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    Comment by 'johny' in article 'Do Poultry Mourn Over The Loss Of A Flock Mate?'

    Their brain is the size of a Chick Pea. Don't get too touchy/feely over a critter that barely has a cerebral cortex. At least it is a vertebrate. They can clearly can make plans (try to catch one on free range), and has very sort term ambitions to live (try to catch one on free range). But...
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    Ducks and chickens together

    I get day old ducklings and chicks on the same day. They grow up together and generally leave each other alone. But.... I once tried introducing 2 1/2 week old Pekins to five 2 year old ISA Brown hens. In a large grass and shrub free-run 25x100 feet. Within seconds those hens were brutally...
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    Duck diarrhoea

    Ducks shoot out blasts of liquid green poop at the best of times. Is it diarrhea? Or is it just how ducks normally are?
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    Comment by 'johny' in article 'Do Poultry Mourn Over The Loss Of A Flock Mate?'

    I've seen Swallows fly down to dead mate (who got hit by car) again and again. Obviously some sort of grief reaction. But...my chickens show their true feelings if another dies by eviscerating end eventually eating their dead "buddy",
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    Fox problem

    1/4 inch welded wire.... 1 foot wide.... buried 1-2 inches underground.... from right under main above ground fence to 1 foot away.... no diggers will be able to get in.. raccoons, fox, coyotes, wolves, badgers, dogs, cats, Above ground, as long as you have 2x2 welded wire almost nothing will...
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    PEKIN DUCK lessons from first season

    8X3 will be fine for two young ones. By the time they were bigger, they were using 1/2 gallon each per day. 10 ducks and 3 geese of equivalent size ate 80 pounds of Waterfowl Starter feed in 3 1/2 weeks. Don't be in a rush to let them swim. Until they start preening themselves to make...
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    PEKIN DUCK lessons from first season

    PEKIN DUCKS SUMMARY Lots of lessons learned this spring/summer about raising Pekin Ducks. 1) Fifty square foot brooder is OK for the first week for 10 ducks. After that the mess of spilled water and poop is very difficult to keep up with. Eventually resorted to a modified deep litter...
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    Niacin question

    I bought a Kilo of pure Niacin from a feed store near Wallenstein Ontario. Cost about $15. It will last my lifetime. Just add to their drinking water. Might not have been necessary because they also sold waterfowl specific starter feed for ducklings and goslings--it was Niacin supplemented too.
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    GOLDENROD

    My free run is being taken over by golden rod. Originally it was all grass, clover and alfalfa. Now 1/3 is goldenrod. The chickens love it for day time shelter from the sun but don't eat it. Planning to get 10 Pekin Ducks next spring. Will they eat Goldenrod? If not, would geese eat it?
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    FREE RANGE PEKIN

    I have a 10x40 yard free range that I have kept meat birds chickens in every summer. I tilled and planted alfalfa and clover 5 years ago. Now it is 50% grass, 25% clover, 25% various wild meadow weeds. I can raise 25 Grazers (Freedom Rangers) and they do well without destroying the habitat I...
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    GRAZER

    They stay out only mid June to mid september at the latest. In mid summer heat they tend to hang out in the shade but otherwise they were active the entire time.
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    GRAZER

    You did well for size. My birds run an area about 20x100 yards. I re-planted the run with clover and alfalfa last year. But it's no picnic for them. They get a 3 walled (+roof) plywood sleeping hut. Full exposure to the outdoors otherwise. While they ate lots of the meadow greens, their main...
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    got lucky today

    I’m lucky that I still have a chicken coop and outdoor run. This guy came through about 7AM this morning. He was mostly interested in tearing down my bird feeders and eating sunflower seeds. Chicken was not on the menu today.
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    GRAZER

    I only got a few eggs. They were pale pinkish brown. All 20 birds ended up in the freezer by late September when they were 15-17 weeks old. They all lived free range on 20x100 yards of old meadow. Also a steady diet of 22% Protein Meat Bird Crumble. The hens averaged 4-5 pounds fully dressed...
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    GRAZER

    They have a bird called Berg's Grazer this spring at Berg's Hatchery in Manitoba It is supposed to be like a Cornish x in size and shape. But they grow slower and can be sent to free range. Any comments or experience with birds like that?
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    free range area per bird

    I am fencing a little over 1/8 acre (6400 sq feet)of old hay meadow to free range some meat birds. From Bergs hatchery in Manitoba, I plan to get 15 of their Bergs Grazers. They are Cornish X size but grow a bit more slowly. I hope the plot will be well grazed by the birds by the end of the...
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    FEATHER LOSS mid back

    Yes it was the rooster. But hens will do it too. My hens all regrew feather after their fall molt. But one hen molted much later than the other five. The others pecked at her pin feathers so much that she still has scrappy patches with no feathers.
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    Have you had this happen to you?

    MV, are you thinging the seeds passed through the birds undigested? I could beleive it for tomatoes. But surely a larger seed like squash would be ground up in the gizzard. Perhaps the birds tossed around rotten bits of veggies that got buried in your coop bedding and never entered the birds...
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    Are radish ok ?

    Toss it in and see what happens. I don't grow radishes but I wonder if too much would flavour the eggs.
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    Is lasagna ok?

    They love pretty much all pasta dishes. If it a very meaty lasagna, the protein load will be good for them. I've noticed that my Buff Orpingtons increase egg production about 3 days after a heavy protein load from leftovers and that the higher level of egg production lasts 3-4 days.
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