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Could you put the new birds in a small rat-proof enclosure just while you train them? It sounds mean, but they will probably learn faster if they have nothing else to think about.

I have the same feeder, and just like yours my young birds don't learn from the older ones because the older ones chase them away. So I've always gone through the whole training process again with new birds (one week with the treadle fixed fully down so they're conditioned to go to it, then one...

Aw thank you!! I really, really hope it will work... last winter was awful.

Hey everyone! I am almost ready to take the plunge (hopefully not literally!) with my new duck/goose pond, and I'd love some feedback on my plans. It's for 3 geese and 5 Muscovy ducks. I'm in southern England so hopefully with a bit of protection the pipes won't freeze. The basic idea is a...

Thanks, that's very reassuring! I had thought geese didn't get it, but then I came across this while googling: "Recent years have also confirmed that it can also occur in geese. Several cases have already been recorded in Poland, both in the flocks of reproductive geese, but also in the flocks...

She's doing really well, thank you! In the night she busted her way out of the isolation ward to be with her flock and seemed completely recovered next day. I checked her keel and she's definitely not thin, and she's standing up for herself in interactions, so I'm letting her stay with the...

Thank you so much for the detailed reply Goosebaby! That is super helpful. I've taken her out of the pond, now she's on dry bedding under shelter, separated from the others by wire so she doesn't feel alone. She's managing to stand leaning against a hay bale and preening herself constantly - I...

I think she's keeping her hip still. She moves her feet to paddle when she's in the pond, but when she tries to stand up outside the pond she flops down again - mostly she doesn't try, just stays sitting down.

Hi! My sweet goose Jane (mixed breed, nearly 2 years old) suddenly can't stand up or walk, but she can swim. I'm guessing it's an internal injury - maybe dislocated hip? because she seems perfectly healthy otherwise - good weight, clean vent, clear eyes, alert, eating, not lethargic or weak...

Thanks KDMdesigns! He's a sweetheart, I really hope we can find a flock for him. Just yesterday a Cooper's hawk landed in a tree in our yard, and all the hens panicked. I found him standing guard over one of the hens who didn't find a good hiding place.

This 6 month old rooster was sexed as a hen at hatching. He's sweet-natured and has been handled a lot by my 7 year old daughter. Unfortunately we cannot keep him as we are in an urban area. They say Buff Orpingtons are the golden retrievers of the chicken world and so far he lives up to that...