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    Goose mauled chicken

    Hi all. This is my third year with chickens and geese. I have 9 hens one rooster. My gander which was raised with chickens (I got all the birds at same time), mauled my only white leghorn couple weeks ago. It is mating season and gander has been edgy like every year this time. Usually friendly...
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    Question about electric fence

    Hello all, I have a question about American farm works solar powered electric fence charger. It typically sends a signal of current once each second and the light flashes once per second and I can typically hear the electricity popping once per second. It was raining and I could see small spark...
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    Bare hens and winter

    Hi all, I have a flock of 8 hens 1 rooster all one year old. About half the hens the rooster has overmated and they have lost most or all the feathers on their backs. I know this is common and if they are not being picked bloody by the other hens it is generally not a problem in and of itself...
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    Building goose coop for 3 geese. Vermont winters. Insulate?

    Hi, I posted this as well in goose forum. I live in Vermont near Canadian border. We can get as cold as -30 or -40 in winter. I’m building new coop out of plywood and board. With three geese in there and deep layer of pine shavings would you build insulation into the coop? Last winter I had one...
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    Building goose coop, do you guys insulate in very cold climates?

    I now have 3 geese and will need to build a coop for them. My gander did fine in his first Vermont winter, probably got to -25F a few times. Bedded down in small coop with pine shavings and 6ml plastic insulation sheet wrapped around most of coop overnight. I’m building a plywood and board...
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    Gander suddenly quiet and seems off

    Hello all, My one year old gander who lives with chickens has changed significantly over the past week. He used to honk if a car came up our road, He would honk from time to time every day as he walked around the yard with the chickens. He used to honk every time that the rooster crowed. Now...
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    Rooster de-feathering all my hens due to mating

    Hi all, I have 8 hens and 1 RIR rooster. Over the past 6 months I began noticing the hen's backs were becoming bare. I ordered aprons I found online to protect their backs. The exposed bare skin invited pecking by the other hens. I checked after a couple months and the hens' backs are still bare...
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