Hi!
I have a lone hatcher, 3 week old embden female.
She’s the only gosling I’ve ever had so I’m not quite sure what’s normal.
She drinks quite a lot of water and I’m wondering how much is too much? Should I be offering it freely?
She has fairly liquidy poops often, but so does my adult...
I feel like this community was so helpful to us in her times of need, you deserve to know. I really appreciate the support we had here. Here she is being her cheeky self
That's all we can do really isn't it? Give them their best life possible. Polly was destined for a tricky one, but we got to fill it with love too. It sounds like Daffy was lucky to have you. Ascites is an awful thing. Bless you.
Hi everyone! Update. Polly had an awesome life after this for almost a year. An unrelated issue took her eventually. But this was entirely recoverable. She was a trooper and had a fabulous sense of humour with the best comic timing. I miss her daily.
Hello! My 15 day old embden still has her umbilical/navel stump. It's dry and dark and I think rather stuck to her feathers. I read to keep it dry and let it fall off on its own, but it's been significantly longer than any I've found online and so I wondered, is this within the range of normal...
I have had a bit of a strange ride with some eggs and would love your advice!
Five fertile eggs spent 1- 3 days under the hen, a further 8 days in a ventilated polystyrene box with hot water bottles being changed regularly / being turned / humidity etc.
Then a further 11 days in an incubator at...
Hi all! Thank you so much for your advice. The poor little thing had two massive hard shelled eggs stuck and really wasn’t likely to live. Thankfully the vets managed to remove the eggs with minimal damage by forcing a vent prolapse and then suturing a small tear. After a week of pain meds and...