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    How to tell if a goose is male or female

    Buff x white Toulouse, any thoughts on M/F (Vent sexed and pretty sure it’s a girl), or what she will look like when all grown up?
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    Week by week, a helpful picture guide to aging goslings.

    Our Pearl, we figure she is 1-2 weeks old, no pin feathers yet.
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    Lavender Orp over Barred Rock

    Yup! I was thinking to sell the pullets and keep the cockerels for the meat pen. Just hatch out F1 crosses only. What about the crele? There is a breeder not far from me who has them, and I’d love to see what that produces. The chicken calculator above is a bit over my head. It also said crele...
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    Lavender Orp over Barred Rock

    Question for the genetics folks... Im thinking of getting a couple of nice quality barred rock hens to add to my flock, and hopefully produce some black sex links to sell. Am I correct that if I put my lavender (split to Isabel) orp roo over the barred rock hens, I would get a sex linked F1...
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    Tailless Tolbunt Polish?

    Yeah this chick never had a tail at all. His/Her butt is just like an araucana, not even a nub.
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    Tailless Tolbunt Polish?

    BUMP
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    Tailless Tolbunt Polish?

    We bought this little tolbunt polish from a friend as a grow out. It’s sister is a proper polish but this one appears to be rumpless. No tail bud, no tail feathers, just a few feathers angled down over its bum like an araucana or guinea, otherwise perfectly healthy. I’ve never seen something...
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    9 ducks, 15 chickens, 2 dogs, 3 cats and one angora rabbit

    9 ducks, 15 chickens, 2 dogs, 3 cats and one angora rabbit
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    Guard Geese Question

    I recently lost about 70% of my mixed flock of chickens and ducks to a fox attack. I have read that geese, while they won't take on the foxes, should they return (my place is now secured tighter than the Federal Reserve), will raise the alarm and make quite a racket. My run is 1000 sq. ft., and...
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    Cayuga/Mallard cross offspring

    UPDATE! 5/7 eggs hatched! One was a dud, and the other was a 4-5 day early death. The 5 that hatched look NOTHING like Big Brown and Lady except for one. So, I suspect Howard (my french white muscovy drake) is Lady's back door man! Two are black and white pied, one is silver and white pied, and...
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    Cayuga/Mallard cross offspring

    Absolutely, Big Brown and Lady are great. She's almost 5 years old and still lays just about every day.
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    Cayuga/Mallard cross offspring

    Probably a bit of both. It was pretty clear he didn't really care about these ducks. Kept all of them in a 10x10 concrete dog run. No bath, no swimming access, and only a lean-to for shelter. Even though he had a large man-made pond/lake about 30' away from the dog run... When he said that I...
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    Fox in Town: What do you do?

    Just a thought....so nobody freak out....you can never fully predator-proof your run but I've been told the following method works well... shoot the fox, buy shovel, bury it, tell no one.
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    Muscovy duck hen question..

    Thx Quackers! Clutches 1 and 3 were incubator, #2 was under a silkie, and #4 is under a cochin, so lets see what pops out....if anything. *rolling eyes*
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    Cayuga/Mallard cross offspring

    Anyone?
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