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    poisioning foxes

    Anyone had any luck poisioning foxes? H ave a nightly visitor that I had wrote about a few days ago asking about the night guard lights. Anyhow I am thinking about trying to poisioning it with a dead bird injected full of antifreeze. I have no stray or domestic animals that run loose at night...
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    red blinking lights FOX ISSUES

    i am wondering if anyone has tried those red blinking lihts that are supposed to mimic larger preditors. I think they are called night guard? They are advertised in poultry magazines and such. I have a fox problem. We have killed one this spring but have at least 2 more that are here EVERY...
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    turkeys in the chicken coop

    I just moved my young pullets out of the brooder house and want to move some 10 day old turkeys in today. Should I disinfect with bleach or rocal D? I cleaned all the bedding out and it is sand under. Or are they fine to just go in with out disinfecting? thanks
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    introducing the babies...UPDATE

    How should I go about introducing the goslings to the rest of the bunch? I would really like the adults to "adopt" them and start taking care of them to get them out of the brooder as I have a batch of turkeys that will need it very soon. The babies are 2 and 3 weeks old. Sofar we have gone...
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    silkies off the nest

    I have 6 fuzzy new silkie babies outside hatched under their mamas. The hens are off the nest as of this morning. I went out to take a look and found about 12 unhatched eggs. My incubator is up and running. What are the chances that these eggs are still any good? I know that the other 2...
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    to wash or not to wash?

    Getting ready to set some more chinese goose eggs. Not had great luck so far. Hatched 7 out of about 40 and lost 3 after hatching. The 4 I do have though are really active and look good. So I have been told many different opinions. Should I wash the ones that are dirty (not terrible but not...
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    gosling on its back- Needing answers

    I have a 2 day old gosling that is a little slower than the rest. I have him seperated by himself because this morning he got flipped on his back and got all wet and really cold. When I found him he looked not long for this world. Anyhow Now he is dry and warm, but he gets flipped over on his...
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    Goslings navels look icky

    My goslings that hatched this afternoon have large red navels. Is this normal, because I didn't notice thi on my first two hatchlings. Please advise Thanks
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    my gosling is a bully

    the gosling that is now two days old is pecking at the new gosling that hatched kast night. I put the second one in the brooder this morning and watched them for a while. Then seperated them. I have tried two more times but the older one still pecks at the toes of the younger. It must hurt...
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    3 hour old gosling died HELP

    I had a gosling that piped yesterday at 430 am (when I frist noticed) and hatched today between 9 am and noon while we were at church. I left it in the incubator to rest and dry. At 3 pm I found it laying in there on its back dead. I have a few other eggs in there waiting (hopefully) to...
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    22+ hours- what to do??

    I have a goose that cracked through the shell yesterday at 1pm. Since then it has made a nice dime sized hole in the side of the shell and is perfectly content on staying there I guess. I know it is still alive because I can see its bill every now and then and I can hear it peeping. My...
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    anybody heard of this?

    I heard that there was an incubator on a sale tomorrow that is listed as an "American Incubator", cabinet type with turner and digital thermostat. Has anyone herd of these? Have any idea what they are worth? thoughts, comments? thanks
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    only 2 ganders

    Hi I have 13 geese 11 female and 2 male. My DH said that there are not enought males as geese are monogomus. I disagree. who is right?
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