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Goin Quackrrs 
Hubby will probably kill me for posting these, but here he is showing off some of his friends:
He looks like he loves his babies as much as you. Great pics.
Stupid drakes. Glad I sold my extra before he got a chance to do something like that. I'd be having duck dinner too.
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QuackerJackFarms OH and it takes maggots approximately 15 minutes to drown. FYI.
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bakingintherain
thank you! i will be doing the dead tuesday so i will report back after! should i let it set for a couple days before cooking, like a chicken?
Let me know how it goes, never processed a duck before.
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cskotek Im just curious, so dont be offended please.... How do people kill their ducks, like how do you select which one to send to the grave? I know I would never be able to ring any of my ducks neck, I just dont have the heart or mindset. I would be balling my eyes out if I had to do anything to any of my animals.... So how do you do it?
Marty answered it best, but I'd add it's a lot easier to start with a mean roo or drake, or meaties. Poor fat meaties, you are doing them a favor, so it makes it somewhat easier.
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psue
no Saint... I've got horns to hang the halo on 
personaly I'd leave them out with a heat lamp if it was going to get cold. We're sending ours out to stay at about 3 weeks but they have a heat light till they get older or it stays warm enough.
and with the 110... thats what I do with goose eggs and I even did the chicken eggs that way... it's a good thing I dont have small youngins just Jerry and critters 
The quail should keep you pretty busy. They are prolific little things after a few months, so you should have plenty of eggs to keep you busy. That's the only reason I still have mine, so I always have something to incubate, lol.
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Goin Quackrrs
Most of the time, it's a situation where one of the ducks is harming the others. The particular situation is one where a drake has killed one duck and severely injured another.
Some people specifically raised birds for meat, some choose not to. I've butchered birds, but my pets are my pets. And I won't lie, it's like culling an injured bird. Sometimes you'll cry.
x2 I have a pet or 2 that will stay here no matter what, but I won't tolerate meanness. I also prefer to take care of the problem myself rather than passing it off to someone else (makes me so mad when I see someone rehoming a mean roo, especially if they aren't 100% clear about that. If you rehomed a dog with a bite history and didn't fully disclose it you are responsible if that dog bites someone, birds should be the same). Generally though if I want a meat bird I get one specifically for that, and treat them kindly but not like a pet.
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QuackerJackFarms
Ok, I can do that.
Also.. forgot to tell you, she was able to wiggle her toes/claws.. whatever they're called. Maybe some feeling is coming back.
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Marty1876
Boy, you aren't kidding! He'd look cute though. 
Hmm, maybe I should make a milk jug collar for my geese if they get attitudes, just to remind them where they could end up. 
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QuackerJackFarms ok her legs are still paralyzed. But she only has 5 maggots on her now. How are they still there after 2 baths! Geez. They are going in and out of her vent a short ways. Also noticed her poo consistency has changed from white to light brown. I think that's probably good.
ETA: To clarify, she moves her toes but not her leg.
Do you think it would hurt her to flush her vent with a syringe and a few tablespoons of vinegar? It wouldn't get any deep in there, but if they are near the opening it might flush them out.
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Iain Utah
Bakin, thanks for the compliments!! It has been really cool to watch our new flock in the pasture and am very impressed with how well our ganders protect the babies. As for our new side yard, we think it will work well for a grow out area. Please tell Carole I (Janet) said hello. I really think the world of her and am very happy that all of you are becoming her customers too!
Sue, we decided I would sleep better if we put them in the garage pen over night. They are so tame, they followed me from side yard over to garage and into their new pen. Plan to walk them back to the side yard in the morning.
QJ, keep up the excellent care of your sick baby!
I would keep herding them. I've heard of people teaching their geese to be herded with a long staff/stick from pasture to pasture. Somewhere I read they could be trained to follow the stick, and stop to graze when you bang the stick on the ground, which I think would be pretty neat, lol.
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cskotek I wish I had the ability to have an aniamal of any sort and have no attachment, but i get attached easily, not going to lie. And atleast (hopefully) everyone gives them the best life they can before that day. And yes i highly beleive that everything must be used. I really hate seeing on the sides of the roads or atv paths deer remains, makes me sad. And i cant help but say " how would you like it if that hapened to you?" And for the most part weather saying it or not people wouldnt like that happening to them, just left to rot :( And im constantly after my one freind for the turkey feathers for dream catchers, he has he ability to do the kill and i dont have to see any of it so its not as hard. But i am gald that the people on here do the best life possible use all of the bird. makes me a litte bit more comfortable. :P
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DutchChic Did I mention how excited I was to be getting Dewlap babies??? 
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Iain Utah Dutch, can't resist sharing the latest pic of Barley (he's 12 days old now), my buff gosling hatched from Carole's stock. He loves to be carried around in my jacket and otherwise would hang in my lap 24/7 if given the chance. He is quite the baby!
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QuackerJackFarms Bad pic. Sorry Jerry.. you've seen this. But her feathers are missing pretty much on her whole belly. Mostly just shafts left. The poo in front is new since her bath but it's not white anymore. So that's good. 
J
I'm guessing the feather loss on her belly is just from laying on it. My meaties always had bald bellies even though they were allowed to free range, because the fatties spent most of the time laying down.
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70%cocoa Well, hi everyone... or kinda goodnight :)
That buff gosling is so cute.
and brutally attacked one of the others
i am going to keep a couple drakes after i get my females established!
Now it's 4 a.m. and I'm wide awake. Checked the incubator, last little quail popped out and was running around. Added him to the others and checked goose. It's starting to move out into the air cell, hoping for an external pip sometime tomorrow, and for a gosling by Tuesday. Which will be day 29, so I'm guessing whatever this gosling is it's not an african, since they take 30-32. 
