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Just curious to see what other northern goose keepers do to house there birds over the winter months. I have a pretty good handle on housing ducks though the Canadian winter, but need something larger for the geese and wanted to see a few ideas before I begin building. Also what are peoples...

Ok so I’m starting to plan for this coming spring summer and what I would like to do with our ducks. I came up with the above potential design for a rotational duck pasture. The pasture would be surrounded by a large perimeter fence (4-5 feet high) and only have one gate leading to a 3 foot...

I am wondering what other's here use for marking there duck. I have six Cayugas and have been looking at legg bands but have had some bad experiences with the bandett's on three ducks I have baught (to small and cut into the leg). I know from banding wild birds that the aluminum butt end bands...

So my question is what are "purbread or standard" Americana Bantams like as far as egg laying ability? I knwo easter eggers are good layers but not sure about there smaller "purbread" cousins. Im not looking for market sale quanity but looking for a decent egg laying chicken (preferably bantam...

Ok so my question is: Are standard Americana bantams considered to be a good egg laying group of birds (I knwo bantams lay less than full sized fowl generaly) or are they pretty much only usful for there show qualities? Im interested in the Blue egg coulour and love the idea of "purbead"...

Ive been doing alot of reading and have come to a delema, im looking at geese for the purpose of meat production (for personal use not market supply) and have decided that eather the Pilgram or American Buff would suite us just fine. But I dont want to keep two breeds of geese so im having a...

Well ive done alot of reading and am left with a delema my managment plan for our cayuga flock (3 drakes, 3 hens) is to keep them in pairs during the breeding season, let the hens nest once there siting remove the drakes to a bachelar pad for the summer and leave the hens to rais the little...