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    French White Muscovy Ducks and Pilgrim Geese available in Northern Michigan/Suttons Bay

    I will likely have goslings and duckslings later this year. They are just starting to think about making nests now!
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    Template sensor for brooding in the barn

    I'm looking for recommendations for temperature sensors I can put in my homade brooding setup. I imagine I can buy some type of unit that would work with my android phone. My chicks arrive soon and being in northern Michigan I always worry they are too cold. If I knew the temp in the broader...
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    Buff Brahma thread!!!(please feel free to join)

    Hello I started with Buff Brahmas early this summer. They hatched about June 16, 2023. Purchased them from Murray McMurray a flock of about 24 hens and a few roosters. I've had light and dark Brahmas before and really like the breed. And the coloring of the buffs really appealed to me 🤩🙄 My...
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    French White Muscovy Ducks and Pilgrim Geese available in Northern Michigan/Suttons Bay

    Hello, Sadly I do not have any geese available for sale at this time. Sorry
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    French White Muscovy Ducks and Pilgrim Geese available in Northern Michigan/Suttons Bay

    Hello! I might be able to ship in the spring. I need to learn how to do that. I even had someone want me to ship an adult. I know that is done and infact I once bought some adult geese that were shipped to me via ups mail. If you like could you please send me an email at susan at...
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    French White Muscovy Ducks and Pilgrim Geese available in Northern Michigan/Suttons Bay

    Pilgrim Geese: I have a breeding pair of Pilgrim Geese and 2 single ganders available. These geese hatched on my farm in mid-June. I have had Pilgrim geese for 3 years now and am very satisfied with this breed. I tried two other breeds before the Pilgrims and can now say I have found the best...
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    When can I let goslings go without water and feed at night

    Thank you so much for a such a helpful reply. Your answer is so pragmatic. My goslings and ducklings were all reared by geese or ducks. So they are well cared for. I think I will leave one dish/pan of water for them but take away the food. It will keep the barn cleaner and I have to be a away...
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    When can I let goslings go without water and feed at night

    What age in weeks do you decide it is ok to take away food and water from goslings at night. I read in Holderread's "Story guide to raising ducks", he says several weeks. And I know that book is about ducks and not geese. I actually have the same question for ducks! I have 7 pilgrim goslings...
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    Starting a new bio-security system

    I'm starting a new bio-security system. I've been very lucky thus far and have had problems, but I want to be more vigilant starting this year. I have lots of guests at my farm, tourists really. I run a farmstay. I'm thinking of having wooden boxes or trays filled with powdered desiccant where...
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    Buying egg cartons

    I am at the point that I need to buy egg cartons. production is up and i am selling mroe and more eggs. Murray McMurray has 50 peper cartons for$17.90 for 50 fo them. That is the best deal I could find on teh web. Anyone else have any cheaper ones? And I do need new cartons. I also need some...
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    Reuseable Egg Cartons

    Thanks for the ideas. I've been reusing egg cartons that folks give me from the grocery store. But I run out quickly and they get dirty. I never thought about washing the foam or platic grocery store cartons. I also don't like how short lived they are. I was looking at this...
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    Reuseable Egg Cartons

    Hello, I'm looking to buy some reusable egg cartons. I sell two dozen eggs per week to my one good egg customer. I would like to buy some good, sturdy, washable, egg cartons for her. The eggs I use for my purposes are usually not washed and I have a nice homemade stand for them. Any...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thanks for the advice. I have the broody flock seperated in a chicken wire enclosure. and they can see each other in the chicken house. I will let it go for now and hope that my broody hen takes care of it thanks!
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Hen sometimes attacking my mother hen: I have a mother hen with 15 chicks. They were mail order chicks that she accepted after her clutch of eggs did not hatch. I think my rooster has low fertility. I keep her and her brood in a seperate fenced in area in the chicken house with their own outdoor...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I put some mail order chicks under my broody hen yesterday. None of her eggs hatched. I think my rooster is infertile. Occassionaly I see her peck at the chicks and sometimes the chicks peck back! I have seen several chicks peck and cling to her waddle. Is this normal? I wrote a blog post about...
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