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    Potential bumble?

    I swear I thought my goose had a bumble on his foot. I just now found it. So I brought him in, soaked the foot, then started picking the scab and as soon as I did it started bleeding. A lot. So I was wanting to get a second opinion on it since it was my first time dealing with bumble foot. I...
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    What’s wrong with my turkey!?

    I went down to the barn today and saw that my 8 month old Royal Palm was lethargic, shivering, and his head has scabs all over it and his caruncles are swollen. I offered him food and he ate about three bites and then quit. Anybody know what’s going on?
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    Welsummer?

    I have some five week old welsummers and I am noticing that one looks completely different than the others. Is this a completely different breed or is it just a weird looking welsummer? Is it a sign of a rooster? They are both supposed to be a welsummer pullets and the one on the left, I...
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    Molting gander

    Is it normal for my gander to be molting this early in the season? They have been breeding since early January. He’s a dewlap toulouse and about one year old.
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    Egg setting

    My goose just started laying her first eggs on Sunday and this is the first time we have ever tried to incubate our eggs. How long can I collect before I set them? She has laid 2 since Sunday.
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    Blood feather

    I bought two pairs of young Sebastopol geese today and I got home and noticed that one of them has a pretty bad looking blood feather. It is the one on the tip of his wing and it is sticking out. What should I do with it? I attached a pic below.
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    Johnson’s Waterfowl and priority mail shipping

    I am considering buying some ducklings from Johnson’s waterfowl and I am concerned about the priority mail shipping from Minnesota to Arkansas. It says 2-3 days in shipping. Do you guys think the ducklings will be ok?Im ordering about 22 ducklings.
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    Turkey poults

    How many turkey poults should I order to ensure that I get at least two or three toms?
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    Recommended incubator

    We have started to search for an incubator to incubate my goose eggs. Any recommendations?
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    What to do with duck eggs

    I have two female pekins about 6 months old. One of them started laying. I noticed that she started burying her eggs in a nest she made in the coop. The other day I found nine eggs that she had buried. None of the eggs are fertilized. What should I do with the eggs? Should I collect the eggs or...
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    Goose with hurt leg

    On Sunday my geese were swimming in the pond when they all got spooked and got out really fast. One of my geese hit her leg hard on a rock getting out and she started limping. I caught her and inspected and she had like a scrape right above her joint of her leg. There were no signs of a broken...
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    Same breed but different combs?

    How is it that both of my buff orphington hens have different combs? They are both the same age and both are egg layers.
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    Blind chicken?

    I think my 6 month old hen is blind. We noticed that her eyelids were strange and that there is whiteness in her eyes as shown in the picture. What could be the reason?? Are these cataracts? What can I do for her if she is indeed blind?
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    Female goose bigger than gander?

    Is it possible for a goose to be bigger than a gander? I have a trio of buff dewlap Toulouse geese and 2 of them are female gooses and one is a gander. They are about 4 months old. Suddenly one of my female gooses got much larger than our gander so we are now reconsidering if she is really a...
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    What color will my goslings be????

    I have a gray giant dewlap toulouse gander and a buff giant dewlap toulouse goose. If they mate, what will their offspring look like?
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    Limping goose

    Today I noticed my gray dewlap Toulouse was limping on his right leg when I went to get my flock out. We is acting normal (still swimming and eating and preening) but has a bad limp. We picked him up to inspect the leg and there was no discoloration or any obvious breaks or swollen areas. What...
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