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It is cold, I went and let some of the birds out. I have 3 CX's laying eggs. I have not been watching them close enough for eggs, I locked the 7 birds into the 6x8 run and the new coop. They have not been using the new coop at night. Now they will have too use it.

I have a CX hen that made a nest on the floor of the new coop, and is not using the nest box. Stupid thing! I have to use my "egg retriever" to reach it. the nest is in the furthest corner from my doors. I made the one wall so it comes down with about 8 screws for cleaning, but I did not count on a nest on the floor.


I put more eggs in my Little Old Incubator, it is full, time to fire up the bigun!
 
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duluthralphie said:
It is cold, I went and let some of the birds out. I have 3 CX's laying eggs. I have not been watching them close enough for eggs,  I locked the 7 birds into the 6x8 run and the new coop. They have not been using the new coop at night. Now they will have too use it.

I have a CX hen that made a nest on the floor of the new coop, and is not using the nest box. Stupid thing!  I have to use my "egg retriever" to reach it. the nest is in the furthest corner from my doors.   I made the one wall so it comes down with about 8 screws for cleaning, but I did not count on a nest on the floor.


I put more eggs in my Little Old Incubator, it is full, time to fire up the bigun!
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Darn hens!! And we thought February was to early for chicks!




Well I am off to build a foder system thingy. U will be amazed with my redneck skills Ralph.
 
Earlier I emailed a big Muscovy breeder asking what color mine wers and he said Lilac!! Boo ya! That means I can get 50 percent Lilac ducklings, 25 percent chocolate ducklings and 25 percent buff ducklings!!
 
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Earlier I emailed a big Muscovy breeder asking what color mine wers and he said Lilac!! Boo ya! That means I can get 50 percent Lilac ducklings, 25 percent chocolate ducklings and 25 percent buff ducklings!!
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And the problem with that is they still add up to 100% duck!


Which brings me too,,, DO you have any that are eating size? Interested in trading a dressed turkey for a dressed duck? Just so you know the turkeys will not be large.
 
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And the problem with that is they still add up to 100% duck!


Which brings me too,,, DO you have any that are eating size?  Interested in trading a dressed turkey for a dressed duck? Just so you know the turkeys will not be large.
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I don't have any. Although my Muscovy drake is huge. He is way bigger than my roosters and my Pekins...
 
duluthralphie said:
And the problem with that is they still add up to 100% duck!


Which brings me too,,, DO you have any that are eating size?  Interested in trading a dressed turkey for a dressed duck? Just so you know the turkeys will not be large.
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Actually they are closer related to geese than ducks.
 
duluthralphie said:
That would be a great skill set to have.


Where do you get the "base" you graft onto? How closely related do the species have to be? Can you take any old branch of an existing tree and get them to graft?


If you take a graft off am existing tree is the new tree like a young tree? Life expectancy? I ask this because of cloning problems and the cloned offspring being same biological age as the donor.

I have 2 apple tree here I like but they have started to fade lately, Could Grafting save them?


Do you know anything about "Cedar Rust" on fruit trees? is there a preventive? Cure?

I have a million more questions to ask but these will do for now, You might have to hold a seminar on grafting!
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Lots of utube videos on grafting . Back when I started I used books . You can order rootstocks for grafting . Around here I use quince and wild flowering pear for pear trees . Not hardy enough for zone 3 . I ordered 10 old home x farmingdale 87 pear rootstock . 10 m 26 semi dwarfing for apple and 10 St. Jullian plum for Euro plum . Cedar apple rust is a problem here as we have cedar trees and hawthorn trees wild .
 

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