Recent content by Oregon Blues

You know how the bird died and it has been kept cool So yes, you can eat it. It will probably be gamier because the guts were left in. Gamebirds in Britain are left to age with the guts in to develop the flavor. It's not the ideal way to butcher birds, but it won't make you sick to eat it.

Cornish Cross are a mixed breed, so it is not surprising that there is some slight variation occasionally. What is more surprising is that they are all so nearly identical. It comes down to only order from a hatchery that you can trust. As costs go up and the value of chicks goes up, maybe...

I hope it doesn't come to that. I use secure fences and some covered runs to protect my birds. A good neighborhood goes a long ways towards preventing theft by humans. Although, I've had fruit stolen off my trees, so even a good neighborhood doesn't protect you 100%

Turkey poults are quite fragile and air temperature must be just right in the brooder. They will die from chilling or overheating. Their brooder must be kept clean and dry. Feed must be much higher protein for the poults than for chicks. Feed made for poults contains niacin and if you are...

Hatching advice for dry climates: I had not hatched geese in the incubator before. I prefer to have them naturally hatched and raised and trained by their mother. But with this crow raiding, I figured I wouldn't get any goslings this year without hatching them myself. I'm in the desert and...

I've got 3 little baby goslings in a Rubbermaid tub in my bathroom. The crows are horrid this year. They have attacked the geese as well as stealing eggs. So, I got 3 eggs by beating the crows to them as soon as they were laid, and those went into the incubator. The ganders finally woke up...