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    We created a gosling monster...

    It was a total accident. He was out in the yard with all of us getting along fine with the mama and goslings and I had to run into the house for a second. Since he happily went off with the mama and all seemed fine I let him go but kept an eye on him. It would have been fine if they didn’t leave...
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    We created a gosling monster...

    He’s huge. I managed to get him with the other geese for an hour or so yesterday but flat out abandoning him when mother and babies came in to our yard. The ganders are too big to get in. She seemed fine enough with him when he ran to them screaming his head off. The two other goslings picked...
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    We created a gosling monster...

    They hatched out around March 16 so he’s about 3 weeks old. He’s just HUGE.
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    We created a gosling monster...

    We keep thinking that will happen! But so far this gosling wants nothing to do with them. We’ll keep doing it. Maybe he just needs more time.
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    We created a gosling monster...

    It’s by itself when it’s in the backroom and he’s calm and quiet. Is it possible we can get it to be just as calm and quiet somewhere else? We have a chicken tractor that is big enough for him and he could still stay. Y the house in the front yard if there is only some way I can get him...
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    We created a gosling monster...

    So about a month ago our white Chinese weeder goose hatched out about 8 goslings. 2 of the goslings took a long time hatching (as in half the shell was off and they just wouldn’t come out of the egg). I went back the next morning and the one was dead and the other was near death. As I was...
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    Odd egg looks like a hole feels like sand

    Does anyone have any idea what this is? It's like a hole but is solid like sand or gravel. It feels granular but is clearly an indentation. It was laid sometime today in the nest box, so it's not old. There's no leaking or anything.
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    Rooster randomly on his back and can't flip over

    Interesting. Wouldn't we see some of the others acting the same way though?
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    Rooster randomly on his back and can't flip over

    We had a fox issue a few weeks back. One evening when we went to lock everyone up we found our americauna rooster laying in front of the coop with his feet in the air missing feathers and generally not looking good. There were no obvious wounds so my husband put him in the coop. He spent the...
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    What breeds are these?

    We got 5 ducks from a family who were not allowed to keep them any more. They did not know anything about what breeds they were. We assume the giant white one is a Pekin. We are guessing the middle one with the color on its wing is a Rouen? And are unsure about the all brown one. Could it be a...
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    Guinea attacking turkey

    We have one lone guinea (a male) who wandered down from the neighbors and decided he'd rather live with us. We've had him for about 4 months happily coliving with all of our other poultry (15 chickens, a turkey hen and a tom turkey). About 3 weeks ago we got 6 1 week old keets and moved them...
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    Cleaning out broken eggs

    We have both our tom and our hen sitting on eggs in our coop. Today the tom came running from the coop with an egg in his mouth (already broken). He took it pretty far from the coop and then tried to eat it before I could get it from him. As soon as I got back to the coop the hen came bolting...
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    Tom sitting on eggs

    Yeah. This is the very same tom that never stops strutting around and keeps making beelines for the neighbors turkey (they have a tom and a royal palm hen. he so wants that hen). He loves picking fights. When I didn't notice him in the yard I thought I was going to have to go break up another...
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    Tom sitting on eggs

    Our turkey hen is currently sitting on a clutch of eggs - 7 turkey, 12 guinea fowl, and a duck. She's bee on them for about 2 weeks now. Our Tom sleeps in the same coop at night, usually on the roost keeping an eye on her. 2 Days ago, however, he started sitting in her nest box with her. This...
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    How long to leave an injured hen in isolation

    We recently lost 4 of our 5 chickens to a fox attack. The remaining chicken tried to coop up with a turkey hen on her nest after the attack and was packed pretty badly. She had roughly a half dollar sized hole in her skin (you could see muscle). We brought her into our screened off back porch...
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    Fox hunting habits

    Sarah - I would LOVE to get a livestock guardian dog of some sort. I think it's a great idea. We have two dogs already but they would be the opposite of guardians for those chickens. :) I love that you rescued a rotty too instead of purchasing a trained LGD pup. I'm glad you've had such...
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    Are Dogs and Chickens OK together?

    That depends on the dog and possibly how many dogs you have. We have two dogs. One is a boarder collie/boxer/pitt mix. She is completely trust worthy with the chickens and won't bother them at all. The other is a plott hound mix and she tries to chase down anything that moves. She's gotten...
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    I've Had It!!! Please Help!!!

    Are you technically not allowed to have chickens by county rules? We started off with illegal chickens as many people do. We did, however, ask our neighbors before we got any. At the time we lived in a fairly rural area/county and for some reason seemed to be the only community in the county...
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    Day olds and older hen

    Oh my. That is awesome. I think we'll give it a try. Our girl is pretty lonely right now so she may very well take to them like your roo.
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    Using our Turkey to hatch Guinea Eggs

    That's good to hear. We're all for letting her or one of the others raise them if they will. It's much easier on us and better for the birds. I'm excited for these eggs to hatch. My neighbor also had a duck egg and put in the nest so it may be quite the collection of baby birds in this pile...
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