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I'm not sure if this is the right place to start this thread, but I figured it fell under maintenance, although it's not really regarding the coop because my chickens free range and the problem is the entire yard, for the most part. I realize that flies are an issue on farms, we've had our...

what is the float test?

So I have a duck that has been sitting on a goose egg. It's been about the 28 day point. 2 days ago when I listened to the egg I could hear the baby goose peeping loudly, so loudly that you could hear it through the shell without even putting it to your ear and you could feel the movement...

Ok, I can make something up for them to go into at night. Do I need to put them in there if they don't want to go in on their own at first? Actually the goose follows anyone to the gate. We all make a mad dash. But now that he's adopted the babies in the barn he doesnt come out of there so we...

So since getting the male goose I figured there were enough shelter areas outside between the goat barn and the feed barn that he would find shelter on his own. He seems to just like to be out in the middle of the yard and at night he sleeps next to the goats. I worry about hurricane season and...

HOw old do the baby geese need to be to be able to be out of their cage .... especially if they have a male gander looking out for them? The last goose we had was about 2 months old and I still had her in a cage but then she died. I was afraid to let her out because I was afraid a hawk would...

So about 2 weeks ago a friend of ours gave us one of their adult Brown Chinese Ganders. This morning the 2 baby girls I ordered for him as his companions (once they are grown) arrived. When I got them home from the post office the male goose was acting strange when I got out of the car. My door...