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Hi, The goslings are just over 7 weeks old now, I had to let them out of their safe enclosure as every single blade of grass had been eaten, I was worried that the adult chinese geese might see them as intruders on their patch and have a go at them, :cry: how wrong was I, :D they took to them...

Hi Nicky, No mine are the larger ones, the ones you are thinking of are chinese painted quail, they are really small, my daughter had one, she bought it at the pet shop, but it was really wild and because it was so small it was difficult to catch, I wouldn't think that the eggs would be much use...

Hi, I have a pen of white pekins 3 hens & 1 cock, 1 of the hens in particular keeps getting badly infested with mites, which are red in colour, but unlike red mite are permanently on the hen, the other 2 hens sometimes have them and the cock doesn't appear to have any at all, I have been...

Hi, The goslings have just enjoyed their first day of freedom in their enclosure, they have been going outside for the last week, but have been in a broody coop, they were so funny running around, flapping their tiny little wings, could be fun and games tonight when they have to go back in the coop.

Hi, Anyone have any advice on using those plastic paddling pools/sandpits for ducks, after having seen plenty of pictures of them on ebay when looking at hatching eggs, I bought 2 yesterday, however they look like they are not the easiest things for ducks to get into and more importently get out...

Hi, Just had to post a picture of my new arrivals,( I'm sorry it is not a great photo) there are 3 white chinese goslings and 1 african gosling, I am soooo proud of them, I managed to hatch 5 chinese and 4 african goslings. ( will try and get a photo of them all, soon) I have the parents of the...

Hi, A couple of questions in one post, firstly, can anyone tell me what breed these are likely to be, they were bought as 3 week old chicks supposedly creasted cream legbars, there were 6 in the box, I thought there were 3 cocks and 3 hens as the "hens" had slightly darker feathers, but alas I...

Hi all, Have just seen a piece on the one show about water voles, I hadn't realised that they were so large, apparently they are quite rare, and they are trying to build up numbers of them by breeding in captivity. It has got me thinking that we may have one (some) around the place, I initially...

Hi all, I am looking for a plastic chick feeder with a roller along the top, the last one I bought was at an auction, and it has been very successful as the chicks cannot scratch the feed out, I have googled it, but haven't been able to find any, I wonder if any one knows of a supplier. Thanks Sue

Hi Lydia, I live near Moffat, up in the hills, great place to live but we get some pretty harsh weather up here, all my poultry seem to be pretty hardy, but the pekins really struggled this winter and I lost two, also had to dispatch one of the minorca cocks who was suffering with a frostbitten...

Hi all, My name is Sue, I live in the Scottish borders on a hill farm, the poultry I have are minorca bantams, oxford old english game, appenzellers and pekins and have just hatched some cream legbar chicks. The ducks are pekins, trout runners, white bali and some newly hatched cayugas, and the...