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We have raised chickens and ducks but I'm thinking of adding a couple of geese to the homestead this year. I don't want MEAN geese, though. What breed would you all recommend as being gentler? Also, are the geese a lot gentler than the ganders? I'm considering the Toulouse, Pilgrim, and buff...

I'm helping care for the small flock at my kids' elementary school. They have four hens, about 6 months old. Can you help me sort out what breeds they are? They are all standard sized but one (Tiny Tim, who is a banty). Chirp must be an Ameracauna but I don't know about the black hen (Blackie...

My guineas are about 8 weeks old and doing great. It's the first time we have raised guineas. I've heard about the awful racket they make but no one told me they make some really pretty softer sounds, too! When they are happy and on fresh grass (when I move their coop/tractor) they sounds like...

I have a banty hen that is in her 16th day of sitting on eggs. She originally had 6 eggs but yesterday one broke (or was broken) underneath her. It contained a foul-smelling creamy green goo. I moved her to another nesting box with fresh bedding but I didn't wash the other eggs even though they...

We are thinking about getting another dog and I'm not sure what breed to look for. I need a dog that gets along well with dogs, cats, and poultry. It also has to be good with children since I have three and the youngest is only 3 years old. We'd like a medium or large dog and we live on 1.3...

I've been letting my ducklings and chicks spend a few hours at a time outside in my chicken tractor. (It's been very warm here and the birds are 3 weeks old.) I know my keets would love to go out, too, but I'm afraid that if I put them in the tractor they will forever-more think of that as their...

I have a broody hen that has been sitting on several eggs for about a week. Yesterday I realized she had two new eggs under her, laid by other hens in the flock. Will these more-recently laid eggs hatch at the same time as the others? I have a hard time thinking that a week's difference won't...

Our dominant rooster had two hens that he preferred over the others. One of them in particular got a balding patch on her back so I removed both hens and put them in a different coop/run. They've been separated from him for over a month now and neither of them seems to have regrown any feathers...

Hi, all! I could really use some advice. The mallard duckling we ordered with last week's birds arrived dead so I am driving out to the hatchery today for a replacement. (Plus one additional mallard, so two ducks total.) The hatchery is 1.5 hours away. The ducklings are just hatched today so...

We ordered a few ducklings and guinea keets from Ideal and they sent 10 extra male chicks along to keep everybody warm. I sure don't need 10 random roosters around (the two I have may be one too many). I was wanting to raise some meat birds so I'm planning to use these 10 extras as my meat...

I made a chicken tractor from materials I had scavenged out of the trash. I've been using it for two of my hens for a few weeks now and it has worked out great. I plan to put my meat birds in it when they get old enough to live outside. The basic materials used were: scrap 2x4's, scrap PVC pipe...

We just received two ducklings, 4 guinea keets, and 10 baby chicks in the mail today. I gave them all a 20% protein starter feed today but I know the guineas should probably be getting more like 24%. I had hoped to keep all the babies together but I'm wondering if I should separate them so I can...