose Eggs

    We've got six geese and we 'think' two are females, only because of the feathers missing on the back of their necks. This is their first spring as adults and our first batch of geese so I'm still learning the 'geese' ropes. Heh. They were laying very well and we were getting a couple eggs a...
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    Guns n Stuff

    Hubby bought a good rifle because we've had coyotes circling our property now and again checking out our chickens, ducks, geese, etc. But the rifle, while very high quality, is heavy for me and hard to use. He's getting ready to go back to driving long haul again soon and I need a weapon...
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    Duck Takes Flight!

    We have five four-month old Khaki Campbell ducks that we keep in a shed for now ... and probably until spring. Recently, one of them escaped the shed while I was feeding them and walked right out into the foot deep snow on the ground and eventually right through one of the square openings in...
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    Insulated Water Hoses?

    Since we use our water hoses all summer to keep the animals watered, I was trying to think of a way to use them all winter and found some websites that sell insulated or heated water hoses. Some sites had instructions on rigging up your own hose for winter use! It seems like it could work and...
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    Winter Woes!

    Ok, we're in north central Indiana and this is the first winter for our geese & ducks and their two small 'ponds' [big rubber tubs] are now frozen solid. We have a metal water tub with an insert to build a fire [something hubby found on the farm from when he was a kid here] that works well to...
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    Raising Chickens for Meat

    Ok, I'm going to go out on a limb and finally buy chickens for the sole purpose of eating them. This is a GIANT step for me, a former city girl who has 'gone country' ... who has always loved and cared for LIVE animals. Never ever had to eat an animal that I knew when it was alive! Still...
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    Hissing Goose - Friend or Foe?

    We have six large "weeder" geese, no idea of their gender, but they are about six months old now and are out in a large fenced wooded area with ducks, roosters and three goats. Lately one of the geese has started hissing at me or my husband when we go in to feed and water them. He [I would...
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    Sexing Geese

    We have six 'weeder' geese and from what I've read online it's not that easy to determine if they are males or females. They are in a very large 'enclosure/woods' area with ducks, roosters and 3 Boers goats. They are about four months old and have shown no signs of 'acting' male or female yet...
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