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  1. GrumpyOldMan

    Sad day!

    Last nigh our 31 year-ole Hyacinth Macaw passed away. Had him since he was a baby. Pretty sure it was old age as he didn’t seem sick. Yesterday it was warm, 70ish here and he got to go outside in the aviary. First time outside in over a week because of the cold weather. He ate, chewed and had...
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    First egg(s)?

    We have two Easter Egger hens. Day before yesterday no eggs today two eggs. Don’t know if one hen laid one yesterday and one today of if both started laying at the same time. Do I take both out to eat or leave one? I don’t have a glass egg and won’t be able to get to the feed store for a couple...
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    Cartwheels and rollovers.

    Do your gees do those? Yesterday morning there was a breeze with a hint of fall in it. I cleaned the kiddy pool and filed it like we do ever other day or so. Now mind you the pool had been full of water and the two boys had been swimming just ten minuets or so before. When is was half filled...
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    Ester Eggers laying?

    I know this information is somewhere already, BUT. I search several different ways and could not find the answer and frankly I’m just to lazy to read hundreds of posts. Already read a couple of dozen and didn’t find the answer. At what age do Easter Eggers start laying?
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    Two Ganders two Geese?

    I have two Pilgrim Ganders (five months old now) (was supposed to be a pair). I’m thinking about getting two Pilgrim geese/female goslings next breeding season. How do y’all think two and two will work out? Will one gander monopolize both geese or do you think they’ll pair up? It really is a...
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    Watch dogs!

    I was wondering when the watchdog would come out in our geese. It’s here!!!!! The house next-door has been vacant since before we got the two boys. Yesterday someone (contractor) was working on the house and went into the back yard to do something. The two boys went bonkers, honking and...
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    So you want to know what diatomacious earth is and how it works?

    I did! So I went searching and found this. diatomacious earth vidio
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    In the interest of education… Raccoons?

    I don’t believe we have a Raccoon problem here. However with the idea we can never know too much…. Would / could Raccoons be a threat to full grown geese (Pilgrims)? Enquiring minds want to know. But I don’t want to learn the hard way. How about Red Tail Hawks? I’m under the assumption that...
  9. GrumpyOldMan

    Lets talk feed.

    Local feed store recommends Purina Start & Grow exclusively until our 10 week old goslings reach 18 weeks of age. They have been on it for 4 weeks and their poop isn’t firm. They are allowed to run around the yard all day so they get St. Augustine grass also. Green feed and green grass = green...
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    Will / do Pilgrim Geese eat Coy. UPDATE!!!!

    Title says it all. My daughters Coy have despaired. We live in residential neighborhood. Six foot wooden fenced yard. Have a bathtub sunk in the ground with a fountain feeding / recalculating water. Gees have their own pool’s and ther is no sign of them getting IN the pond. Could be a cat but I...
  11. GrumpyOldMan

    Anyone care to make a guess what they are?

    Wife got them from the feed store when they were hatchlings. They were supposed to be two Blue Swedish hens. As they aged we thought maybe Cayugas. Now we’re thinking Indian Runner hen and Crested Cayuga drake. They are approximately 8 weeks now. And yes I know the pictures SUCK. Looks like...
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    After being one the board for just a few days I’m finding out just ...

    how dicey buying geese can be for others too. I thought I was the only one. I though I had done enough research and could tell the difference between baby male and female Pilgrim geese. I didn’t / don’t believe it’s that hard. Well, now I’m positive “I” can the difference and won’t be screwed...
  13. GrumpyOldMan

    Happy ending.

    New poster with a happy ending to what should have been a dead duck story. Wife picked up two Blue Swedish ducklings and two Americana chicks last month. I haven't had ducks or chickens since I was a kid. During the day they were / are allowed out in an outside chicken wire covered pen on...
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