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7/4/11 at 10:30am

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7/5/11 at 6:32pm

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oh i think u win the award woooow i love ur livestock of percious and exotic birds, i wanted to get me some guineas but i heard they fly away too much like peacocks but anyways ur collection is beautiful!

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7/7/11 at 8:40am

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I am getting my africans this evening! big_smile I will have pictures later on! These are going to be my first geese!!

I love my animals, they are my life and I couldn't imagine it without them!

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7/7/11 at 1:27pm

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I think the one is front is the male its got a thicker neck, and the dewlap thing on its next does that mean its gonna be a big dewlap someday or to early to tell? Ill try for better pics tonight when heat goes down!

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7/7/11 at 4:30pm

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Bantams: Cochins, Rosecombs, Silkies Geese: Sebastopol, Buff Dewlap Toulouse, White African Ducks: Call, Muscovy Peafowl: Purple, Opal, Cameo Silver Pied NPIP 64-1039

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7/7/11 at 6:32pm

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Wow... lovely!

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7/8/11 at 12:32am

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My baby goose was what they call a "breeders choice".?! Well what did the breeder choose?! African? Chinese? Any idea's?
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7/8/11 at 7:17am

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Here's my African gander, Embden goose, and their offspring! The older one is last years, then there is the two babies.

I love my animals, they are my life and I couldn't imagine it without them!

If someone says, "Don't do that! You wasn't raised in a barn!" I can honestly say, "I was too raised in a barn!"