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    I WANT MY GOOSE TO HATCH HER OWN EGGS!!!

    So many incubator threads!!!! Wow - I am NOT going to walk those baby geese again! Let momma do that! So momma goose (yes, I know we have a goose section - not going there) raised a small flock last year in warmer weather. have about 6 o 7 eggs now that shegets up from, walks around, and...
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    McMurray birds can't walk, a few dead

    I have 2 week old hamburgs from McMurray, and 4 dark cornish. one dark cornish had a crossed bill and can't eat, and the other can't walk. 2 hamburgs died. 9 hamburgs can't walk. I have been feeding non medicated dumor chick starter, and lately supplemented with lecithin. (within 2 days)...
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    as of june 29, 5 chicks can't walk with feet all closed up - is this thiamin/niacin deficiency?

    Thanks. I mean to say lecithin. the chicks are over 2 weeks old.
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    4 week old chicks - and upcoming vacation plans

    On the 13, 14, 15 of July we'd like to take a trip out of town. Our 25 chicks will be solidly on their 4th week. All are feathering out fine and growing up on the house right now. I'd like to move them to a small enclosed grow out enclosure inside the coop outside. No electricity so no...
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    What duck breed would be good for going broody & hatchng her own eggs?

    I have khaki campbells, pekin and coyuga right now. None have gone broody. My turkeys are reproducing themselves great, but not ducks. Thinking of changing breeds to a duck that will get large enough for meat, free range well, and reproduce themselves. EDIT - I should have said no...
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    Anyone have Silver Spangled Hamburgs? How about white leghorns?

    Do they Free range well? I need to change the way I manage my flock - I have gone from Rhode Island Reds (mine didnt go broody, would not reproduce themselves) to Buff Orpingtons. I am still watching the Orpingtons as they are still young.....but I suspect they won't keep up their bulk on free...
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    How do I know how many chickens, turkeys, and geese to overwinter?

    So that I can have enough meat birds next year? for example, three hen turkeys produced 15 surviving chicks. Now we will overwinter 2 toms and about 8 hens . This should produce quite a few meat birds for next year. They are bourbon reds free ranged in a large fenced orchard. How many...
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    New duck pond - sanitation questions

    Hi folks..we just dug a new pond about 14 feet diameter and 2 feet deep, and I am worried about e coli and other nasties hurting my ducks, geese and chickens and turkeys. they have lived togher for couple years now with no problems, but this is a much larger body of water that cannot be dumped...
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    Which turkey do I cull?

    Father Tom 1 bred with Hen 1 and produced Hen 2 and Hen 3. Hen 1 and either 2 or 3 together had 11 brood. Of those 11 brood, 2 are toms. Tom 1 is mean as a snake. I'd like to start over with Toms but somewhere I heard that Tom 1 can breed with all his daughters, but Toms 2 and 3 may not...
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    I'm about to hatch some turkeys and goslings

    My bourbon reds and emden and pilgrim geese are both sitting on eggs. Can I just let the mothers take care of them on hatching? what happens if you havehatched babies that need care and soem stil in eggs? which ones are cared for? How do I manage this?
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    when will they stop girdling my apple trees!?

    all the geese are kept in an orchard with chickens adn turkeys...I noticed recently they started killing my small apple trees! will they do this in winter or all year long? even with grass available?
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    Which are better at laying/raising brood - Emden or Pilgrim/

    I am trying to settle on one breed of goose for ease of management - I like the pilgrim traits but haven't had them long enough to tell if one is better at raising their own brood better than the other? can anyone share info on either or both of these geese? thanks.
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    Are all toms jerks?

    In other words, should I just not keep turkeys at all? I have a few hens and a 2 year old tom. tom attacks us at every opportunity. Especially through the fence where he realizes he won't really have to fight. But it makes me sad he and I donj't have any kind of friendly relationship. I...
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    Where to buy Pilgrim Geese!? McMurray and Holderread are out?

    I am down to one pilgrim goose and two ganders! Hopefully there is another source for Pilgrims? Thanks for the help!!!
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    Will the flock control their own rate of feed or over eat?

    I am experimenting with a 4 inch pipe about 6 feet tall with a U on the bottom and a cap on the top. It holds 25 pounds of feed. Right now the birds are going nuts over it and eating a lot - I am wondering if this will be a good solution for a 2 or 3 day trip away from home or will the birds...
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    Goose Dillemma

    I have Emdens and Pilgrims from Murray McMurray. I love them all but am worried about them cross breeding and ending up with mutts! I'm sure they'd be sweet but I want to help keep the lines seperate, just not sure if there is a critical time to seperate them or if they always have to be...
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    Predator attack through the cage - 4 ducks with skin/flesh injuries...

    ahhhh...so exasperated. 3 ducks had to be euthanized due to horrible injuries, broken duck bill, entrails hanging out, legs eaten off, and on and on. I feel this was either a coon or possum we made the mistake of growing them in a dog grate with holes large enough for a coon to get his paws...
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    Baby black runner duck - legs becoming more immobile each day-whatado?

    This is really sad for me - one of my little baby runner ducks about 3.5 weeks old has legs that flop underneath him. He still has slight control over the top of the leg, but anything past that just lays at odd angles under him. He can wiggle his tail and his back seems straight - just his...
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    dumb question about compost pile and chickens!

    My chickens keep removing my compost pile and spreading it all around! So do I have tomove my compost out of the chicken enclosure? it was so handy to shovel the coop out into the pile....thanks in advance.
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    what's the smallest duck pond I can get away with?

    Hi guys - working in an enclosed orchard, want to put a little duck pond in - what are the major considerations? It will have 10 geese and 8 ducks, plus 5 muscovie ducks. I assume with so many birds it will stay a mudhole? any help?
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