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Hello duck friends. I'm working on my first backyard duck pond this summer. And I have a question. Has anyone ever made a mini cistern-like container buried under the duck pond? My idea is to have a collection container that would hold the used water. I would then have a hose attached with a...

Hi, :idunno A very stupid question. Can a female turkey turn to look like a male? I have 2 royal palm hens. I hatched them over a year ago. They both have been laying eggs. And at one time, both has gone broody. So I definitely know they're both female. But today I noticed one of them has...

OMG! I am such a dope! It all makes sense now. Yesterday, she didn't want to stand up. I checked and re-checked her feet to make sure nothing was wrong. She also wouldn't spread her wings like she normally did. I am a dope! I've just been around chickens for too long. But the calcium deficiency...

I wish I had good news to report. Lucy peacefully past away this morning at around 10:30. Just when I thought we were past what was wrong. She seemed better last night and even earlier this morning. She even ate a little this morning. I don't really know what happened. There was a noise...

I noticed her acting different today, early this evening. She seemed fine yesterday and early this morning. After her 'bath' I dried her off with a warm hair dryer. She is curled up in a towel in my spare bathroom now. To be honest, I think she likes all the attention and spoiling. She went a...

Help! My year old, female, Sebby isn't doing well. I noticed her just sitting in the middle of the yard in some mud. I put food out, but she acted like she wasn't interested. I brought her in the house and filled the bath with water. It has been raining for the last few days, so their pool isn't...

Yep, it is me. Didn't recognize the name. So excited about getting the new goose! Does he have a name already? Paula

I have a question. Lucy my Sebastopol goose is 1 year old and fairly friendly,( to myself). I have 'ordered' another Sebastopol, this one is a gander. (same age, hatched last year). I will be picking him up in a couple of weeks. What, how..... is the best way to introduce them? This is my first...

At what age does a Sebastopol hen (jenny) will start laying for the first time? I have one sebby goose that hatched last Easter. (will be a year old next month) I'm still not 100% sure if it is male or female. He/she has more curly feathers and looks to be pied (? I think that is what they call...

Thanks everyone. All I know about parents is from a picture and they both where white. And I don't know if there were any mixing of colors down their line. This is my first experince with a goose and I wasn't 100% on how to tell. (Like ducks, the curl in the tail. Or a difference in making...

I was wondering if anyone is able to tell by my picture if the baby goose I hatched is male or female. I've done some reading and from what I understand that the darker ones are usually female and lighter are males. Well, I only had this one to hatch. I have been calling it a female, but I'm not...

My baby goose

Sorry it has took me so long to get back, a real busy Easter weekend. Glad to report the little guy, who I named Wobbles, is doing great. Along with the advice, I would hold the little guy to make him stand, in order for him to strengthen his legs. I sort of made a game of it. And it must have...

Hi, I have been all over this site and the net trying to find and answer. I have two Royal Palm poults to hatch in the last few days. The first had started to hatch, but I didn't know it at first, because it was pipping underneath and wrong end. It never completed the hatch. I ended up helping...

The only thing I know it could be is that I just opened a 'new' (just bought) bag of feed. I have never had issues before, but have read that it can happen. I'm just at a lost with what is wrong. If salt is bad for chickens, why do they (the medical book for chicksens, I have) says to give...