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    When to mix adult and adolescent flocks.

    Hi all, I have adult pekins and Appleyards(2 drakes and 3 ducks) and 15 adolescents/young adults (17weeks old, 9 girls and 6 boys ). The younger ones are displaying lots of mating behavior, including the ladies some of whom squat down for the boys without always even being asked. I have the 2...
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    Help please! Will my older drakes hurt my young ducks!?

    We just put our new young ducks (8weeks) and drakes with the older ones and the older males are trying to mate the girls and one of the boys?! The boy they are trying to mate is a doesn't quack but has a boys low grumble, is it possible he's a girl? And can my older drakes hurt my young females...
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    Fighting Ganders and broodies geese all mixed together, can it work?!

    Sorry for the long post but we are newbies and really need advice. We have 3 male and 7 females in our Embden and Toulouse free range flock, all under 1yr old. We have 1 very broody Embden goose that stays on her nest, and at least two others, 1 Toulouse and 1 other Embden, that sit often on 3...
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    • broody goose fighting ganders managing goose flock
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    • Forum: Geese
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    Geese standing on each others backs - Is this normal?

    Why are my geese standing on each other backs? I have 10 geese, 3 toulouse females and 1 gander, 3 Embden geese and 3 ganders (I think, I was given 3 extra geese by accident so I'm guestimating based on behavior). I think we have two Embden pairs, a Toulouse pair, and a crossed pair which is...
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    • gander standing on backs of geese goose mating behavior
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    • Forum: Geese
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    HELP my Turkey poult's leg looks broken!

    One of my 8week old Turkey poult's was fine one day and looked like this. Is this the splay leg that I hear about or is it broken? Is he salvageable? I hate to have to cull him so young. Should I splint it or tape the legs together? I don't think nutrition is the issue. They are getting a 23%...
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    • broken leg leg injury poult splay leg
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Turkeys
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    4 day old ducklings sleeping on top of the warmer plate

    Hi, My 4 day old Pekins and Jumbo Pekins are sleeping on top of the brooder warming plate. They used to sleep under it (my 6 appleyards still are, they are also 4 days old, though smaller) do my bigger ducks just not need the heat? I have it angled for varying heights but they seem to now...
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    • brooders ducklings heat lamps warming plate
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Help please, Which geese do I get!

    Hi, I am new to raising poultry and have been raising chickens (4+ 1 rooster) since July now. I am now eagerly awaiting a larger addition of Chicks, ducklings and Emden goslings to our flock. The question is about the geese. I just read that Embden geese were not for beginners, esp. The males...
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    • embdens flock protection geese geese mates guard geese predators super african toulouse
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    • Forum: Geese
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    Hiya!

    Hi folks! New chook owner here. Thanks for the add.
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