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Turkey with neck / throat issue
I've done a search both here and on the web, and I can't find anything about this issue and part of it is I'm having a terrible time describing it. So we have a turkey tom who has recently developed an odd throat / neck issue. When I watch him it is as if his neck expands and contracts while... -
Turkey leg advice
I think the pictures speak for themselves. His one leg is kicked out to the side. He seems to like to lay down with it out behind him. Does not seem to be the knee joint and don't feel anything out of place. We tried to put him in hobbles but then he falls on his back and can't get up. I'm... -
Turkey Baby eye
A couple days old. To be honest neither of us remember this little guy looking like this when he hatched, but it's also possible we missed it. it's hard to tell if there is an eye ball under there but I think there might be. Other eye looks normal, and she's eatting, drinking and growing find... -
Tom with swollen waddle
Well this is my second turkey issue this month! So this guy has a swollen waddle. As far as we can remember no one noticed anything with him this morning and he was definitely normal last night. He seemed to be getting around just fine this evening, but even still we separated him off into... -
Turkey mating injuries.
So we have had a somewhat ongoing issue the last few years, and that is with the Toms injuring the hens during mating. Specifically tearing the hens skin, some of the injuries have been pretty bad. And we just had another injury a few days ago. This injury I would describe as above the thigh... -
Goose leg issue
Ok so I'm going to admit that I've posted this question in the medical thread as well. Didn't have any luck there getting any ideas so I'm hoping the right person will see it here and be able to give me some ideas. So I have a 2 year old Chinese Goose that started limping a while ago. We... -
Goose leg issue
I'm really not sure I should post this in the medical thread or the goose thread. Admin is welcome to move it if desired. So I have a 2 year old Chinese Goose that started limping a while ago. We noticed that the knee joint was swollen to about twice the normal size, so for a while now...- sirrobyn0
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Goose injuries from the Gander
So I currently have three.... To be clear female geese that have been injured by one or more of our ganders. We are in the process of trying to figure out who the offending gander is, and we thought we had that figured out because we witnessed a ruff mating. That was until yesterday. One...- sirrobyn0
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Geese getting injured / some deaths
So here is the deal, hopefully I can get assistance with ideas / advice as to what to do. We have small flock of geese down to 11 now. 2 Chinese, but the others are mixes and we really don't know other than they are larger than the chinse. Over the course of the last several weeks we have had... -
Chick with a leg problem
Some of you maybe aware I recently had a bad hatch from my incubator. We are addressing those issues, but in the mean time I have a little one with a leg issue. Initially her right rear leg was so badly mis-aligned that it was shooting out from behind her and completely useless. Through a...- sirrobyn0
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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New to incubating but not to chickens
I'm on the forums occassionally, but probably not often enough for most to recogize me so I'll just give a little background I'm in my mid-40's and I've been around chickens most of my life, but this year we took the leap and got into incubating, so we are new to that. We have 2 incubators a...- sirrobyn0
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Guinea Egg sales question
Ok so this one was tough for me to categorize. Since I'm not offering eggs for sale it didn't seem right to post this question in the sales area, this seemed like the closest section so I went with it. Ok so I'd like to get some thoughts on the the sales price of Guinea fowl eggs. So I have a...- sirrobyn0
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Gosling injured, possibly by predator, general advice on care
Ok so first of all I know I'm posting this under the emergency section of chickens, but I have Geese, Ducks, Chickens,Turkeys, guinea fowl this could pertain to any of them at any given time. You know what I mean birds occasionally get injured for one reason or another and a good plan for care...- sirrobyn0
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Guinea falling over
Ok, so I've got a Guinea that keeps falling over when she walks. This started probably about 10 days ago. At first I thought she was a male, our males have been a bit aggressive this spring, so we looked her over found nothing visually wrong, and no apparent broken bones. We separated her...- sirrobyn0
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- Forum: Guinea Fowl
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help ID Duck Breed
So I bought 4 ducks from our local CO-OP they are about 6 weeks old. They were suppose to be female 300's, which by the way is one of the most expensive ducklings they sell. I have a number of other 300's females, and three males already. My question is these ducks don't look like female... -
What do you think happened to this Guinea Fowl
We have Chickens and Guinea Fowl that live in the same coop together. Each day they are let out to roam around our property and two days ago at dusk when we put them away for the night we were short one Guinea. We found her on the ground on her back it had been wet and rainy so she was wet and...- sirrobyn0
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- Forum: Guinea Fowl
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Selling Duck Eggs
So I've got a flock of 300's and they are definitely good layers. I've had chickens for years and sold the excess eggs, either to existing folks that know me or sometimes though a craigslist ad, back in the beginning. I've never had an issue selling the chicken eggs, in fact I had to raise my... -
Duck foot issue
I'm a relative newbie to ducks, I've had chickens for many years but the flock of ducks for only about 1 year. Recently one of my female duck (a 300 if that matters), started limping. Today I was able to catch her and while the foot is quite obviously swollen I didn't see anything else... -
New to the forum, but not new to backyard chickens
So I've already posted my first post in the Duck forum, but I thought I should make my official introduction. I have been lurking on these boards for some where around a year now and figured it was time for me to start participating. I'm male and in my mid-30's. I have had backyard chickens...- sirrobyn0
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Noobie looking for a little advice with Ducks and also Geese
Hello folks, Before I start asking questions I thought I would introduce myself. I'm a male, in my mid-30's and with the exception of a short break I have had backyard chickens since I was old enough to take care of them. I have been lurking here since last spring, but it's time that I start...