Posts by FarmTillURdead

I have goats - and a note on the poop... They aren't actually eating it… but pinching them apart looking for whole seeds from the feed. Close investigation shows beak pinches in each nanny berries. I'm sure some is ingested. They will...

oh… I aim for 99.8 on temps. But I don't think a degree or two fluctuation effects hatch rate.

I have incubated over 100 eggs this year. …I have no idea what I am doing. This is my first year for it. From my first experience with hatching turkey eggs with a Bantam who sat on 4 wild eggs for me… and my inability to not mess with...

Adorable! I lose a few every year. I hatched my own heritage turkeys this year. Around 100 of them. We sustain on poultry and I hatch some extras to sell.… apparently humidity changes can give you an "upside down" chick. I have had a...

I'm very happy seeing more people get into turkeys!  I really don't understand why more people don't have them. I have never been spurred by a Tom (but have heard of it happening). They seem very docile and easy to care for. If...

Yep! Low and slow! I pressure cook and it falls of the bone no matter what bird or how old.

I raised 5 geese last year.   Problems I had were  - they were hard to put up at night. They don't learn like chickens. Herding them in their house was difficult each and every night. They constantly played in the mud...

A slow smoked goose is to die for!  I smoke them - then pressure cook them for 20 min to loosen ALL of the meat from the bone.  I do it on a rack to save the broth. Smoked goose broth makes incredible rice!

Congrats on your new brood! Sounds like an exciting experiment! Let us know your outcome! 

Bar Q Farm sounds like a great feed! I wish we could get some of that!!   orumpoultry - Ask your local feed store if you can get a feed with more protein in it. I have bought a game bird chow/maintenance that is 28%...