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    New goose owner, what kind?

    I just acquired my first goose last night! I am a wildlife rehabber and someone turned this in to our clinic saying it was wild and injured because it couldn’t fly away after finding it in their yard. I realized very quickly it was domestic. So now I am a goose owner 🤷🏼‍♀️ can anyone tell me...
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    Marek’s?

    Hey everyone, this chicken wandered onto our elderly neighbor’s property this afternoon, and he brought it down to us thinking it was ours. It is not. He doesn’t have chickens so he asked us to keep it. I immediately put it in a quarantine cage I have for our pigeons.It definitely has leg mites...
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    Should I assist Call Duck egg hatching? Hatching at wrong end

    Hi everyone! I need some advice! We are hatching call ducks at have two eggs. One started to externally pip last night on the 27th day around 6pm. It is now 6pm and there hasn’t been much progress, but it’s still peeping away. I should also mention it is hatching from the wrong side of the...
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    Male or female Muscovy?

    Hi everyone!! I adopted this beautiful Muscovy today that was found abandoned on the side of the road a few towns away from me. This is my first time seeing one in person, can anyone tell me if this is a male or female? Thanks so much!
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    Sick hen

    Hello! I have a sick Sussex hen that seemed to get sick out of nowhere. Yesterday morning she was fine, and by 5pm she was lethargic, puffing up her feathers and her head drooping along with her wings. I took the video below this morning, and her head was shaking a little this morning. I don't...
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    Silkie Pullet or Cockerel?

    Hi! I am trying to figure out the sex of this chicken. About 3 months old, and in the last week I have noticed a green sheen on its tail. I have two other silkies that are the same age (same hatch date) , and this one is about twice as large and the other two don’t have the green sheen. Thank you!!
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    What happened to my chicken?

    Hi Everyone, just looking for some advice. This past Sunday I moved my younger chickens (3.5 months old) out into the coop in our shed (they were in our garage). On Tuesday, I noticed our crested polish standing in one spot with her wings kind of drooping and her feathers slightly fluffed up...
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    My Babies!

    Hi everyone! It's been a long time since I have posted (the last time was a few months back when I needed help for a niacin deficiency, thanks again everyone!!) My ducks have all their adult feathers now so I wanted to share some recent pictures! In the last week, one of my fawn and white...
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    Two unknown breed chicks!

    Hi everyone! A few weeks ago I went to the Meyer hatchery adopt a chick sale. I got 13 chicks, but in the massive crowd, I couldn’t see all the names of what I bought. I have them all figured out but these two ladies. You help is very much appreciated!
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    How long does it take Niacin deficiency to clear up?

    Hi Everyone! I am new here and I have a question! I live on a large farm with quite a few animals, and recently I was given a few ducklings by our neighbors that had too many. We have an acre pond in my back yard and thought why not! The one thing we've never had before were ducks, and the...
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