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    How long on ice in fridge?

    I butcher my heritage breeds around 16 weeks old (ducks I do at 7-8 weeks old), I drop them in cold water after i eviscerate them and they wait there until I’m done with the batch (usually a few hours for 20-30 birds). When I’m done, I then package them in freezer safe bags (used ziplocs before...
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    Chicken pluckers

    I built one for the cost of a yard bird following the whizbang book. Bought most things new except the motor, found a decent one on Facebook marketplace for $90. Having used a friend’s yardbird I can say, they work, but they’re pretty frustrating if you’re doing heritage breeds, haven’t done...
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    Best practices for ethical meat birds raising

    One other thing to keep in mind if you do go the dual purpose route, unless you find a breeder who is willing to sell you some chicks and has been working on making them grow as dual purpose birds, you will get egg laying birds, meaning that they will likely not be very wide or very big and...
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    Not all at once…

    Okay, so you don’t wait even if others are pipping? I didn’t really rotate any around the incubator, I actually never do and have had fairly good success with this one, about the same as the nurture right 360. I have an automatic egg turner in there so they’re turning, but I don’t account for...
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    Not all at once…

    Hey there, This isn’t my first time hatching, but I’m still a newbie. One thing I struggle with is what to do when they don’t all hatch or even pip together. Right now is hatching day, I have a dozen goose eggs in the incubator and at least 10 I’m expecting to hatch (good veins and seemed...
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    No more laying?

    Okay, that makes sense, I guess I’m just confused because last year we had just 2 geese and it was their first spring, they laid every other day consistently through the season. This year it’s their second spring and everyone else’s first spring. One of last year’s girls is laying every other...
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    Frost bite or something else?

    I forgot to mention, it has not been that cold here… like it’s not been freezing temps for a couple of months and this is more recent, which is why I’m confused.
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    Frost bite or something else?

    Hey there! I have a bresse rooster that has a pretty large comb and lately it’s developed a distinct purple color on the edges and became very smooth there. I’ve dealt with some frost bite before, but it’s never looked like this for me. I’m wondering if it’s something else? He’s also had mites...
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    No more laying?

    Hey Geese peeps, I’ve gone through my flock and I have confirmed I have 4 ganders and 8 geese. We got like 40 eggs at the beginning of the season, then 1 of the girls went broody (still is) and it seems like no one is laying anymore. Is this common? Does 1 broody goose influence the rest of the...
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    Processing a duck... I need some help

    Yeah, pulling some of the bigger feathers before putting in a plucker will help a lot, but if you’re hand plucking entirely then the wax would be even more helpful. I think there’s some threads on here about using wax. I think any food grade paraffin wax would be okay, there is also a specific...
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    Processing a duck... I need some help

    It depends on how old the duck is, depending on age the ducks feathers should be easier or harder to pluck. I have done a decent number of ducks and they don’t pluck clean with a plucker like a chicken does. You’ll need to do some more work before/after. Pluck out the big feathers and some of...
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    Henrietta is making us wonder

    She's around 18 weeks, from the first week of May.
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    Henrietta is making us wonder

    Should I be looking for eggs then?
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    Henrietta is making us wonder

    Thank you for confirming! We read that normally the pullets have their comb flop over in this breed. I didn't see anything other than that indicating that she was a cockeral, but I wasn't sure, especially since the one cockeral we do have (the big black Langshan in one of the pictures) has yet...
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    Henrietta is making us wonder

    Hi everyone, Coming to you all again, this time with our white leghorn. The girls (and boy) are getting pretty big now and developing as such... But we are starting to wonder if our white leghorn Henrietta is actually a rooster. They're all almost 18 weeks old, but this one is seeming much more...
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