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What WON'T your chickens eat?
Whatever I'd actually like eaten, they don't eat! No slugs or snails unfortunately. And half of the vegetables they don't actually eat.- Leraje
- Post #129
- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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I have famous geese!
Hahaha aww. It was the same here, we went for walks with our dog and two goslings. Neighbours coming up to talk to us all the time, of course. And also when we didn't take them: "How are the geese?" :D They're sadly gone now :( (one into the wild, one to a goose sanctuary) and our neighbours... -
Why have my hens stopped laying?
Where are you located? Here (netherlands) it's molting time and they lay less then, plus the days are getting shorter and in winter most don't lay at all. If they're not laying, they might not need as much food.- Leraje
- Post #5
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Small birds eating my chicken feed
Ah no we have a small garden and the feeder is in sight of the house, we know that there's no rats there during the day :) Sounds like you're salespitching a bit heavily btw.- Leraje
- Post #15
- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Small birds eating my chicken feed
Here the sparrows eat the pellets just as happily :)- Leraje
- Post #11
- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Small birds eating my chicken feed
Ours is heavy enough to keep out mice, but I think not heavy enough for rats, like you said. We tend to put a stone under it at night to make sure the rats can't get to it then.- Leraje
- Post #10
- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Small birds eating my chicken feed
We've got one of those and it works a treat. The sparrows still try to join the chickens when they're eating, but at least when they're not on the 'step', the birds can't get to the food. Also works against mice and supposedly also against rats - though I'm fairly certain that they're smart...- Leraje
- Post #4
- Forum: Predators and Pests
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When do imprinted geese lose the need to stick with their 'parents'? (wild-ish greylag geese; also a general LONG update!))
Final geese update: So we went back to the river 3 times every day on the days after losing Gosling. No Gosling (so hopefully she did fly off with the other geese - they're migrating rn). No other geese either, on any of those days. Very unfortunate, because Ryan was lost without Gossy. He... -
When do imprinted geese lose the need to stick with their 'parents'? (wild-ish greylag geese; also a general LONG update!))
Whelp, unfortunate update. The goslings have been leaving us alone at the river for longer and longer periods, spending them with other geese. Great, right! They were off for ten minutes, then half an hour, then an hour. (In between if there were no geese closeby, they just stayed with us after... -
When do imprinted geese lose the need to stick with their 'parents'? (wild-ish greylag geese; also a general LONG update!))
Yeah hahah had we known this, we would've tried a lot harder to find adoptive goose parents for our babies. As of now I kind of fear that we're stuck with them until next year. -
When do imprinted geese lose the need to stick with their 'parents'? (wild-ish greylag geese; also a general LONG update!))
Not many answers yet, maybe people with geese that imprinted on them can give us some insight? At which point could you leave your goslings alone without them panicking? Because now they fly out of our garden to look for us when we leave them at home, which doesn't seem very safe. -
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why do geese ostracise each other after being together for years?
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Geese losing feathers; mites?
ok good to know! Our chickens had mites and they live in the same fairly small garden, so I was afraid they'd be infected due to close proximity. -
Geese losing feathers; mites?
Yeah I know grown geese molt around now, but I can't find anything on whether the young ones molt right after they've grown into their big bird feathers! -
Geese losing feathers; mites?
Our 3 month old goslings are losing a lot of feathers. Is this normal, or do they have mites? (We haven't seen any on them yet but their down is super thick, it's hard to even find their skin). We do have a spray for mites against chickens that we could use on the geese as well, but I'm not... -
When do imprinted geese lose the need to stick with their 'parents'? (wild-ish greylag geese; also a general LONG update!))
Yeah that's what we figured as well, hopefully it'll work. I'm at least glad to see that they gravitate towards the wild geese, fly up with them if the group flies up, etc. So they do have an instinct to immitate them, which is great. Today's happenings to make me feel like there's a chance... -
When do imprinted geese lose the need to stick with their 'parents'? (wild-ish greylag geese; also a general LONG update!))
This was them approaching the wild family group from the left (bad quality, sorry; we were obviously quite far away). -
When do imprinted geese lose the need to stick with their 'parents'? (wild-ish greylag geese; also a general LONG update!))
TLDR: Biggest question is in bold! So some background information: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-gosling-mama.1382898/... -
What are the odds/ and or chance that Canadian Geese will fly off from home ground and migrate first fall of their hatch. ?
I am not at all familiar with Canada geese but I'm posting anyway to follow this topic because we're in a slightly similar situation. We've got two greylag goslings (now nearing 3 months old) that we found in our village without parents or grownups. At first we thought they might have been...