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Please help, gosling in trouble.
I had to remove a gosling from the parents due to curled toes. I strapped the toes and they are doing better today, I have given anitone and the swelling has gone down. Some bruising remains. I will apply some arnica. Yesterday he took a few steps with supports with feet strapped. The... -
Gosling with leg and feet problems.
I had 8 of 9 goose eggs hatch under mother goose a few days ago. 6 the first day and two the next. I like to leave them alone for 24 hrs before inspecting closely for mum and dad to bond. I did watch out the window all day and the next morning I noticed the two small ones were struggling to keep...- K.Riggs
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- gosling niacin deficiency.
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Ollie the drake
My favourite little drake that I rescued and nursed to health died suddenly a few months ago and I was a lot more upset than I expected to be! When he came to me he had been beaten and scarred by guinea fowl and had never seen a duck or swam in water before, he didn't know how to be a duck. He... -
Sore bald patches on wings.
My rescue duck has little bald sore looking patches on his wings that were worse he was in bad shape when I got him. He has no health issues is gaining condition in every other way. Just after a suggestion as to what to put on it. I will try to get a photo tomorrow. -
Introducing goslings
Hi, I have broody goose sitting for over 30 days. She had kicked out one egg, her last egg was dead in shell. With eggs removed she is still sitting full time so I have arranged to get two newborn goslings on Thursday. Any tips on sneaking them in? I plan to put them under her Thursday night. -
Very sad day :'(
I don't know who here read my post about hoons running over my hen on purpose a few months ago. Well, since I have lived here there has been a feral roo that lives in the orchard down the road. We see him every day and he is huge and stunning to look at. He is regularly on the side of the road...- K.Riggs
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Please tell me what breed these ducklings are???
I need ducklings urgently due to poor hatch. I'm nervous having only two in case I lose one. Saw these for sale anyone know what they are? -
Indian runner drakes
Hi all, Just wondering my three Cayuga Muscovy cross hens need at least one Drake in account of them trying to lure my gander into mating with them. Someone is offering three Indian runner drakes very high quality for free. These drakes are siblings and don't fight even though there aren't a... -
Membrane looks brown peeping and movement has stopped help!
It's only been 30 hrs since external pip but the duckling isn't peeping back or moving and the members look brown. I'm struggling to keep humidity over 60% should I put a dish of water in? How do i find out if the baby is alive? Help I've never done this before.- K.Riggs
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- dry membrane duckling help
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Help! Cayuga's pipped internally on day 24!!
I am incubating for the first ever time. The temp has been steady at 37.7 the whole time humidity %40. I just put them into lockdown it's day 24 and 3 have their beaks visible in the aircells!! Is this bad??? Will I need to give them a breathing hole? I foolishly didn't mark which ones so now...- K.Riggs
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- duck eggs help incubation pipped
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Please advise when is lockdown for my duck eggs?
My eggs went in at 10 am on the 7th September. When would you say lockdown is? The manual says 27-28 days to hatch. 3 days before is lockdown. But three days before 27 or 28 days? Also with the ones with saddled air cells should I still lay them on their side? If yes with the saddled part up or...- K.Riggs
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- duckeggs help incubating duck eggs lockdown shipped eggs
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Please tell me your shipped egg experiences!
OK, I know a lot of people have a lot of trouble incubating shipped eggs. I got 12 Cayuga eggs. One was smashed on delivery and went in the bin. One was infertile. So I now have 10 of 10 fertile eggs on day 18 moving vigorously. The air cells aren't good some worse than others and I even...- K.Riggs
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- cayuga ducks chicks ducklings hatch advice hatch rate hatching hatching assist incubating lockdown shipped eggs
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Rough eggs
A couple of my hens have layed a few eggs with rough bumps on them and yesterday there was a little smear of blood on the rough part. Is there something I should change for them? It's been a couple of eggs from two hens out of 12. I don't give them any calcium or oyster shells i just feed them...- K.Riggs
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Goose mating ducks problem!
My ducks are encouraging my gander! They love him and go over to him and lay down submissive but he is waaaay too rough! Why do they let him do that? He doesn't go looking for it they are seeking him out but he beats on them! I intervene and watch them closely but even through the fence of their... -
Left the lid off the incubator!!
Hi, I was cooling my day 13 Cayuga eggs today. I'd had a horrid day after a few sleepless nights with sick kids. I forgot and left it off for a bit over an hour. My incubator takes less that five minutes to get up to temp and humidity. Will this be disasterous? I'm freaking out a bit :'(- K.Riggs
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- cayuga ducks help for incubating duck eggs incubating incubating duck eggs
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Broody goose wont get off the nest.
My first time broody goose is on the nest sitting on two eggs and two rocks she found and put in there. She laid about 4 eggs this season before the nest got flooded so I took them and ate them as they were under water. Then she laid the next two and hasn't laid another for a few days. The... -
Meat bird breed suggestions
Hi all, when I get back from my daughters next interstate medical trip I plan on hatching a flock of meat birds for the freezer in my incubator. I definitely don't need them to end up crazy huge in size and meat but would like a decent feed from a bird. Being able to process them as soon as they...- K.Riggs
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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New ducks not eating
Hi I have had my 3 Cayuga Muscovy mules for 48 hrs. They have a large pen, shade, a dog kennel and a pool. They seem settled and are drinking and swimming. They haven't eaten though! I have tried duck pellets, they didn't eat them so I soaked them. Nope. Soaked wheat. Nope. Chopped fruit. Nope... -
Hay for bedding instead of straw
Hi all, I am having big trouble getting straw for bedding and nest boxes right now. Can I replace with hay? I can get it cheap and it's dry. I have a barn to keep it dry.- K.Riggs
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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Cayuga x Muscovy gender help??!!
Hi, I got these lovely little mules today for $10. Very sweet, so quiet. Any idea what gender? I tried to get girls, these were smaller, less upright, no green on the backs only wing tips. They are 8 months. They barely make a noise when the quack because of the Muscovy it's a squeak quack.