Posts by btwhitaker

Generally you don't want to turn your eggs an even number of times a day because they end up resting on the same side every night (the longest amount of time they go unturned). An odd number works better.  I normally turn three...

Quote: Originally Posted by FCFarms  I was never really a huge muscovy fan.  Just weren't my type but many weeks ago a female white muscovy came waddling up our driveway (we joke that our house has a neon...

There are between 11 and 13 subspecies of Canada geese, however most are not distinguishable because they can all inter-breed but they range from the Cackling Canada goose to the Giant Canada goose.  

I may be interested.  When would you be able to ship them to me?  

Sarge with his mom and his sisters - example of his honk     Durham with his mate Solly making a lot of noise

Spring 2009:     Four of the five goslings made it to adulthood and the Canada goose gander on the left is their adoptive father.  When their mother starting nesting, he ran the domestic gander off and...

The sex wasn't hard to determine after a few weeks.  They grew very similarly domestic geese so the ganders were larger after a few weeks.   None of them have produced fertile offspring thus far.  Last spring (2012),...

I'd have to say runner based off her posture and the way her head goes straight down into the bill which is unique to runners.  There's no dip like in other duck breeds.

Your Chinese goose looks female, but you would need to vent sex to be sure.  If one is more protective over the other, the protective one is your gander and the other your goose.  If they are sexually mature, the gander...