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I have a Little Giant still air Styrofoam incubator. I have it set up in an old camper - where I also have my brooding pens. I put my own eggs in it. They should all be fertile because I have too many roosters - my poor hens. I gather and clean the eggs. I fill the incubator full of eggs on a...

I wasn't sure where to put this, but this figured like the most suitable place. I'm looking for recommendations on Poultry books. What are your favorite and why? Thank You! P.S. All books welcome from simple quick reads, like magazines to Ph.D level reading and studies that have been done. All...

This morning when I let my chickens out of the coop to free - range, one or more (its hard to tell all the brown ones apart) had some very watery poop. This could have just been some cecal poop, but I'm not sure. Their caged yard didn't have any poop in it like it normally does, other than what...

With Fall bringing colder temperatures and our first frost happening last night, I've started getting my preparations for winter going. One of the problems I had last year was keeping the chicken water from freezing. The only solution I could find for it was to get a heated dog dish and plug it...

I have attempted to incubate chicken eggs twice now. Its a still air incubator. The first time I attempted I hatched 17 out of 40. The other eggs had either stopped developing at various points or weren't fertile in the first place. My second attempt to incubate eggs is down to its last 2 days...

Last Wednesday I bought 4 geese from Runnings. 2 African and 2 Chinese. Three of them are doing fine. But the fourth is smaller and weaker than the rest. I haven't ever seen him eat on his own, and only have seen him sleepily dip his beak into the water - and I assumed he was drinking. I mixed...

I bought 4 goslings Wednesday. Three of them are doing fine, eating and drinking and chirping around, but the fourth is the smallest and doesn't seem to be doing to well. Last night I thought he was acting week and the other three keep stepping on him. So I put a heating pad in the "brooder". I...

I have to do a summer field study for my major and I want to do it on incubating and hatching goose eggs. Mostly because I've been researching it already. I'm thinking about focusing it on how the eggs and goslings develop up to hatching time. Any suggestions on where I can find information and...

One of my geese is sitting on a nest full of eggs. I'm a little worried about her because she never gets off of it, or I never see her get off of it. She has pushed two eggs out of the nest and so I left them (I was worried they may have just rolled out) for a few days and when she never put...

Will geese all start laying at the same time? I have what I think are 5 females and 2 males. But so far I have only one nest and three eggs. Will they all share one nest or make their own individual nests? Do I need to separate them so they don't destroy each others eggs or nests?

My small flock of geese - I think there are 5 females and 2 males. I've seen them breeding so I'm sure the two eggs are fertile, but none of the hens are sitting on them. They did make themselves a really nice nest - unfortunately thought it was out in the open. We live in the boonies and there...

I'm going to do a garden again this year y first successful one was last year. But this time I'd also like to plant some crops to help feed my growing geese population over the winter. Are there any ideas of what I should grow for them? I know they can't have tomatoes or other night shade...

I want to order some guineas. After doing some research I'm positive that I want some. I figured I'd have to wait until next spring to buy some until I found out that many hatcheries sell day old keets till September or October. But why do I have to order 15 or more? Is there any place to get...

I read online the other day that Guineas are good for snakes, rodents and bugs. After that I started looking them up online and noticed you can still order day old chicks until September. I'm super interested in getting some. But I was wondering if anyone could give me their two cents on what...

Is there any place to buy goslings this late in the season? Or even a full grown goose.

My Toulouse Goose is losing a ton of feathers. He doesn't have any bald spots and doesn't seem to be acting sick. He loses more when he baths himself in the kiddie pool. I'm hoping he is just molting, but I'm worried he might need a trip to a vet. Any advice?

One of my week old goslings got possibly injured today. I had them all (3 week old and 2 maybe a week older I'm not sure we bought them at the farm store) in a brooding pen that was outside. They've been doing great out there until this evening when I went to feed water and check on them in...

Is there a way to tell the sex of a gosling before they lay eggs? I have 5 goslings all together - two store bought that are a few weeks old and the 3 I recently hatched out ( June 3rd and 4th). Is there any way of telling male or female, and I mean without fingering the goose to see if I can...

I discovered my female goose was eaten today - while her 5 eggs went without the warmth. I'm not sure at what time she was eaten or how long it was that the eggs were left uncovered. two were removed from the nest, while another two (of the total 7) were eaten. I brought the remaining 5 in and...

I just now discovered that something ate my female goose last night. While she was sitting on 7 eggs. Unfortunately with her it ate 2 of the eggs. And I now need to know how to incubate eggs without an incubator. For the time being I put the eggs in a cardboard box with a towel and a heating pad...