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    20% Protein

    I also buy a high protein feed for my chickens and geese, but cut it with oats to reduce the protein level. Except for the protein level, I like the feed itself because of the ingredients. Your goslings should do well on pasture and with access to swimming as exercise will help them develop...
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    Cold Hardy Buff Orpingtons in HOT Oklahoma

    I am in a hot area in southern California - as in 90's to 100+ all summer - gag! Being retired, I have the opportunity to check on my BBS orps during the day. Shade is good! I freeze containers (formerly 16oz. cottage cheese containers) of water and put them into their waterers to give them a...
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    Help for my Mourning Goose he lost his mate today

    Until you can find a replacement goose, here is something that helped a lone gander for me once - a mirror! I bought a fairly large hand mirror with a handle. The handle had a hole in it so I hung it goose head high where he often traveled. The poor guy chatted to himself in the mirror until I...
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    Where do you get your geese?

    I like Holderread's farm and have 4 of their toulouse. I like a nice big bird! http://holderreadfarm.com
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    Housing for a pair of Dewlap Toulouse

    In Holderread's The Book of Geese (available on his website), he recommends 7.5 to 10 square feet per goose for overnight housing. The stucture on Craig's list would get you started, but you might consider gettin something bigger now as the geese will grow into it. He also recommends a door...
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    Ugh! So much WASTE!

    With 14 chickens I have a few more than you do, but their feeder doesn't get pooped in, and they can't knock the feed out of it. I use a metal pan about 16" in diameter and about 3" deep with a wire spoke-like cone shaped cover on top. Both pieces came from the feed store. The chickens stick...
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    Did i get good chick food?

    There is probably information on the feed bag regarding amounts to feed. For starting day olds the issue is to make sure they learn how to eat and drink. I put a piece of burlap over the bedding in the brooder and sprinkle the feed onto it for the first few days. Chicks automatically start...
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    Can you all help me?

    Since you are familiar with Holderread's website, you might want to go back to it and order his "Book of Geese". It will tell you a lot of what you need to know as you start out with geese. I have four of his toulouse and am very happy with them. I am hopeful of seeing some goslings from them...
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    swollen eyes spreading threw my flock

    The swollen eyes made me think of fowl pox - something going through my flock now. Do a search on fowl pox - upper right hand corner of the page. There is a lot of information. I can't address the breathing issue unless your birds have the "wet" version of the disease.
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    Southern California Shows

    Your best bet to find out about APA shows is probably to subscribe to The Poultry Press. There are some past and upcoming shows listed at http://californiapoultrypeople.blogspot.com. Also, if you join your breed's organization/club they will most likely announce shows.
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    Development of Dewlap Toulouse Goslings

    Quote: These big geese don't seem to do much running. I have four. They walk single file across the yard and look like big gray battleships at sea. They have a stately air about them - until one trips on a blade of grass and they all pile into each other! They will get their big wings...
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    CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

    Hello from southern CA - western Riverside county, in fact. I moved here from upstate NY two years ago at the urging of my adult children who had previously settled in the area. I am retired and have a young flock of blue/black/splash orpingtons and young dewlap toulouse geese. It is nice not...
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    Leaves in run or coop?

    I read somewhere of a woman who used an enormous quantity of leaves in her coop. Over the winter she tossed in scratch and the chickens stirred up the leaves. Apparently she had decent compost by spring. She was from upstate NY, so I am guessing she had maple leaves.
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    Geese training?

    Olive Hill, good post!
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    Flooring for new coop

    I put down linoleum in my goose/chicken coop myself, and did a poor job. The piece was bigger than the floor and I let it go up the walls a bit, not thinking that both sets of birds would find tearing it up to be an amusing pastime. When I had a goose shed built, the contractor glued down the...
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    alfalfa hay

    I use hay in the nest boxes and give the chickens some handfuls of alfalfa to eat every day.
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    Goose kiddie pool repair?

    Thanks, Denninmi. Can the patch and Seals All be found at Home Depot or do I need to look for a bicycle shop?
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    Goose kiddie pool repair?

    I started to fill a new plastic kiddie pool bought a couple of months ago, and saw it leaking water from an inch and a half cut/slice about two inches from the bottom. Any idea on whether this can be repaired at all, and in such a way that the geese will leave it alone? Since they are seasonal...
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    Buff Dewlap Toulouse

    Sorry, Pete, I misread the age of the buffs. At three years old they may be as big as they are going to get. Your breeding plan seems sound with that big grey. The ingredient list and protein level of your feed looks good. I like the wheat base rather than corn, and the inclusion of fishmeal. I...
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    Buff Dewlap Toulouse

    The photo of the 3 month old grey female and the yearling buffs shows a dramatic size comparison! The young goose appears to be the same size as the older birds. I can't locate waterfowl feed in my area so "doctor" the stuff available. What is the protein level of the waterfowl growers pellets...
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