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Apparently nobody on the internet knows how long to hard boil goose eggs in normal boiling water, let alone in an Instant Pot. I found some soft-boiled goose egg recipes, and some for hard boiling duck eggs. So, I decided to just do 10 minutes in my electric pressure cooker. (NOT an Instant...

I have 13 Frizzle Tolbunt Polish eggs to set today for a Christmas hatch. This is the first time I’ve ever done a hatch for Christmas, so I thought I’d join in on the thread for it. (Usually these hatch a long threads move too quickly for me to keep up, but I will give it a try this time!) But...

I’m just making this as a journal for my goose hatches this year. I can never find a definitive answer on how long Chinese geese need to incubate and what day they should be locked down on. The standard answer is from 28-35 days to hatch. I’ve not really seen a good answer on when to lock down...

I’ve read some discussion lately about baiting hot wires and electric fences to make sure the predators get a good zap to teach them to stay away. I’d like to know some details on where to apply the bait. I’m planning to use bits of foil with hamburger or bacon grease on them. Do I need to make...

I was just at TSC, and their Chick Days started about one hour before I got there. They have new bins! No more stock tanks with filthy waters sitting in the shavings. I wish I would have thought to take a picture. They are multi level brooders with plastic coated wire on the floor and slide...

Is there any hope at all that these are pullets? Supposedly 16-18 weeks old. I got them last night from somebody I know. She couldn’t remember when they were hatched, but knew it was “spring”. So I was thinking, 6 months old, pullets getting close to laying, no big deal if combs are getting...

@Baymule gave me a great idea last night. We can make a thread here on BYC to host all the people who can’t get into their regular sister forums. I was hoping by morning it wouldn’t be needed anymore, but I’m still getting the “forbidden” message when I checked BYH and TEG. This will be fun...

So I’ve been reading up on angel wing, and it appears that wrapping is the only method of reversing it if it’s caught early enough. What I’ve also read is that the cause of the twisting is due to the feathers growing too fast before the duckling’s wing bones are strong enough to hold the...

Today is day 31 for my Brown Chinese goose sitting on eggs. For the last few days, she’s been moving her nest to different spots in her plastic dog house. It got pretty warm here lately and yesterday she moved the whole nest outside the dog house. Then of course it rained last night and she did...

:yaI've had chickens and turkeys for a long time now, so I thought I "knew" all about eggs. :rolleyes: But I have a newbie duck question that I can't find an answer to. My first duck has been laying for about a week now, and my second duck just started up a couple of days ago. They both like...

I have 5 ducklings from Tractor Supply. I'm pretty sure the three oldest ones (4weeks) are 2 Swedish and a Cayuga. The two younger ones (2 weeks) are 1 maybe Cayuga and 1 mystery breed. In all my googling, I haven't been able to find a duckling photo like it. Maybe they are runners. They tend...

This will be my build thread for the newest addition to my chicken village. I decided to go with a flimsy prefab coop because I think this one is a little better than most of the ones TSC carries. I've had my eye on it for over a year, and right now it's marked $100 off from the usual price...

Mr. Google has not been very forthcoming in answering this question. So I thought I would ask on here and see if real world people with electric fences who also burn brush have any advice. Thanks!

I had their website bookmarked, but it was giving me 404 Page not found. :( Then I found a new website for them, and it has NO catalog! It says those pages will be added as they become available. They will still be selling chicks, right? I read on another thread that they suffered huge...

When I search my posts, it only comes up with about 10 pages worth. Back to about June of this year. If I search for the threads I have started, it goes all the way back to my intro thread. Does that mean all my content is lost if I wasn't the thread starter? I was hoping to find a thread I...

So, I've searched all over BYC, and all the threads that talk about using Nutridrench will give the amount to put in water, and the amount to give per pound of body weight directly to the beak. But for the drop in the beak method, no one EVER answers the question, how often do I repeat the dose...

This is my DIY incubator disguised as a mini fridge. Since I didn't put a viewing window in it, no one would know it wasn't a regular mini fridge unless they opened it. Or if they look at the back of it, where the compressor is missing and my wiring shows. The only other thing that gives it...

(Used every keyword I could think of for that title!) So, having decided I was going to be one of those people who don't open the incubator or mess with the chicks during hatching, I left this one guy sitting in his shell after he zipped and pushed the top part off, but then just sat in the...

I've been dreaming about doing this ever since I got my first chickens, a year and a half ago. I was really inspired by all the gorgeous sheds and chicken coops I found on Google image searches, and Pinterest. Well, the company I found to build the basic structure is coming today to get...

I searched all over and can't find the answer to this. I got the temperature just right in my homemade Styrofoam incubator, but humidity was low. So I added more water, and now the temperature went down. I've been able to find all sorts of wonderful information on the forum, but not...