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    Metal Shed for Ducks?

    I know there are a few other threads about metal sheds, but I think I've seen more so for chickens, so I wanted to post to check. Could one be okay for ducks (and maybe some chickens since they were raised by ducks)? I'm worried about the heat in the summer and the cold in the winter. I think...
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    HELP! Chick Hatched, Red Substance Outside Body?

    Sorry, I'm posting here and hatching threads because I'm worried this is critical. I haven't gotten too touchy on it because I'm scared to hurt it. What is it?? What can I do to help?? It's crying a lot!
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    HELP! Chick Hatched, Red Something Outside Body!!

    I haven't gotten too touchy on it because I'm scared to hurt it. What is it?? What can I do to help?? It's crying a lot!
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    Does This Chick Need Help?

    This chick pecked more on one end of the egg rather than in the mide, and I can see its mouth sticking out. Does it need help? It looks like it's really breathing hard. The other ones that hatched were more from the middle.
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    Golden Comet Lethargic with Vent Pulsating

    My 3.5-year-old Golden Comet has been a little lethargic the last day or so and doesn't seem to really want to eat anything, and her comb is looking purple on and off. I noticed today that her vent is pulsating, but I don't think I feel an egg unless it's farther inward, and I just can't tell...
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    Rooster Dance Behavior

    Hello! I have a cockerel who's about 12 weeks old. He came with the meat birds we had gotten and ended up being the one male out of 30. We're keeping him (and a few girls as layers) since we sadly lost our other rooster to illness a couple months ago. So I've been trying to be affectionate with...
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    Duck Won't Eat After Flock-mate Died

    Hi, everyone, I care for a couple disabled birds, but my one Indian runner duck (a little over 2 years old) hasn't really been eating much for the last few days after my young Pekin passed away at the vet from a blood infection (the first vet didn't catch it, and I didn't get to the second vet...
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    What is this lump on my rooster's back?

    Hello! I was wondering if anyone could advise me on this large lump I just noticed on my rooster's back. It's hard and warm. I'm not sure how long it's been there. A photo I happened to take of him yesterday, I can see it was there then, too. And if anyone knows what I can do to help him, please...
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    Is My Duck Egg Bound??

    This is the same duck I posted about before, who got really tired from laying eggs. She laid four of them and felt better over time and hasn't laid again in several days (lost track). But she's been tired again and keeps swishing her butt trying to poop something out, and it's just leaking...
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    Swollen Eye

    Hello! One of my Golden Comets has a swollen left eye. I noticed some of her right wing feathers have been missing for a while, too. I thought she was just molting, but now I wonder if it has anything to do with her eye. (And not sure if it's related, but our rooster has been missing chest...
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    Duck Tired After Laying First Egg This Year (Second Egg Ever)

    Hello! I have a Cayuga duck that's about a year and two months old. She was born (as far as I know getting her a few days old) blind in one eye. Outside of that and getting angel wing (which I tried to stop, but she just kept wriggling/pulling out of everything I tried), she seemed to be fine...
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    Will a Gander Forget/Forgive Me?

    My one gander (8.5 months old) I've known since he hatched, and he loves me. He gets excited when he sees me, follows me around, and likes to be held, snuggling his head on my shoulder. (Just to note, he does have a flock, he was raised by both parents, and there's another goose, too. But they...
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    Goose Ate Necklace Pendant

    One of my female geese got too close to my necklace dangling, and before I could stop her, she ripped off my pendant and immediately swallowed it. It was white gold with diamonds, so I don't think it should be toxic, right? But what are the chances she'll pass it on her own vs. cause...
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    How to Trap a Mink?

    Hello! Last night, as I was putting the geese to bed in the barn, I saw what I think was a mink under the old horse feed bins. It scurried up the back corner, and I saw its face. Then it crawled back down and ran through an apparent opening into the chicken side of the barn and ran out into the...
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    Goose Laying 3 Eggs at Once?

    Has this been heard of before? We were initially excited that our 9-month-old goose started laying eggs. We found 3 in a nest she built in the barn. I noticed a small hole in the straw yesterday, but this morning it was a full nest. And there were three eggs pretty visible there after she got...
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    Goose's Foot Has Lump and Black Spot

    Hello! My young goose (around 12 weeks old) has a large lump on the edge of his foot (along the toe). And there's a black spot on the bottom of it. Is it infected? What could have caused it? And what can I do to treat it? Thanks!
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    Brown Poop?

    Hello! I just noticed that 3 of my 4 geese have solid, light brown poops. The fourth might, too, but I haven't seen her poop yet. I think it's mixed between some regular green poops though, but I just noticed these three as I sit with them. I think they've recently been eating in the tall...
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    What Will This Gosling Look Like When It Grows Up?

    Hello! We just had our first gosling hatch from the mom 6 days ago. And I've been curious what it might look like when it gets older and was wondering what people's opinions might be. The dad is on the right, a Roman Tufted. And the mom is on the left, no idea what she is. She was supposed to...
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    What Are These Bugs on Her Feathers?

    Hi, again! Sorry, I know I just posted a different thing, but I have two separate concerns simultaneously. My goose just hatched a gosling, but last night, I noticed these weird bugs on her, and I've never seen them before. I don't see them on my other geese, but they have white feathers, and...
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    Does Newborn Gosling Need Extra Heat?

    Hi! My one goose has been sitting on 4 eggs. Only one fully developed and finished hatching this morning/late last night! But the mom is young and brand new at this. She seems like she might be confused, so I don't know how much I should intervene, if at all. They have a giant nest of straw...
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