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I bought a male Toulouse goose around a week ago and just a few days ago he started limping and today I noticed he had a swollen foot, does anyone know what it could be as he has not fallen or got himself caught in anything. Could it be a virus ? Anything helps

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I have a chick that is around a week and a half old. His bottom gets and below get covered in poo which hardens meaning he can’t go to the toilet after, I noticed it yesterday and cleaned it all up. I then checked again today and noticed it had done the same thing and was bleeding . None of the...

Hello. This morning we found one of our hens who was acting odd. She didn’t run away when we came to her as she normally does. She isn’t new. We think it could be gapeworm because she make a noise a bit like the dog toys that you squeeze. She is not eating as she has diarrhea. We have put her...

Thanks he is doing well and now under a heater. Only one question tho, his umbilical cord is dry and still attached to him and the shell. Can I cut it ?

All is good moving and a lot more noisy. Should I wait for it’s feathers to dry out before putting it under a heat lamp. One of its siblings hatched with it and I need to move it can I move the other one too ?

Thanks. He has now fully absorbed his yolk sac and is doing well

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Please help ! Basically we had three hens start sitting on eggs. Between them 4 chicks hatched and when I went in there today to check on them, I found an egg that had a chicken in side. It was alive, cheeping and seemed to be ready to hatch. The only problem was that the mum had left it to care...

No but there was some dry blood but I am assuming that it was from the membrane.

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I am assuming that if there are broken eggs around her it’s because her eggs have hatched ? I might be wrong. I wouldn’t move her because from experience if all her eggs haven’t hatched she won’t continue sitting on them because she’ll look out for her little chicks that have hatched. In any...

This probably won’t help but I had exactly the same thing happen with a chick. What should we do pls. 🙏?