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  1. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    Walt, Do you still raise them and offer any for sale? Maybe I misunderstood your first post about them and I was thinking you "had them" as in the past.. I'm in SoCal, Aguanga (near Temecula) but have a friend that drives up the 5 every week transporting dogs all the way to WA and always is...
  2. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    Fowlman, Thanks for the info. I was thinking to have just one breed of geese on the 1 acre irrigated dog training field. My first choice is the Nene. I've raised Canadians before and even when they nested we didn't have trouble with them attacking chickens, however, they were never enclosed...
  3. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    Good information! I will have time before Spring to make a decision on which direction to take. I know with the Nene, one doesn't need a pond for breeding from what I have read since they are a non-migratory breed and I have read "Unlike other geese, Hawaiian Geese don't need open water...
  4. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    Sylvester, We tried cattle and also sheep a couple times and even goats. Just too difficult because of their size for our 5 1/2 acres and the fact that we have to irrigate to have grass/pasture. Plus the added difficulty of the infrastructure for containing larger animals and the difficulty...
  5. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    Thanks for the info. We are a distributor for Modesto Organic feed and feed our chickens, muscovy and wild turkeys their pelleted feed and a bit of scratch. I can supplement. I may have to decide between the 2 breeds (Nene and Cotton Patch) then just to make things simple. Do you have a...
  6. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    That would be great. I didn't know you raised the Cotton Patch and you are so close to me. One question since you raise geese, if I go ahead with my plan to get 1-2 pair of Nene geese as well, do you think I would have to worry about crossbreeding? Do I just take some precautions like...
  7. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    Sylvester107, We did have "regular" ducks in the past. They are much noisier and need a water source much more than the Muscovy ducks do. My neighbor who is also on 5 acres has ducks and we hear them from our place. Not that I care about the noise as we have 30+ guinea fowl and a resident...
  8. DebbieSkinner

    Hi from Aguanga - Intro

    Hi. I don't have chicken products so wasn't me We are a small ranch with about 100 chickens total (3 breeds). A tote bag sounds like a great idea though!
  9. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    We raise the chickens for fun and utility (eggs, meat) and sell/barter some hatching eggs and chicks to others. We enjoy the chickens a lot and they compliment the homestead life we are trying to lead by living organically and using permaculture here on our small ranch. No, we do not show or...
  10. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    I've never had any mean ones. But, if you catch them, they do have spurs and claws and can rake you with them. We have a flock of 10 right now with 2 drakes and the rest are females and they are on about 1 acre of fenced riverbed along with our AGH hogs, 2 horses and our flock of SFHs and our...
  11. DebbieSkinner

    California-Southern

    I just joined BYC and live in Aguanga, CA (SE of Temecula) and raise Marans, Ameraucanas, and Swedish Flower Hens as well as a bunch of Guinea fowl and Wild Turkeys that run around the ranch and also a flock of Muscovy Ducks. I am researching geese and interested in Nene or possibly other...
  12. DebbieSkinner

    Hi from Aguanga - Intro

    Thanks!
  13. DebbieSkinner

    Hi from Aguanga - Intro

    Thanks!
  14. DebbieSkinner

    Hi from Aguanga - Intro

    I joined because of my interest in raising poultry and because of my search for information on Nene geese breeders in SoCal. I've been fascinated with Nenes for years but have not been ready for them until recently. My husband and I live in Aguanga on a small ranch where we raise chickens...
  15. DebbieSkinner

    Nene Geese

    I see this is a very old thread on Nene but I've been interested in them for years and hoping that there may be breeders in my area now. I'm finally ready to purchase some. I am located in Aguanga (SE of Temecula) and would like to chat with breeders and see if I can purchase a breeding pair...
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