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    Nesting Boxes

    After fighting with fireants, rain and sun I got smart and found a large black heavy duty utility pans from a homestore. I'm sorry I dont know what its called but found it in the lumber section. I filled it with dirt (for weight) then topped off with hay. This made it easier if the ants...
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    So,19,000 members, How many Chickens do we all have? 26,143 & counting

    56 + 18,257 = 18,313
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    ~Goose Eggs~

    I like using goose egg for French Toast! 1 egg goes farther then say: 4-6 chicken eggs.
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    male or female

    3-4 day olds should still have "belly button" -look for that while holding babe on its back (middle area) - now feel straight down (slowly) from there towards the tail- a drake will have another "belly button" bump a female will not. It might be easier 2 keep a finger (pinky) on the "butt"...
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    Rattlesnake!!!

    Our begal mutt "Chewy" has an "alarm" bark which I for 1 do not ignore! She has alerted us for 2 rattlesnakes, 1 skin, plastic bags in the wind, a lighter and so on. U will know that "alarm" bark for next time and in return I will get the rattlesnake vacc. for her when she is spayed! We had...
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    Geese old enough to safely freerange?

    The 1st yr. I stayed outside w/all the babes-geese, ducks and chicks-no fence then. I had 1 major tan line that 1st yr. Then a wandering dog came into the yard during the day and killed a hen and our gander and 2ducks ALL ADULTS! - that was it. Giant pens where built and this yr. we where...
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    Okay, Duck ratio......

    momma's chickens : I can just imagine the ducks not listening to you yelling at them! LOL U and my neighbors! They think I have lost my ever loving mind many times over! Very glad they where not home the day my African goslings started 2 hatch! Stupid fire ants where attacking the eggs and...
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    Geese old enough to safely freerange?

    I have found the same goes here. I have 4 Africans (hatched during May) and they stay in a huge pen with adopted MOM "Clyde", the real mom "Sunflower" and dad "Thorn" r next door in another pen because they r way 2 protective, we could not get near the pen for daily chores without taking a...
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    Okay, Duck ratio......

    Thanks for the welcome:D Of course Twinkie thinks the female African geese r his as well. My hubby is very proud of Twinkie and his "I can do" attitude! I on the other hand have a heart attack whenever the geese run away from Twinkie towards the fence. They could get caught up and injured...
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    Okay, Duck ratio......

    Only if u want 2 know who the parents r 4 sure, then yes. Or u can sell 1 drake and leave the remaining 3 together, ur ducks could end up sharing a nest down the road. If only it was easier I know.
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    Okay, Duck ratio......

    I know that answer! (I had the same thing) The dominate drake with claim all females. Pen each drake with each duck (this way u know parents and have the back-up drake as well). Twinkie is 1st drake, Hostess is 2nd and JR. can only view from a distance. I do have them in a 1/4 acre "play...
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