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My two year old Sebastopol boy, Hyacinth, is growing what looks like a tooth out of the right side of his beak. It is definitely not a splinter. He is not in any obvious pain. Should I try to clip it, file it down, leave it alone? Has anyone seems this before? What is it????

A friend of mine brought this to my attention.... Lower Providence Township in eastern Pennsylvania will vote to virtually eliminate the ownership of all chickens in their community. There will be a meeting July 20th at 7pm to vote in an extremely unfair amendment to their rules. I don't live...

One Sebastopol gosling egg is VERY narrow. Its pointy end is pointy. Considering that the female is barely a year old, should I remove that egg??? I've never had to cull a chick and am concerned that the gosling that grows in the narrow shell might not develop properly. Does anyone have any...

I haven't seen any photos or much discussion on colors of mixed Indian Runners. Of course they won't be pure, show birds. But, thought others might be interested in seeing the variety. I'll post more photos when they grow their adult plumage.

I collected the eggs, incubated them properly, hatched some beautiful baby runners. They are healthy. Everything I've read says to make sure they have access to food all the time. I've done that. My little runners are 11 days old and in no way resemble a pencil (as in pencil runner ducks)...

I think there isn't anything else I can do ??? This egg never lost the weight even though low humidity and daily cooling and spritzing. Honestly, didn't think it would make it this far. About 12 hours ago I noticed that it externally pipped, NOT in the air cell. (This egg with abnormally...

I have one goose egg at day 21 in the incubator that has not been losing the required weight. I have been dry incubating and it shows humidity at 25%, but the air cell is not growing the way it should. The little bird is very active in the shell and I figure the shell is just extraordinarily...

Has anybody else had a Sebastopol lay an egg this season??? I'm in eastern Pennsylvania and wasn't expecting an egg for another month. It has been unseasonably warm lately. She is not quite 11 months and had been moving a bit slower than usual. I did see the gander getting frisky with her...

I have a wonderful rooster and want to order new chicks so that I can later hatch eggs with sexlink chicks. So, what hens with a silver laced wyandotte rooster will produce 100% sexlink chicks???

I have some really cute Sebastopol goslings for sale in Perkiomenville. If you want any please contact me. They were incubator hatched, hand raised, fed Mazuri Waterfowl Starter and greens. Hatched mid to late June. My male adult are a buff and a lavender, both full curly. The female adults are...

:he I am a novice to genetics, but trying to make some sense of this. I have a goose (Miss Lemon) who came from a white Sebastopol goose and a Pomeranian Saddleback gander. Miss Lemon mated with a lavender Sebastopol gander (Onslow). If Saddleback falls into the gene category of pied (Sp or sp)...

Has anyone ever used an online poultry veterinarian for their geese or ducks? How was your experience with them, cost, and were you able to get a prescription from them for an antibiotic? I have a goose with a few bumblefoot lumps because he is a dunderhead and was trying to fight with some...

My Metzer babies (3 Sebastopol goslings and 2 female runner ducklings) should be arriving tomorrow or Friday. I hatched 6 adorable runner ducklings in my incubator. The last one hatched 4 days ago. How long should I keep the 2 groups apart for health reasons? In case the Metzer babies develop a...

Runner duck eggs started internally pipping yesterday...2 days early. They are in lockdown. Has been 18 hours, no external pips. Have found 2 very different guidance info. Do I intervene this afternoon and try to put in safety holes?Or, do I wait until tomorrow or next day? I have never...

Goose eggs in incubator. Day 22. One egg had a very mild dirty sock smell. Had seen swishing about 10 days ago, but the egg continued to draw down and seemed to be growing and I thought maybe the bird was developing. Found post mentioning a red ring around inside of egg where air sac was...

Okay, don't have any idea why. One of my female geese (I know she is female because she is laying eggs), runs whenever a gander comes near her but, lets 2 of the female geese stand on her back and pull her neck feathers. This has been going on for about a month. Should I put her and a gander...

Anyone ever put some Waterfowl Starter in a food processor to feed tiny ducklings until they are big enough to eat the mini-pellets??? Just looking at all options.

Shipment of 3 Sebastopol goslings and 2 runner ducklings will arrive end of month from Metzers. In addition, 2 mixed goslings and 7 runner ducklings are cooking in the kitchen incubator and should hatch around the same time. I've read tons of posts about feed and was wondering if this will...

2 ganders (both 9 months old and related) chase away all female geese except one. The 2 ganders and 1 goose are an inseparable group. The other 3 female geese are now in a different, adjoining enclosure because they are scared of the males that now charge the fence divider (necks down and...

Same old story...mating season, 2 young ganders. One gander has been getting more aggressive each day to one goose and now his behavior is brutal. (Have 4 female geese, he is only mean to one). I have an 8x8 pen covered with 1/2 hardware cloth for isolation in addition to the large electric...