The oyster shell calcium doesn't do it for one of my two geese. I give her people calcium citrate powder. We have found that an every-other day "Goosium" allows her to lay shelled eggs. The soft shells are hard to push out and she would get a back up of eggs because of this. I would find her...
I second this. You have to take the nest away and put her in a wire cage. I use a separate mini coop that has a roost because it can take the hen some time.
Things are going well! I managed to finished the brooder bins today too. Its been many days in the process. There is a lot of equipment to track down, clean, and assemble. But its done!
Been in full swing breeding, incubating, hatching, selling Svart Honas. Just washed down all the brooder equipment for 100 cornish that are arriving this week. Now I am off to assemble and test run 6 brooders!
Thanks for Update Thread!
I do all incubation, hatching, and brooding with an Inkbord 308. I use it in degrees C for better temperature control. The alarm is vital in case the heat source malfunctions. The ITC-308 costs a little more than the small modules but they are ready to go out of the box, sealed units, that can...
Depending on your setup creating a drainage ditch to direct the water around the run could help. If the flow is going directly through the run due to the lay of the land you could dig out a trench and lay in a small culvert pipe (you can get creative here PVC, ABS, Corrugated drainage pipe...
I totally agree with that. Even 12 inches of cardboard all the way around the bottom. Shavings are to chicks as a box is to a toddler. Hours of entertainment.
In the pictures his comb looks pretty dark purple It should look more bright red. This could indicate a heart or circulation problem. Especially given the gasping for air. I am unsure what treatment options there are for this. In meat birds we would cull/harvest a bird with heart troubles...
If he is a young roo he may grow out of it.
Are there any light sources outside near their coop? Light could be keeping the chickens (and Roo) awake.
edit to add: Dang this thread is old - 2009!