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Thank you all so much for the affirmation. I'm hoping that I get a few of his off spring, if all (now 18 hatch - I couldn't resist adding a few more) I will have to enlarged my coop!

Hi Friends! I recently had a roo that got seriously hurt and had to be put down. To me he was a beloved Roo and came when I called his name. I decided that I would try to hatch out some of his girls' eggs. I had only one laid on the 22nd, and 5 laid from the 23rd, and 6 from the 24th. I read...

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They're very timid but one will eat out of my hand. I'm noticing they're all getting easier to coop at night and even seem as if they want to be cooped. So maybe the other enclosure really isn't necessary.

yes, the more docile gander will get after the more aggressive gander if i get after the aggressive one first.

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I just finished reading the thread and my instincts are to grab him by the neck and give him a good shove, I've also pinched his feet (like he pinches mine) and i've gone after his wings, but then I felt bad about that, so he's done for now, I ain't no gander's (right word) b*tch.

LOL, thank you!!! I thought because of the saying "what's good for the goose, is good for the gander" meant that what's good for the boy is also good for the girl, but I guess that assumption is backwards. Thanks for the correction. As far as the wing clipping, remember it was an idiot who put...

Last summer you may remember reading about four geese that came to my house. Tried as I might, I kept those geese in my yard but with little success. I only have a 10X10 chicken coop with 13 chickens in it. I kept the geese in the fenced in part of my back yard, but that was problematic. I...

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