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    Foreign made yellow incubators

    Question I have two 96 egg yellow plastic incubators-one made in China. The other maybe India. I am confused about the wires despite having watched YouTube set ups. There are three wires hanging from the lid. Two obviously run the turners. There is one black wire which does not have a female...
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    do hens know when 21 days is up if nothing hatches?

    Have a broody that ended up setting on a huge pile of eggs without me realizing it. Do hens know when it is futile to set any longer if nothing hatches? Will they eventually give up?
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    fractured femur with new splint

    Violet our three year old goose got stepped on by one of our horses. Fractured her "drumstick"! Here she is with her new splint. Don't even ask what it cost. Slightly more than it cost to have my pet rat Pebbles operated on . Not practical for everyone but I am lucky enough to be able to. I am a...
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    single pigeon-how best to add more?

    Just getting started in pigeons. Started with two to see if the whole thing was workable. Kept the two in for a month then released them. They stayed nearby-but took a couple of days for the smaller female (she laid an egg so=female) to return to the coop. The larger of the two never figured it...
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    broken hip on five day old chick

    five day old chick got leg tangled in Silkie Mom's feathers and apparently fractured hip joint. foot and knee/hock work fine but hip very unstable. Any thoughts? If left with mom probably will die as unable to get to food and water. Any one ever try to immobilize by taping area in an...
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    hen off nest twelve hours day 19 to 20

    Total disaster. Hen locked off nest for twelve hours-eggs day 19-20 under broody. So upset. She got back on them-not done being broody. Will leave them with her. Total loss I assume? I feel very, very (very) guilty. Very. Mixed batch of naked necks and frizzles. sigh. PS otherwise "Merry...
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    sigh...giving up.

    I started out a few years ago thinking I would free range my hens. Swapped to birds expected to be the best at free ranging. After losing most of them-switched to confinement with electrified poultry netting. switched to birds well suited to confinement.Now they have somehow figured out how to...
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    gender confusion in geese-now everyone is sitting on a nest.

    I have three african chinese mix geese around a year old. Since early spring I had one who laid around thirty eggs without setting. I discarded those.another who laid a few-both without any serious attempt ot set. The gander? mostly wandered around or sat in the shade nearby. The other day I...
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    determining gender by tail shape?

    Question-I have three geese-two laying. Approx. a year old. Probably African/Chinese mix. Noticed today-not sure why I never did before, that while they were walking around-two had distinctly pointed tails and one had a squared off tail. Any significance to this differance. Obviously I have two...
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    gave up on free range......

    Due to the tenacity of the fox on our 100 acres-despite having controlled raccoons and possums-I have switched from total free range to confiement with pullet shut door and electric netting. Funny while free ranging was all about hamburgs, fayoumis, anconas, in an attempt at giving them the best...
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    who takes the heads?

    I know this has been covered but just don't have the time to search....have had problems with coons and fox. four dead hens-two missing heads, two just dead. missing at least four others. any idea of my culprit? We did shoot a particularly aggressive fox. have trapped many coons but traps right...
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    norweigen jaeron chick

    :jumpy Norweigen Jaeron chick hatched under standard white cochin broody.
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    a peep from an intact egg? could it be?

    My chicks under my broody are due any day. When I lifted her to check, is it possible that I heard a PEEP from an intact egg?!
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    apparently I have a pair.......of geese

    Oh my! Apparently I have a pair (of geese!) My weeder/ african probably/maybe chinese or mixed geese. Two of them at least have been doing the "wild thing" in their kiddy pool! And as opposed to the screaming, running and tackling that goes on between the rooster and chickens this appears to...
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    I Will Never Raise Goslings For Anyone Again

    Since I have the facility, love doing it, was placing an order of my own- I raised three duckings and two goslings for a friend. Four geese-now three months old are staying with me. The ducks will be fine since they will be living on a pond and are quite self sufficient. The geese however are so...
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    ?african goslings? two months old

    These are my goslings from Murray McMurray. I am thinking Brown African? They were purchased as weeder. They may be a mix..... This is the delightful Miss Nibbs. see why it does not matter what they are?
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    The "Pullet Shut" door has shut the door on my problems!

    I LOVE THIS THING!Gone are the days of trying to shoo chickens in to the coop-throwing my shoes and obscenities at them at 930 at night! By myself I installed the Pullet Shut door-MUCH easier when I realized the electric drill had a forward AND backwards! I think they took for granted that I had...
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    Electric poulty netting for big goslings-not so much

    Electric poulty netting for big 2 month old goslings-not so much. Tried it last night and this morning they were all busted loose. I think in the dark, they got startled and like a stampede of bulls bulled there way right through it. Thinking it may be okay to contain them during the day but...
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    electric poultry netting for geese-kinda shocking.

    Set up my electric poultry netting so the big two month plus old goslings can spend the nights outside safely. Just as I plugged it in of course the biggest gander walked right up and bit the wire. He froze there for a seeming very long couple of seconds and then released. He hopped in to the...
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    at what age are geese generally considered "adult"

    At what age are geese generally considered "adult" in size and feathering?
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