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    Hen suddenly changes to laying a dark egg

    One of our hens just started laying a super dark egg a couple of weeks ago. The colour is very unusual, like a barnevelder or maran egg for example? Whereas the hens are a mix of sussex and hyline brown descendants. I thought it must be a young hen, but after watching carefully it looks like...
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    Curled/bent/distorted toe on 3 year old emu

    One of my 3 year old Emu has developed a bent outer toe. It is curling right under his central toe and he steps on it, giving him trouble walking. It looks odd, the toenail is sideways, the tip of the toe is fat (a bit inflammed), and even the scales over the nail bed look a little wry. I hope...
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    Disease outbreak: weakness, diarrhea and death: Chickens of all ages. What is it and what do I do?

    I have a disease in my poultry. Symptoms in short include diarrhea, weight loss, weakness, sudden death, possibly vent pecking. I just lost my oldest rooster, 3 young poults are sick or have been and could relapse. I need to know what it is and how to treat it, but I can't realistically afford...
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    Juvenile emu lethargy, digestive issues, death

    I have some young Emu (5-8 months) who are getting sick and I don't know why. The first one died so this is definitely serious. Another 2 have been sick but recovered; another is slightly sick now but not badly and we expect good things. However this is occurring repeatedly, one at a time (and...
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    How to tell if Emu are in good body condition?

    I have 7 young emu from 2-4 months old, Nothing is wrong but I'm wanting to know how you tell when an Emu is in good condition, ie, not too fat or skinny?
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    BriefVisit ... ? Emu chick natural nutrition?

    BriefVisit, I think you are the one to know this ... What do emu chicks (up to 3 months old) eat, naturally, raised in a wild setting by the father? I have seen varying advice on feeding emu chicks, from commercial farms saying to feed up to 2lb of 22% protein (and strap up the legs of all...
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    Incubating goose eggs at a low temperature?

    Ok so I currently have my incubator set to 36C full of Emu eggs, who incubate at 35.5 - 36C. Goose eggs I'm told are best at and always have incubated at 37.3C, slightly cooler than chicken eggs but not much. But I've got 4 goose eggs that have been abandoned that I put in the incubator...
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    Full chicken nutritional requirements?

    Ok Purina, I think you're just the people to have the info I'm looking for. I want to know the full, detailed nutritional requirements for chickens. Specifically, Laying hens of a heavy breed. Don't spare me the details ... I love details ... I want to know their requirements of everything...
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    Emu egg changed tone at day 20

    One of my Emu eggs changed tone (to a light, pottery/porcelain sounding note) suddenly overnight at day 20-21. I hadn't actually tap tested them as I thought that wouldn't work, even for a rotten egg, until at least day 30. But I knew, as soon as I touched the egg to turn it, that it sounded...
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    Emu egg weight loss ... fresh laid or incubation weight?

    Do we count the weight we want to lose 15% of from the fresh laid weight, or the weight at beginning of incubation? I have 6 emu eggs now 10 days in, I'm verging on too much weight loss and not sure how to calculate it exactly? I got all the fresh weights from the breeder, and in the...
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    How long before my Buff Sussex pullets start laying!?

    Ok so these lovely birds were hatched in october, making them now 9 months or 36 weeks. There are 2 roosters and 4 hens. They grew really fast, and have been full sized for months now, quite large in fact. They all started producing mature-looking feathers (eg, tail feathers and ruffs for the...
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    Electric "Invisible Fence" collar designed for emu? Emu owners, what do you think?

    Question for those who have a few Emu friends already, relating to how an Emu Psyche works. Please read properly before reacting, I am NOT envisaging bringing adult emus home, strapping electric dog collars on them and letting them go with next to no fencing! Obviously that would be dumb...
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    Help week old assisted hatch chick sad and not growing

    Ok so I have a clutch of week old chicks and one is just not happy. She's not growing, getting bullied, needs more heat than the other chicks, has less appetite (although she does eat some), and cries all the time. Stands with her eyes shut crying. What could be wrong and what can I do for...
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    How do you tell when geese start mating and laying?

    Ok I have 6 geese hatched last september/october (which is spring here), I'm told most geese lay from august/september here, but being young ones I'm not sure when they'll start. I have 6, three pairs of pilgrims, and I haven't yet seen any signs of pairing or mating ... I've given them laying...
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    Lethargic Goose ... emergency

    (my apologies for the double post, I put this in emergencies but have no responses so trying in Geese) I have 6 young geese, 4 months old approximately. One is now sick. Symptoms are sluggishness, lethargy, tripping over a little too easily, etc, no appetite (she is still drinking though)...
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    Lethargic Goose ... emergency

    I have 6 young geese, 4 months old approximately. One is now sick. Symptoms are sluggishness, lethargy, tripping over a little too easily, etc, no appetite (she is still drinking though) her droppings are few and small, but one has been thinnish and greyish, and one black tarry. She has an...
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    Wow I can't beleive what a lovely nature my growing geese are!

    I have some 2-3 month old goslings and I'm amazed. They're like no animal I've ever seen. I'm stunned to observe there is no bullying between them. Where all other birds and animals tend to peck or snap at others, and get really rough and argue over food, I have never seen one snap from any of...
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    2-3 week old goslings with curled/contracted legs

    Ok I have 7 goslings ranging from 2-3 weeks old. Two now have foot/leg problems and I need to know why it is happening. I thought of Niacin deficiency but that doesn't really fit as both have shown up very suddenly, eg. at bedtime the gosling is fine, in the morning it is crippled. Symptoms as...
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