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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    My neighbor has turkeys and they are sooooo neat. If anything would happen to my flock I would totally look into having a pair of turkeys. My neighbor has a group of males and they all "gobble" so loudly together and move like a wave in the yard. They are fun to watch. When I get my incubator...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    I looked into that fencing to just keep the dog from eating all the duck/goose food...I gave up. He now does chores with me and I put the food up while I am out there. LOL! He helps with clean up...eats the duck/goose poop. Again, I gave up on the fight with him. Vet doesn't seem concerned about...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Welcome. I am in the central part of the state but my daughter went to college in La Crosse and has lived there for 3 years. I myself have 7 ducks and 2 geese but we all tell stories and chat about all sorts of topics on here. Animals, crops, gardening, canning, fencing, weed control and most...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    How does this work in winter with all the snow? Does it tip over a lot? I have a wire fence with cheap garden posts. We don't really have issues with predators other than hawks and eagles which there is nothing I can do about it. (I have 7 ducks and 2 geese) My male goose honks to the high...
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    Do you think its true...

    I have my duck grazing a 4.5 acres yard- 3 acres lawn and the rest tree lines and a small wooded area. We are surrounded by farm fields-they go wander in there too. We don't really have bugs around. A few frogs get sacrificed along the way sadly but overall- we have NO issues with ticks, bugs...
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    Mean gander

    Mine is the same. He was pleasant up until a few months ago. He hisses at everything, charges everything and I have been biten a bunch of times. I have just accepted it. We argue everyday...has become my norm at this point. I love him so....it is what it is.
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    Favorite Duck went broody...

    This morning she came out of the tree line with an egg on her beak. 3 of the egg shells are near the nest. If something ate the eggs I assume they all would be gone. She may be kicking out the bad eggs? I think I am going to remove all the eggs tonight and flatten the nest. It breaks my heart...
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    Favorite Duck went broody...

    Like taking away all her 14 eggs and making her start over? Or moving the eggs and let her do her thing?
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    Favorite Duck went broody...

    AND SHE LOOKS ROUGH! She decided to make her nest outside of the fenced area. Her behavior has been odd to me...and I didn't realize this broody thing is a process. It is not a quick light switch. It started with me noticing I was missing an egg from the hut. I found her stash in the tree line...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    We didn't have any damage. I got home from work about 5 and got the birds in their huts. I was kind of thinking they may be safer hiding on their own in the tree lines instead of being in their huts. Wasn't bad by us, heavy rain and some wind and hail. About 5 miles south got hit, business' got...
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    Grumpy Gander Story

    It took me a long time to understand him after he "went into season". It was more of him saying "it's me, not you" that had me change a few things I was doing. That and some nasty "kisses" on the back of my legs. I am grateful he isn't nasty to the other animals-well him and my French Bulldog...
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    Grumpy Gander Story

    I would like to tell you a tale about my grumpy gander Rusty. Mainly because nobody in my life really understands or cares for that matter. He is such a beautiful white goose. And was a sweet boy up until a couple of months ago. We have worked out our issues, mainly me having to watch my back...
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    Issue with my male goose....

    If I would let her keep them, and she lays them in the duck nest, can I move them to her hut? How long should I leave the egg or eggs if she doesn't sit on them right away? She lays an egg about every other day. I don't mind them having goslings, honestly I would LOVE it. I just haven't really...
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    Winterizing goose coop

    I run an extension cord probably 100 ft to a couple heated bowls. I clean/refill sometimes 2-3 times a day. I only put food/water out in the fenced area, I do not have food/water in their huts. In winter we have daylight from 630am (I have to go to work then and I let them out)-5pm when I get...
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    Issue with my male goose....

    I have a pair of geese. He has been giving me grief for a good 2 months now. I can deal with it and handle him but I am noticing my female seems tired. He follows her close, guards her when she eats-they are with 7 ducks. I have watched them in the kiddie pools he does try to mate with her. The...
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