Hands on hatching and help

[Pyxis]

My little malpositioned chick is up and about in the brooder now A good example of a chick that had nothing wrong with it but never would have hatched without assistance. It and the others are already trained to come running when I stick my hand in the brooder because the older chicks taught them that sometimes I'm bringing egg yolk, lol. I'll try to get some pictures up of the little guys.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Never had such a scary ride, I thought for sure, I had Killed my first GOOSE, OMG.... Ive smoked about 4 cigarrettes so far. LOL Here's my little Mutt. LOL

Omg I want a goose so bad.. so precious!! I love them..

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Never been interested in geese until I saw the sebbies. Now there's a goose I wouldn't mind having.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Never been interested in geese until I saw the sebbies. Now there's a goose I wouldn't mind having.

What are sebbies?

 

[Pyxis]

What are sebbies?

Sebastopol geese

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Sebastopol geese

Aww ok lol.

 

[tracyjg]

Question -,I have tried in the baby duck coop to put down diatomaciuse earth in baby coop and cinnamon down. It gets so wet and muddy in there. Dirt floors . It will not stay to keep ants out of that coop. Older ducks have part side walk and part dirt floors it's a little better. How much of it do we need to continue to use. On a daily bases .to support all my coops. 5 lb just yoused it covered all but one coop. If you or cleaning regular your wasting it.less then 24 hrs later. I have to keep it wet and spray when it's hot. Not so much when it's cold. To dump there pool it gets really wet. And off course there endless water play.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

What are sebbies?

Sebastopol geese

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Yes they are so pretty lol. Like they are wearing a pretty dress haha. I have a fondness for the ones you see at public parks that hiss and nip. I will sit out there with them for hours lmao. I love them haha.

 

[Pyxis]

Sebastopol geese

I almost went with sebastopols as the breed I have here. I hatched some gorgeous babies. Unfortunately they had MG. Still not entirely clear if they hatched with it or somehow caught it (they had never been outside and lived entirely in my workshop) but they had to be culled. Worse yet, it spread to all my chicks from that year and I had to cull them all. Very pretty geese though and I'm sad it didn't work out. But now I've settled on roman tufted geese. They're critically endangered and need the help more anyway, plus they are just adorable with their little tufts and are super sweet and docile. My babies from this year: