Posts by Denninmi

Quote:Originally Posted by Miss Lydia Is it by itself?  if so then I think I'd give some kind of heat. at 6 weeks is it feathered out? my gander is 4 years old so i can't remember if he was completely feathered at 6 weeks.No, I...

My last gosling that hatched 07/30 has been moved outside, too big for the brooder in the garage.But, they're predicting lows of between 42 and 48 later this week.Is that too cold for him/her (gender unknown at this time)?

The danger in this situation isn't in the cooked, finished product.  As long as the meat is fully cooked in adherence to modern food safety standards (which is an internal temperature of 170 degrees for the thigh and breast meat, I...

There is a valid scientific reason not to feed the meat of hooved animals back to others of the same type - prions, the proteins that cause Mad Cow disease, Creutzfeld-Jakov syndrome and Kuru in humans are all spread by consumption of...

My concern, aside from the agression issue, would be the goose poo issue.  They poo a lot.  It wouldn't be the cleanest environment for children to play in, so I think I would be inclined to create a barrier to keep the geese...

I'm going to rehome mine this weekend...to the freezer.  Feed goes up, literally, a dollar a bag each month here. They were fun to grow, fun to watch, but at a bag a week, just too expensive to justify.  $19 bucks now for the...

They hatched over a few weeks period in June, from roughly the 6th to about the first of July.  I just kept popping eggs into the incubator as they were laid.

I have to pick mine up and physically carry them in.  They love to come out, but hate to go in. I can't blame them, its boring in there compared to outside.

I did a little experiment this year, some of which I shared previously.  I hatched a number of eggs from my mixed breed heritage turkeys back in mid June.  The parents are a cross of Royal Palm and Calico Sweetgrass.  I...

My basic understanding of it is to keep them as lean as possible, and make them work for their food with a lot of exercise.  I also have heard that its important to supplement with a vitamin/mineral supplement.  Try to find the...