I just noticed this today when I took my little guys out for a walk. The little Cayuga was tripping and would not open his eye. When he finally did, I noticed how red his iris was. I fear it's a broken blood vessel caused by his duckling friend. She likes to peck. Is there anything I could do...
Just a moment ago, I was getting ready to take my week olds out of the brooder and let them run around the room and stretch their legs. I heard this noise coming from inside the brooder and I thought it was either straw or some water hissing on the heat lamp (which has never happened). Then I...
We are currently building a barn for about 30 or so ducks and a few geese. The front half of the barn is office and storage and will be concrete, but our dilemma is the room where the birds will be. What flooring would be safest for their feet? We've always had a dirt floor (with straw bedding)...
I'm not new to keeping and raising geese, but I am new to the concept of training and imprinting. I know it's very possible to train geese to be friendly, do tricks and follow simple commands. There are videos on YouTube. There is even a video of a woman agility training a duck like a dog. I was...
We have two week old ducklings, two Cayuga and two Pekin, and they have acted perfectly healthy up until this morning. I reached in their tub with rubber gloves, and of course, they freaked out because they don't like the yellow hands. It scares them. My Cayuga female got so freaked out she got...
Tonight my four American Pekins were attacked by a family of racoons. This is the second time this has happened, and we finally caught the little monsters in the act and took care of them. However, we lost one of our males, and our other male had his eye gouged out. It's just hanging there and...