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Hello, I have a 2.5 year old Sebastopol gander (curly breasted) who has never had the best density of feathers, but as the years have gone on he has developed fairly wispy/almost bare areas on his back and shoulders (shoulders looking slightly pink now and barely any cover). He used to love...

Hello everyone - 1) Light Sussex hen, two years old. Very skinny - weighed at 2kgs five days ago and has lost a further 100g since 2) Chronic weight loss, I noticed she was a bit light a few months ago but she was stable and very bright/eating. She became slightly subdued around 2 weeks ago and...

Unfortunately we lost our female goose recently and our gander is own his own (aside from our chickens). He is very unsettled at night and whilst he used to honk from time to time it is currently really consistent and we are worried about how stressed he may be without his mate. We are currently...

Hello everyone, I have two adult Sebastopol geese (one male one female) and my female is currently not eating much. She previously had a really good appetite so it is noticeable. Both free range and on Fancy Feeds Fenland Waterfowl pellets with some mixed corn in the afternoons. She is drinking...

I have Sebastopol eggs in the incubator, they are at day 16 and have lost around half of the weight they should have by now. The issue is I have not added any water to the incubator and am doing a dry hatch, humidity is about 32% average. The air cells look small to me as well. Is there any way...

Hello, I am trying to work out a single oral dose of Tylan soluble powder for one of my orpington chickens who has mycoplasma. She is not drinking well and she has previously not been great with i/m injections of Tylan so avoiding that. I can see dosage for drinking water but I am looking to...

Hi all, I was looking into getting omlet fencing to keep chooks within an acre area, just wondering if it would stand up to geese nibbling on it as well? Any insight or reviews much appreciated. Alternatively any fencing recommendations would be much appreciated

Hi everyone, I was wondering if folk had any tried and tested boredom busters for geese? We are first time goose owners and have two 6 month old sebastopols that have access to an acre of grass and a 10 x 15m pond but they seem to enjoy spending most of their time up near the house, they don't...

Hi everyone, I have 10 3 week old leghorn and light sussex chicks that are currently in a brooder in my house. They have access to a Brinsea ecoglow. We currently have a leak in our roof so will have to move the chicks to an outbuilding whilst we arrange some home repairs. The outbuilding is...

Hi, I have a pair of sebastopols and mixed orpington flock. All are free ranging together and all seems peaceful. However the geese are keen to eat both their waterfowl pellets (we are feeding the same amount as when the chickens were penned separately and the amount we gave seemed to satisfy...

Hi everyone, I have been looking for a breeder of tufted roman geese in the UK for a while but I have not had any joy. Anyone on here breed these lovely birds? I am based in the Scottish countryside but willing to travel across the UK. Would also accept hatching eggs too. I know they are much...

Hi, I have two 13 week old sebastopol geese (one male one female) who are housed in a 5x6ft shed at night. During the day they are free ranging. Now due to unforeseen circumstances our chicken coop has suffered severe damage and we have had to house our 14 week old chickens (orpington x4 and...

Hi everyone, I picked up my first geese yesterday - two 12 week old sebastopols (male and female). They are lovely, but it seems that they haven't been handled much at all - they are truly terrified of everything! Since putting them into their shed (on their own, very quiet rural area, peaceful...

Hi everyone, I am transporting two 12 week old sebastopol geese tomorrow and wanted to know a few things. I have a large soft dog crate with a non slip mat, is it worth putting in bedding too? I have aubichick hemp bedding. Also how often should I stop and offer them water (or does this need to...

Hi everyone, I have some lovely 11 week old orpington chicks at the moment. I went in to pour water into one of their drinkers (normally I would take the drinker out and fill it but am recovering from an injured back so using a watering can). Three of the chicks dunked their beaks right into the...

Hi everyone, I have a lavender orpington that I've posted about in the past. He is still a bit of an enigma prior to our vet school appointment, but I have a suspicion that he has bacterial arthritis/tenosynovitis complicated by reovirus due to his stunting and poor feathering. I was wondering...

Hi, I have a flock of seven all of whom hatched on the same day. They are just over 9 weeks old, a mix of bantam and large fowl orpingtons. All was well until out of necessity i had to bring our lavender LF orpington rooster chick into the house as he needed frequent medication for a leg issue...

Hi everyone, I have an 8 week old orpington rooster chick with swelling of the hock and what feels like tendon sheath. He also has poor feathering, retained feather sheaths and a few bare patches. Also some very mild sneezing. He is also about 30g lighter than his sister who is the same age. I...

Hi, I have a lavender orpington who is 6 weeks old but seems to have had pin feathers sitting for a few weeks, she is only feathered on part of her neck and wings. She looks quite bare on her back too. The feathers that have grown are tatty and raggedy at the edges, some are really thin and...

Hi, I have a 6 week old lavender orpington chick who can walk, but when she turns or bears weight unevenly her legs will buckle. At first I thought it just affected the right leg but appears to be the same on the left side now too. This has been developing for about 3 days. She is bright and...