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Thank you to all who started and commented on this thread. My gander's penis is black too and I found this thread to be very helpful. Got my feather baby an appt with the vet soon!

My Chinese goose is laying eggs and they are exactly that large, and sometimes longer- those tend to be double yolked! I got her in the spring of '23. Smashing down the egg carton bumps is a good idea! I thought of getting plastic shoe boxes and lining them with egg crate foam- that stuff...

I have one Chinese goose and one Chinese gander. My goose will lay 1 egg every other day or so, not yet regularly. I'm hoping the frequency will become more regular in the early spring. My geese are the same age and I got them in the spring of '23 when the local farm supply store was having...

Some pet geese will nibble their owners as a sign of affection, as they do to other geese in their flock. Check online. My Chinese geese (1 goose, 1 gander) both have little 'teeth' projections in their bills used to shred up grasses and weeds. If your finger(s) get caught in one of those...

Yup, I checked online too and it's supposed to be fleshy tan/pink color IMHO. I still dunno why it was dark. I guess I'll go ahead and call the vet. Thanks.

Would the beloved feather babies not also flee if chased by hunting predator bird? Chicken hawks, etc. I once lost a polish crested hen to some bird of prey as evidenced by a completely detached wing, severed neck, and long scratches on the hens abdomen. I assumed the predator bird was...

Hello BYC community! I have 12 chickens (various breeds), 1 rooster which does NOT crow (his name is Mister Sister), 4 ducks (various breeds) and 2 Chinese geese (1 goose and 1 gander). It all started 14 years ago with 4 RIR hens. Yes, I have that awful wonderful chicken math affliction...

I live in MO and out of city limits, but still in county where leash laws apply. Neighborhood dogs have been my #1 chicken killer despite our back yard being fenced and bordered on two sides by pasture/timber mix. I've seen chicken hawks, red fox, had some kind of bird of prey attack, but by...

Always always build a bigger chicken house than you need! 😆 chicken math is a real problem!!

I have 14 chickens, 4 ducks, and what I recently found out, 2 geese. My pekins have grown small basal knobs!😔 Dear husband and I commissioned a large backyard shed which has a dedicated chicken coop in the far side. It’s about 4’x 12’ with 10’ ceiling. The girls use a small ladder to get in...

Thank you all for posting this thread. I pulled what I thought were two older pekin ducklings from the straight run pekin bin at local farm supply store earlier this spring. I correctly sexed them that day after watching YouTube video. Problem now that they’re 5 months old, they both have a...