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  1. cutechick2010

    Sick pigeon!

    I have a pigeon that seemed slightly off yesterday, and today is huddled at the back of their little house with her feathers all fluffed up. The thing that seemed off about her yesterday is that she was, well, dirty. This is a pure white bird, and normally never gets so much as a SPECK of dirt...
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    Pigeons breeding?

    I am very new to pigeons, and I have two that are nesting. The female (hen?) has laid two eggs, and sort of appears to be sitting on them. But since I hadn't expected eggs, they don't have a proper nest and the eggs are sort of getting rolled around in their little house. What I need to know is...
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    Killing meat birds with carbon monoxide?

    I sadly had to euthanize a sick guinea this week. I put her in a sack that I tied to the tailpipe of my car, this was the first time I had done that and found that it was super fast and seemed to be pretty gentle on the bird as well. What I am wondering is, can I kill my meat chickens this way...
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    Adding fishmeal to FF to increase protein?

    I am feeding fermented whole grains to my birds now. The mix I have been using is adequate protein wise for my adult flock, but too low for growing chicks. So I got some fishmeal to add to the FF for the chicks, but I am not sure how much to add, per five gallon bucket. Can anyone give me hints...
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    Help for pigeon with broken/injured wing?

    I have a pigeon here who is actually a tornado survivor, but has a wing that is injured. I am not for sure if the bone is actually broken or not, I can't FEEL a break, but there is just enough swelling that I can't be for sure. The wing isn't dragging, the bird is holding it against it's side...
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    Emergency: Hen weak and apparently starving?

    In her flock my Mom has a banty hen, about three years old, that has become ill and is declining rapidly.She is half Silver Sebright and half Porcelain D'Uccle. This little hen normally weighs close to three pounds. Now though she is very underweight, and feels emaciated and very light when you...
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    Seasonal aggression?

    I have a young pair of Dewlap African geese, they were hatched I believe in January or February of this year. They have always been sweet tempered, but suddenly the gander is attacking my dogs and even going after my kids! He started to get "snotty" with me a little, but I just stood my ground...
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    Crossbeak pullet

    This little girl is actually part of my Mom's flock, she is about six or mabye eight months old. She is a little bit undersized but seems to be catching up. Her beak thankfully is only slightly crossed, and she seems to eat and drink pretty well on her own. But the other day we noticed that the...
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    Spam private messages?

    I have gotten this message three times now, it is a question about methods for butchering chickens and asking for my opinion on how to do it. The first time I thought it was genuine and answered it but no on ever replied. I have now gotten the exact same message twice more, same wording and...
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    Eating muscovy ducks?

    I was just wondering if anyone has experience they would like to share about raising and eating muscovies? I have read in one place that they are great, very lean meat similar to veal and not greasy like the Pekins. But a friend of mine told me that the ones she has done were very dry and didn't...
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    Will ducks eat ticks?

    I just got back from the vet, and one of my dogs has Lyme disease, despite our efforts to keep the ticks off of the dogs, cats etc. I worry that one of my human kids will be next. :( I had been considering getting ducks, either Khaki Campbells or Muscovies, how well does either breed (or any...
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    Goose behavior, could they both be ganders?!

    I bought a pair of goslings this spring that were supposed to be a breeding pair. Now they are starting to do some fighting, the one that was supposed to be the goose is actually the larger dominant bird and eats first, bathes in the pool first, etc. The one that was supposed to be the gander is...
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    Help with predator ID? *Warning*, Graphic description!

    I have been losing chickens to something over the last couple of weeks. I lost two birds in two nights about two weeks ago, and after I sat in the coop with a .22 across my knees for the majority of a night it seemed to have given up and gone away. Now it is back, and over the last three or four...
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    Sick gosling, snotty nostrils and weezing, please help!

    I have a super African gosling that arrived here in Illinois from CA last Thursday. When she got here, the third eyelid on both eyes was very swollen and red, one so badly she couldn't see out of that eye. I rinsed them with sugar/salt water and put in some Terramycin eye ointment. They improved...
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    Pullet can't straighten head, can't walk properly, help?

    I have had some respiratory issues in my flock recently, sneezing, snotty beaks, etc. One of my young EE pullets, about three and half months old, this morning suddenly was acting really strange. Her head is sort of twisted sideways, she can't straighten it out and she can't walk straight, she...
  16. cutechick2010

    Super African goslings!!

    I am finally getting my Super/Dewlap African geese, they will be here on the 22nd. I have been wanting some of these geese for a couple of years but hadn't found anyone that not only bred them but would ship them too. I am sooo excited!! LOL I haven't had goslings in a good ten years, I had a...
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    Cornish Cross are ready to butcher, BUT...

    They got into the medicated chick starter the younger chicks are still getting! They have literally been going and stealing the chick starter from the young layer pullets my mom has next door (all our birds free range) so now they are medicated again! These darn birds are ready to process, but I...
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    Doing a meat breed comparison, White Rocks and Cornish X

    I have a brooder full of now 15 day old chicks, my layers and my meat birds for the year. With my meat birds this year, I decided to go with half of them the Jumbo Cornish Cross to butcher this spring, and the White rocks to do later on in the year. Saves on freezer storage! LOL Anyway, I...
  19. cutechick2010

    Hand made Goat's Milk Soaps and Lotions

    I hand make goat's milk soaps and lotions in my own kitchen. The goat's milk is fresh from my own Nubians. If you have never tried using goat's milk soaps and lotions, try it once and you will never go back to "regular" soaps again! Would you like to know why you should use goat's milk on your...
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    Very sick hen-mabye egg-bound????

    I have a two year old Amerauana hen that has been sort of moping around and off her feed for a couple of days. I just found that she has a large, very hard lump, well, in her back end for lack of a better way to phrase it. It is right where the egg would be sitting if she was getting ready to...
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