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    Sick African Goose

    Thanks Miss Lydia. Our geese are impossible to catch or corral except in the dead of winter when they **need** me! I can't get anywhere near this girl to examine her - she is able to keep up with the 2 ganders and ducks, and they are all very protective of her. I guess we will just have to...
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    Sick African Goose

    One of our African geese - who is entirely wild except for winter when I feed them - has been unable to straighten her neck the past few days. Her eyes also look half closed. She had been sitting on a nest of 6 eggs for a couple weeks, and the egg are now gone. Wondering whether perhaps a...
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    Duck with vent bitten, wing torn off

    We found one of our Khaki Campbells dead in the yard today after noticing her missing this morning. There were some feathers around the site, and one wing torn off, but the only other physical injury was a good bite to the vent. This doesn't really fit the descriptions of any predators I am...
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    Bum leg after dog attack

    One of our 'teenage' pullets survived a dog attack a couple of days ago. She was very spooked and I am surprised she survived given how scared she looked. But now it appears the only issue is with one of her legs. We can't even tell which one. She has been in a laundry basket and has been...
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    Dogs eating chicken poop - now have tapeworms.

    So the question is twofold. We have plenty of wild and domesticated fowl around, so there is an abundance of chicken, duck and goose poop around. One of our dogs acts as if the chicken pasture is a buffet line, and grazes every time she is out there. How do I stop this behavior, and who do I...
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    Woohoo! The ducks laid eggs finally!

    Last summer, I got a dozen ducklings from Metzer Farms. We only wanted 2 Khaki Campbells who were noted to be great eaters of pond algae - which is a huge problem for us. But the shipping was so expensive that we decided to try an experiment and raise some Grimaud Pekin which were quick...
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    redesigning the coop

    How many nesting boxes are needed for 12 chickens? How much roosting space? How far apart should the roosts be placed? Thanks for your wisdom!
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    Will unlimited access to dry food be ok?

    We are redesigning the coop and thinking about some sort of auto-refilling device for inside the coop. We already feed fermented feed am and afternoon, If there is dry food available inside, will they overeat? Also - will they need water inside too - or is outside (daytime) access enough...
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    Space recommendations

    oops
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    Thanks!
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    OK - so what is BOSS?
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    Good mousing breed?

    Hi all - Looking for suggestions on a good breed of chick to add to our flock next spring - It gets cold here in winter, warm in summer, and I am hoping to find a breed that is especially mouse-hungry! Thanks! Carolyn
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    R.I.P. PigPile - What Happened?

    Yes, very little weight to her at all. I did see her peck at a couple of berries on the ground a couple of days earlier but not nearly as enthusiastically as her sisters. How would one diagnose sour or impacted crop? Could it go on for a month?
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    R.I.P. PigPile - What Happened?

    PigPile was a Welsummer hatched last March. She started laying in August, and stopped in October. She was given her name because she was always at the bottom of the pile of chicks. Right about when she stopped laying, it started getting dark earlier and pretty cold at night. We guessed she...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    Cranberries!
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    They were not excited by chicken! But loved cooked pasta.
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    Busted!

    Upstate NY - the problem is the people who subdivided the original lot decided we needed a 'homeowners association', and one of our neighbors is from suburban NJ - retired here, and wants it to be the burbs!
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    Looking 'fluffy' and stopped laying.

    This is my first fall season with chickens... pardon if I am asking basic info. Days are shorter, nights almost to freezing now. I have a light on in the coop that goes on at 2 am, off at 9. That leaves the chicas getting 14-16 hrs of light per day. The Welsummer, who has been averaging 5-6...
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    Busted!

    We live on 10 acres in the country - unfortunately, the people who subdivided the original farm created some covenants and a 'neighborhood association' that prohibits poultry. We have built an enclosure which backs up to some woods that are owned by a private party - not part of our...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    I put a couple of large sunflower heads out there - no one has figured it out yet! they went nuts over shrimp peeling, heads and tails. Go figure!
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