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    Custom leg band idea, do you think it's a good one?

    I had an idea for a legband, mostly for my geese, but could work for any bird I would think... I can't use zipties for my geese, they pulled on them and stretched them until they broke, may have to rethink them for my ducks too, as theirs also didn't last a year. I'm trying some that are a bit...
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    When to reintroduce Gosling and parents back to the flock?

    I have a pair of Cotton Patch geese that hatched a single gosling, now a week old. I know it will at least be a few weeks, but when can I reintroduce them to the flock? First time letting any bird hatch and raise it's own babies (used to have chickens and never even had one go broody and I had...
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    In need of some Duck coop help!

    I am trying to decide how to do my permanent duck/goose coop. Right now we use a mobile coop but it gets gross and nasty so quickly! My original plan was a lean-to style building with pavers for the floor, with a drain along one wall so that we can spray it out when changing out the bedding. I...
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    Duck pond filter? HELP!

    I have been doing research trying to plan out how I'm going to do the pond for my ducks. My original plan was to just do some stock tanks and empty them every few days via a hose and watering our orchard and or garden with them water, but my mom wants in ground (she thinks stock tanks will look...
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    Pavers as a duck house floor?

    I was wondering if pavers are a good option for a duck house floor? I don't really like the idea of putting down a slab of concrete in the middle of my orchard in case I ever need to move the duck house for whatever reason, so I thought Pavers might be an alternative, that way if I ever needed...
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    Help! Is this bumble foot and how do I treat it?!?!

    Is this bumblefoot? I don’t see a scab but his foot is super swollen and hot. He will stand but puts all of his weight on the good foot. He doesn’t want to walk but will to get away. He is thankfully still eating and drinking. Now the question, if this is bumble foot how do I treat it!?! I don’t...
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    Need help with Breeding pen ideas!

    I need help with breeding pen ideas! I have a flock of 30+ Silver Appleyard ducks, sourced from 3 breeders that I'm wanting to do some selective breeding with. I want something affordable, as I need several of them. I want them easy to tear down, set up, store, and move so that I can put them up...
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    SOS!!! ISO Silver applyard ducklings 1-2 days old Shelby County, AL

    Bit of an emergency search. I have had a batch of shipped hatching eggs go poorly and seem to only have one hatching and I don’t want the poor thing to be by itself! I may be willing to take something else if I can’t find any silver Appleyards, but they are my chosen breed, so anything else I...
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    Converting old styrofoam incubator?

    I was wondering if anyone has ever successfully removed the electronic components from a little giant or farm innovators styrofoam incubators and reused them to make a new incubator. Both of the ones I have have sprung leaks that I can’t find, but the heater and fan and everything still work, so...
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    Large batch brooder ideas please!

    Need an idea for a large batch brooder, waterer, feeder for ducklings! We are incubating 74 duck eggs and 14 goose eggs, so it needs to be a good size! We’ve never incubated this many at once, but we are starting over and since we have a cabinet incubator we figured go big or go home😅 My mom was...
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    Childproofing GQF cabinet incubator?!?

    Any ideas for childproofing the control panel and on/off switch on a GQF cabinet incubator? My 21 month old loves buttons and switches😅😅😅 I have baby proofing latches for the door, but I’m not sure how to go about keeping her little fingers off of the buttons. We have limited space and can’t...
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    ISO Cotton Patch Goose Hatching eggs

    Looking for Cotton Patch goose Hatching eggs! I am located in Columbiana, AL. I can drive up to 3 hours, and if you can ship even better! I can do Paypal or if meeting in person I can do cash. I’m looking for a few sources for genetic diversity. I would like 3-4 eggs from each source.
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    Duck pen advice needed!

    We are setting up our duck pen using RedBrand field fence.however I am worried about them fitting through the wire so we are layering chicken wire at the bottom. My question is would 1 foot be adequate, or should I go with 2 foot? We are getting Silver Appleyards, so larger ducks. Once they are...
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    Goose egg turner for GQF incubator?

    I am hoping to incubate some goose eggs soon, along with some duck eggs. I have the GQF cabinet incubator and a few of the styrofoam type incubators. I really want to incubate them in the GQF, because of the better temp and humidity control. However, I haven't been able to find an egg tray that...
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    Cabinet incubator multi species?

    I have a new cabinet incubator that I have chicken eggs in, and I have some goose eggs that I had in a farm innovators incubator, however it is having a hard time holding heat/heating up for some reason. I also have some duck eggs and some chicken eggs in two other farm innovator incubators...
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    Tattooing chickens?

    I was wondering if anyone has tattooed their chickens as a form of permanent Identification? I'm planning on leg banding them, but I can't find bands that are customizable enough, plus I've heard that they have a tendency to fall off, so I want to make sure that all the birds I am keeping have...
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    Guineas are murderous buttholes and I feel terrible...

    So, I somehow missed that guineas are murderous buttholes. I am making this post for those getting into guineas, so that they know... Guineas are buttholes... I have a small flock of 11, got them as keets in April/May. I got 2 more, these are pied, from a swap around July. And this past weekend...
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    Selective breeding/Brooding/Bachelor coops

    I am wanting to do some small coops/tractors, A-frame style, to use for selective breeding and as bachelor pads for some extra roos that I am keeping for project/experimental purposes. I was wondering what size I should do for 2 chickens, one hen, one roo, though it will probably only be 2 for a...
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    Looking for shade ideas

    Looking for shade ideas for my chicken run. I got 3 new hens ISA browns, for eggs until my 3 month old Brahma get older and start laying, and they kicked all of my Brahma (25 of them) out of the coop. They are currently In a dog crate inside the coop to keep them from attacking the Brahma. I...
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    Turkey egg turner for farm innovator incubator?

    I can't seem to find rails for the farm innovator egg turner. are there any turners for turkey eggs that will fit in these incubators? Our last hatch was terrible, and I think it's because we weren't turning them as much because of other projects and my mom going back to work. The 6 chicks, out...
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