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    Chinese x white embden

    What am I likely to get if my Chinese gander and white embden goose successfully breed?
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    Duck sausage

    I'm going to butcher four white pekin ducks this weekend. I want to make some sausages. I have experience making sausage from pork and chicken. Does anyone have a good recipe they'd like to share?
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    Goose neck terrine

    Take the heart, gizzard, liver and some lean trimmings from the carcass in the Cuisinart with some salt, garlic, allspice, cold butter and a shot of dry vermouth. Pulse until minced but not overly smooth to make a forcemeat. Stuff it in the skin of the neck. Roast in a hot oven until fully...
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    Do Geese have to live in pairs?

    My experience with geese is limited to the two goslings I bought last summer. I got two "Toulouse" geese with the plan to butcher both for Christmas. One turned out to be a Chinese. It's awful. Loud, aggressive and filthy, but my wife is partial to it. The pair seemed to be bonded and we were...
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    Feeding hay

    So the grass has stopped growing at Funkhaus Farm and we've been keeping our geese in the pen for the most part due to the increased predator activity in winter. They will eat cracked corn but they are not enthusiastic about it, and they really don't care for bagged crumbles. What they really...
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    New farmer in Funkhouser, Illinois

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    Advice for diversifying my flock?

    I got my first half dozen chicks (ISA Browns) in February, lost 3 and added 6, so now I have 9. The three older ones are laying an egg a day each virtually every day. The new ones are not laying yet. I built an 8x8 walk-in coop with 12 or 14 built-in nest boxes and a good sized fenced run. I...
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    "Toulouse" geese

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    "Toulouse" geese

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    "Toulouse" geese

    I got two hatchlings from a bin marked "Toulouse Geese" at Rural King about a month ago. Although their plumage is similar, one has a black beak and the other's is yellow. Is this a variation within the breed or do I have two different breeds?
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    Duck Disaster

    I just wrapped up my first attempt at raising ducks and it was pretty pathetic. If you are very sensitive you might want to stop reading now. Near the end of May I was in Rural King and saw that they had ducks. I'd been thinking about raising up a half dozen or so for butchering. I read that...
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    Bought Runners by accident

    Great! One more question: at six weeks old, should I be able to tell the ducks from the drakes? If so, how? I guess that's two questions.
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    Bought Runners by accident

    If I decide against butchering them but keep them for eggs, which I understand is what they are bred for, should I change what I am feeding them? I have been feeding meat bird crumbles. My hens just started laying this week so they are on layer pellets.
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    Bought Runners by accident

    About 6 weeks ago I was in Rural King buying stuff for my hens and noticed they had a brooder full of ducklings. I asked the clerk for a half dozen white pekins because I thought I'd try raising them up for meat. Well, it turns out what she thought were pekins are in fact runners. I'm a little...
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    Pekin ready to butcher?

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