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    Untitled Goose Game goslings

    Solely because of a video game, Untitled Goose Game, I convinced my husband we needed geese. I ordered 2 Roman Tuft female gosling's these from Metzer's hatchery back in April, and they arrived today! I can't tell you how elated I am to have babies again! It's been 2 years since we got our Rhode...
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    SHOW OFF YOUR YUM! Food Photography Thread

    First real cooking with my bird's eggs. I made quiche, using 6 muscovy duck and 14 guinea eggs. Used tarragon, sage, and garlic from my garden. Stewed tomatoes from my last year's garden. A ton of cheese, some milk and a full stick of butter. Turned out amazingly delicious. I've never made...
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    chickens started laying! Egg questions

    There have been times neighbors have given me chicken eggs. Neither my husband nor I like store bought eggs. They are bland but get the job done so to speak. Just like store bought. Had straight from the cow's milk a decade ago, and I still remember the taste. Store bought milk is slandering...
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    chickens started laying! Egg questions

    So my Rhode island red pullets have started laying! They were born in February. I have no roosters, but I do have guinea fowl (males and females). My miscovys haven't started laying. So I have a few egg questions. I am very new to birds and have only had my birds free in their run since we June...
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    Giving a duck a place to belong

    Oh yes. I will take pics. She's making noise today, I noticed this morning. Not much, but some. Thats good as it means she's less stressed and feeling more comfortable in her new situation. Hershey has proven himself smart, as he knows where the cage door is, and seems inquisitive about my presence.
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    Giving a duck a place to belong

    I'm going to put my bullied male in the kennel with the female, once the new birds are ready to join the flock (and release Hershey to the flock). I feel like kenneling the bullied male with the female will help prevent bullying for a while, but also force the new girl and him to establish a...
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    Giving a duck a place to belong

    Breeding season is going to be interesting. I am still learning a lot about my birds. I recently got a year old lavendar guinea female that is missing a bunch of feathers from mating season. I worry about how crazy things will get. I feel sorry for my male guinea who was a 5th wheel. The other...
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    guineas make the best revenge

    I have 6 guinea fowl, 4 chocolate muscovys, and 4 Rhode island red pullets. There are elections in town, but 2 families "run" the town. The mayor and his family, and another family who has a lot of relatives in town. Our town is mostly elderly people though, and many do not vote. Due to my job...
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    guineas make the best revenge

    So when my husband and I first moved to our rual, 127 pop. town, we formally asked if we could have chickens. We were told no and had the state ordinance printed off for proof. Well, it's been 5 years since then, and in that time, I learned a few things. First, a longtime resident has chickens...
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    White Guinea Keet?

    This makes me wonder how my guineas will turn out if I catch any. I have 1 lavendar, 1 mottled (I think that's the term), and 1 pearl females. I have 2 white and 1 pearl males. I'm still new to birds in general, but so far I have a happy, healthy mixed flock.
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    Giving a duck a place to belong

    I feel lucky my flock all get along. My Rhode island red girls are the youngest, having gotten them in February. My muscovys and guinea fowl I got around the same time last fall (the ducks are older), so they grew up together, divided by a window. By the time I put them out in the coop, I was...
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    Giving a duck a place to belong

    So yesterday, I decided to take a friend's Chocolate Muscovy male duck and add him to my flock. This duck was my friends' daughter's that she got in spring. She got 3 ducklings and it turned out she got 2 males and 1 female. Needless to say, this boy I got was in a losing battle. He is missing a...
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    working hard on run building

    Run is done! I got the birds outside for their first taste f freedom and the were confused and then elated! Spent all day yesterday wiring chicken wire to the top of the cattle panels. Was actually pretty easy, but tedious. By 9pm, the ducks had already gone inside but my husband and i had to...
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    working hard on run building

    I will be putting some welded wire in the large gap, and then cover the entire roof structure with chicken wire. Not only do I need to worry about racoons getting in, but my guineas getting out as I do not clip my birds. It's quite done yet, but get getting close. All the gaps you see will be...
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    working hard on run building

    Sothis past weekend was run work. I put posts in the ground to make a 32x10' run. My husband and I made the ceiling out of old cattle panels, so his 6'5" frame can walk in the run. We also put horse fencing around the perimeter. Today I am digging trenches and putting chicken wire around the...
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