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Need some opinions on setting up a breeding area for one tom and three hens. I currently have all my turkeys free ranging on my farm. They roost in the barn, on corral panels (not my idea), the hens sometimes are in the rafters. I want to hatch out some of my recessive blue Narragansetts. I...

I have 7 toms and 8 hens. They free range during the day and roost in my open sided barn at night. It's interesting to me that the toms and the hens often free range separately during the day. Anyway, I only want to breed my three recessive blue Narragansett hens to one of the three blue narri...

I have five two week old turkey poults one is lagging behind the others in growth and has been since I got them from the commercial hatchery. My question is for people that have had a "runt". Did it make it too adulthood. Was it just smaller in adulthood? I understand if there is something...

What do you all do for vaccinations? I'll use this one, I've used it in the past: AE-Poxine Avian Encephalomyelitis Fowl Pox Vaccine Does anyone use any other vaccines?

I'm ordering turkeys from Porter's this year. I know each turkey is different, how do find the temperaments in general? For those that have different varieties, are they significantly different in temperament?

I'm contemplating getting two goslings. I understand geese should not be kept without another goose. My question is - can two of the same gender be "happy"? Or do they need to be a male/female pair? Also, if I get two male geese (and no females) would they try to mate with my ducks during...

I have lovely silver Muscovy hens and drakes. I ended up with too many. They are 1 year old. I have 10 hens available all are laying right now. I have 8 drakes available. The hens roam the farm all day, the drakes have a large grass and tree area so they are used to being out and are healthy...

Muscovy ducklings and young ducks available in Northern Illinois. Ducklings are about 6 and 7 weeks. Youngsters are a couple of months old. I have blue pied, black pied, and I believe cream pied. They free range during the day but I don't pick them up so they are tame but I'd say not "pets"...

I saw a couple of folks use some interesting names for what I would call a flock of ducks. Searched google and came up with this from Quora: There are many collective names for ducks. If the group of ducks is in the water they are called a raft. A group of ducklings is called a brood. A pair...

I've been meaning to post Daffy's story for some time. Here's the story of my 8 year old crested Rouen. Crested ducks were my first ducks. I had no idea they could have neuro issues. It was clear Daff was having trouble from day 2. Before I realized nothing could be done he was in my heart...

I have many young Muscovy ducks and ducklings available now! I have males and females ranging from almost fully feathered to a few weeks old. I also have ducklings hatched on June 30th and one duck hatching this week. Most of the ducklings will be black and white pied (black with varied white...

My young Muscovey drake is biting at his heels, kind of. He walks along then he bites around his heels, sort of like something is stuck to the back of his foot. Then he walks on like nothings happened for a while. He does this to both feet. I can't figure this out. He's been doing this for...

How can something that looks like this... Produce something as pretty as these... I do love my Narragansett turkeys but a head close up is not their most flattering pose.

Answers to all these questions are probably somewhere, but the muscovy thread has 800 pages!!!!!!!! Long time lurker/first time muscovy owner here. I have five ducks and a drake. They roam about the yard and farm all day. I feed free choice flock raiser. I got them a few months ago, they were...

Hi Folks, Rowan is a 10 year old, 15 hand bay gelding. He was started maybe 5 years ago but not ridden since. He is not a beginner's horse, he can react long before he thinks when something frightens him. Much like some thoroughbreds. He's very good for the vet and farrier. He's always...

I'm new to Muscovy. I got 5 hens and a drake about two months ago. I believe the drake and four of the ducks hatched last fall. The other duck is a year or two old. I'm getting eggs (not sure how many per day). Anyway I really like them (they don't think much of me though). The ducks are...

Hi Folks, I've purchased eggs on ebay before and always received what I bid on, eggs, not washed, some larger than others, all packed pretty well. Only one issue: asked for Buff birds (seller said to specify white or buff) I hatched all white birds. Not that big a deal. I didn't even bother...

Hi folks I have 7 Narragansett poults and 7 poults from black winged bronze turkeys. Narragansetts hatched around 5/10/13, Poults from the Black Winged Bronze hatched around 5/3/13. The Narragansett eggs came from two separate flocks. The purchased the Black Winged Bronze from J Pool on...

Hi folks, Is it possible to get yellow poults from black winged bronze parents?

Over the weekend my first ever goslings hatched out of my Sebastapol's eggs. I was so excited, two lovely females and one male. They were doing great. I know I never would have been successful incubating them without all the wonderful info I find here. thank you all!!! The sad news is today...