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Skin balloon, tag, growth
I just noticed this on my 2 week old gander gosling. The hatchery said that it's just a growth. It's crusty at the base, they said to use antibiotic cream if needed. It's on his belly. We are taking him to the vet if and when he needs it removed.- katiebokbok
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- gander geese goose gosling growth skin skin balloon skin growth
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What happened to the gosling?
I rescued some baby gosling eggs a couple weeks ago, and had one hatch Sunday night. After about 12 hrs of no progress but still breathing I decided to go ahead and help assist it. I removed the top portion and they were able to get out on their own, yolk sac absorbed. We named this one Meadow...- Goslingmama
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- geese help question waterfowl
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911 Exploding egg. Are the rest dead too? Should i ho back and get them??
So there is a pair of geese I visit every day. I noticed the female laid five eggs and had been sitting on them nonstop. About. Two days ago I walked over and there were only 3 eggs left and it smelled I only saw one shell on the side of the nest and one inside. There were flies everywhere and...- Duckduckgeese123
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- dead egg eggs exploding egg geese help !
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Geese eggs broody
I found 2 goose eggs hidden under a pile of straw in my goose hut and 1 on the other side of the building just on top. So I put the 1 egg with the 2 eggs I didn’t rehide them I left the building and my 2 Pomeranian saddleback boys went in the building screaming at the eggs and was picking straw... -
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Egg candling!
any estimates how old this egg is??- Patcheycookie
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- age aging candeling egg geese gosling
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No progress after internal pip
Hello again! So today I am looking for advice on how to proceed with 2 Embden goose eggs that are still in lockdown in our hatcher (old small incubator). There were 3 eggs that made it to lockdown. Day 26: Candled all three eggs and seen movement in all of them. Egg #2 was internally pipped...- Chrifister
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- egg geese gosling internally pipped
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Gosling with eye issues
Hello all - I am seeking some advice or thoughts on my one gosling who has a bulgy eye (photos attached). The one with the drawn white circles is likely 12 or so hours after she first hatched. I noticed it in a video I took of the goslings after the woman I sold her to complained of her having...- BlackRaven27
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- eye eye advice eye bulging geese gosling
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non-broody fowl keepers
This is a thread for all of us unlucky people who have yet to have a broody, or a broody successfully hatch out babies so that we don't annoy all of you normies with our constant complaining on the matter. You can each keep a record of how long you've been waiting for a broody (if you've ever...- fluffycrow
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- chickens ducks fowl geese no broodies
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White chinese goose doesn't lay eggs
Hello! I am wondering why my 2 year old white Chinese goose has never laid an egg. I have 2 geese and 1 gander, they are all the same age and I am absolutely positive of their sex. One of the geese started laying when she was 7 months old (January 2022) and started laying again this season on...- skagithoneybee
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- chinese geese chinese goose chinese goose eggs gander geese goose goose egg white chinese goose
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Confused!! Dead embryos??
Hey! I rescued 6 wild geese eggs and I believe they were day 4 of development when I began incubating. It is now day 9. I think most are dead but I need confirmation and what might of occurred. I will send pictures of day 4 and pictures of day 9. Day 4– 6 pictures- BekahHah
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- candeling geese incubation
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Seeds to Sow
Hello, I have a question about sowing seed in my yard. I would like to surface sow some grass seed all throughout my yard that my chickens and white embden geese will be able to graze and peck at. I'm not sure which types would be best surface sown and how to keep my chickens from eating the...- JonathanHeno
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- chicken feed food geese grass graze grow seed sow yard
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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SOS MY GEESE ARE BEING BRATS😂
Anyone have any idea why my geese won't go into the coop at night? I have a pair and they've gone into the coop every night since I got them when they were about 2 months old. They just started giving me a hard time with going in at night. This is the 3rd night, the female will go in after a... -
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New Member in OKC
(1) I am not new to chickens, I actually new of this forum in 2011 when I first started with my backyard chickens. Since I have acquired a couple of goslings. (2) I have zero chickens but two goslings. (3) Chinese/African brown (4) My goslings are actually being raised as pets but if one or...- mskjh
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- chinese brown geese geese goslings
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Embden and Toulouse?
Hello everyone! I'm considering getting my first geese soon, and after doing some research I'm leaning toward a male French Toulouse and female Embden, from Metzer Farms. However, I read an article saying that Embden and Toulouse are incompatible and would likely not breed, and would have...- GagaForGeese
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- geese pets
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Egg laying
Hi! I have an African goose, who just started laying eggs. I know The eggs definitely unfertilized because she’s my only goose. So far she has layed 2 eggs, both hard shell but different sizes. I’m just wondering why they’re so different in size, how soon should I take them from her nest, and... -
Brown Chinese X White Chinese Goslings?
Hi. I am wondering what would the goslings be like from a pure brown female Chinese goose, bred to a pure white Chinese gander? Would they be splash coloured offspring? I have never bred white Chinese geese to brown Chinese geese so I have some questions on this. Any help is greatly appreciated...- proudduckowner22
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- breeding chinese geese geese goose gosling help waterfowl
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