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    Waterfowl rescue in OH NEEDS HELP!

    http://www.mthollyducksanctuary.com/ https://www.facebook.com/bill.volkart/posts/10151002085736984?notif_t=feed_comment_reply I'm friends with Bill Volkart on Facebook, and am absolutely convinced he is one of the most amazing people I've ever had the ability to associate with. He is...
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    Muscovies in Michigan

    I'm going to offer a large number of my 'scovies up for sale. Kinda hoping to help another homesteader out here. We love ducks, love 'scovies, but we have WAY more than we need, and way more than we want to butcher. Butchering is a lot of work, but the meat is FABULOUS. We have many adult...
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    Trade in Michigan? :D

    What I can offer in trade: We have about 50 Welsh Harlequin duck eggs in the incubator due to hatch 2/28. Silvers and golds expected. Mules *slightly* possible and will be retained if any occur - I do free range them with Muscovies. Last year we didn't hatch any mules, but we didn't hatch...
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    My name is Dona Barski. I am a 21 year old college student working towards becoming a vet. I'm moving on from my community college with an Associates in Science, and am headed to Michigan State University for Fall 2011. I'm hoping that I'll be entering MSU's College of Veterinary Medicine Fall...
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    Muscovy, the underground black market duck.. a rant

    Those are the kind I bought but haven't used yet because I didn't know if I should just tattoo instead. Good to know.
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    Muscovy, the underground black market duck.. a rant

    Do you use permanent leg bands or wing bands? I believe 'legal' muscovies with leg bands MUST have SEAMLESS metal leg bands by 6 weeks OR at time of sale. This is, as you know, impossible, because muscovies grow a LOT even in the ankle region. I have metal legbands but haven't banded my stock...
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    muscovy vs mini appleyard bantam

    I raise muscovies and Welsh Harlequins. First, my welsh harlequins are ALWAYS talking about stuff. It's a joke around here that they're always talking smack to everybody. They're not really doing their LOUD quacks all the time, but they always have something to say in their 'indoor' voices...
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    small time breeder - worth the effort?

    Eggs for consumption in this area sell for 2.00/dozen. We're not feeding organic or anything fancy (though they do free range), so if we asked more than 2.00/dozen they simply would not sell. I think I am one of the few to offer duck eggs, though, so I don't know what my competition (if there...
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    small time breeder - worth the effort?

    Our trouble with trying to keep numbers straight is that the chickens free range with the geese, muscovies, welsh harlequins, and guineas. Our geese are mutts, so I know those aren't gonna be big money makers except as butchered geese around Xmas. I'd LIKE to get some pilgrims, because I...
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    small time breeder - worth the effort?

    No, during the winter (when I'm NOT collecting hatching eggs) the roosters/hens would range together - much easier to water one big group. Then in spring, I would pull the roosters and put them in the individual breeding pens. 2 weeks later I would put hens in with the roosters of choice (who...
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    small time breeder - worth the effort?

    Quote: *Sigh* Once again, you didn't comprehend what I wrote. I would keep ALL roosters separate from ALL hens EXCEPT when I put them in with their rooster specifically for purebred hatching eggs. I WOULD let the roosters out in the winter because it's much easier to feed/water them as a...
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    small time breeder - worth the effort?

    In the past I've had great sucess getting purebreds by using eggs exposed to the rooster of choice for 2 weeks. I hatched quite a lot the year before this one (2010), and that's all that I did. They were for my own use so it wouldn't be HORRID if I hatched mutts at that point, but everybody was...
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    'dumpy butt'

    Here's dumpy butt (I didn't notice but she seems to still be moulting too, everyone else is done for the year...) She is standing with her feathers fluffed on her butt, which makes her hiney touch the ground. Of course, she's also standing in a little snow which may also be a bit decieving...
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    'dumpy butt'

    I'll have to get pictures to see what people say. These birds are enjoyed, but our birds are not pets and if she's suffering she'll be put down, not taken to a vet. She doesn't seem to be in pain and I'm pretty sure she and her friends all started saying mean things about me behind my back just...
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    small time breeder - worth the effort?

    Quote: First, as initially stated, I do not offer hatching eggs now and the point of this thread was that I'm considering building breeding pens in spring. I have ways to separate out a few of the breeds now but they are NOT ideal and I don't often fuss with it, to be honest, unless I want to...
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