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Hey! I have found myself thinking about getting a gosling, I was just curious as to if this niacin would be okay to give to them? And if so how much of the powder? I’ve just been trying to look for a cheaper alternative to brewers yeast. I also heard that using “nutritional yeast” is good as...

Hey! I’ve had this question for awhile. Does a “guard goose” actually work by scaring off prey? If so, does breed matter? What about gender? And will they try to attack humans? I’ve also heard that getting a black chicken can deter predators as well but that might just be an old wives tale. I...

its just muddy when it rains ! and thanks so much. any other tips ?

Hey ! So for awhile i was putting timothy hay at the bottom of my chicken run since they’ve eaten all the grass. But I live in Louisiana so it rains almost everyday, and the timothy hay was just getting muddy and smelly. So I decided to put some sand down as well. But the sand has appeared to...

Hey, I had to bring my duck to the vet for bumble foot.She’s around a year old. My vet put her on Clindamycin oral drops, but then he recommended she not get her foot wet. She has two bottle full of the meds to take so itll be a few weeks before she’ll be done, and I feel like her not being able...

Thank you all so much. She started to pant so i removed the hairdryer and now shes laying on the heating pad which i put on the lowest setting. She took some sips of the warm sugar water and seems to be feeling a bit better. I also brought in one of her sisters which seemed to make her perk up...

hey so i went out this morning to my run and one of my 6 week old chicks was in the duck pool. i quickly scooped her. up and shes on a heating pad and im blow drying her on a low setting. she seems EXTREMELY tired. shes keeping her eyes shut, but still peeping. she seems very off balance as...

Hey ! So I recently ordered 2 female Pekin ducks and 4 Rhode Island White hens, I was wondering when I would be able to bring them out? They’re 1 week old right now. Not move them outside permanently, but to just feel the grass and see the outside world haha. I would put them in a small fenced...

Hey. So I was just curious as to what this duck behavior meant ? I assume she might just be hot due to Louisiana weather (90 degrees today). She has access to a shaded area of the run, has a pool, and has access to fresh water. She’s eating and drinking normal and I gave her some peas I pulled...

Thanks! I actually bought some niacin as well because I raised a Pekin duck awhile back. He was a few weeks older than my new birds are going to be. I currently have a year old female Cayouga mix, we're unsure of what breed she is mixed with. We recently had to rehome her drake friend because he...

Hey! So I'm about to be a parent of a few day old Rhode Island White chicks and a Pekin duck. I just wanted to hop on here and ask for some basic advice. I know the chicks should have a heat lamp of around 99-100 degrees the first few days, so what is the best lamp y'all have used? And what...

It looks great! What a clever idea to protect them from the hawks while they’re outside. Love it haha.

Will do ! Thanks.

Yes! I do have one drake. That may be it. But thank you! I’m going to make a vet appointment this week.

Hey! So as I was checking on my birds this morning, I noticed Ellie’s (my female duck) eye is watery. Only one of her eyes is like this. It appears that some of the feathers around her eye are falling out as well (pictured). What could be the cause of this? Flies or bugs? Dirty pool water? She...

yes I have thought about getting a few more females actually !

Hello ! So about a year ago I got two Rhode Island Red hens and a Pekin duck. They grew up peacefully and it wasn’t until recently that he (Eli) tried mating with my hens ! So i rescued a little 1 year old female duck in hopes it would calm him down. The rescuer unfortunately didn’t know what...

Hello! I have a single male Pekin duck (soon to get female tomorrow!) and he lives with my two other Rhode island red hens. They free roam most of the day, but he does have access to a pool that we put in their run. It's a 125-gallon koi pond. And we actually have a sand pool filter hooked up to...

Thanks so much! I definitely will haha.

Hello! Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a 1-year-old female duck, and I was curious as to if there is any precautions I should take when I bring her home? I currently own one male Pekin and two Rhode Island Red hens. The male Pekin is also a year old. I was just wondering if there's anything I...