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    ISO Cotton Patch OR Pilgrim Goslings for shipping or East TX.

    It seems like 2021 was not a good year for pilgrims! I had a preorder at a hatchery that came and went for the entire season, and Metzer was sold out for the year in Jan, with none available this year : / I'm trying to establish a flock, so if anyone has a lead on a breeder that will be...
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    LF hatcheries or breeders that ship for Pilgrim OR Cotton patch

    I just came from Metzer where I was thinking I could reserve some goslings and it looks like he's sold out for the year by end of Jan and offering no shipping dates. Been wanting auto sexing geese for a long time now and I haven't had much luck finding them for sale. Any ideas? I'm in NE Texas...
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    Incubator: I need to make an investment call

    I'm looking at an incubator for investment purposes. I would like to be hatching heritage and rare breed turkeys, ducks, chickens and geese, maybe quail or pigeon (just to keep options open.) I'm even open to producing balut for market if I had the opportunity and learned how. My original...
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    Desperately seeking auto sexing geese in East Texas

    I promised myself this year I would get my geese, and in the 2 weeks it took for me to get my first paycheck since shutdown Metzer is sold fresh out of Pilgrims and everyone I've reached out to on my local groups doesnt have any birds available, and I can't find another breeder that ships day...
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    (Pilgrim) Goose Advice

    Last spring I purchase at a swap a pilgrim gosling that was white, so we figured "boy". Well. "Percy" seems to have started laying eggs, and now I'm noticing that "she" has one gray spot on her head. So I guess she's either not a pure pilgrim or very poor color genetics. Should I get her a...
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    Pilgrim Gander over Saddleback Pom Goose?

    I'm not working on any kind of breeding project-- It's just that I have this one pilgrim gander and I need a girlfriend for him and since that's a problem most people have I figure I'll have better luck buying sexed females from a hatchery and raising them than mature single geese. The big...
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    Black Masked (Gypsy) Muscovies ISO

    I'd like to get in touch with someone who breeds smooth masked muscovies with very little to no carunkles. Any colors starting out would be fine, it's going to be a long term project of mine. I'm located in east texas, so would prefer to deal with someone who ships ducklings if possible? I...
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    ISO Pilgrim geese in NE texas

    Looking for a contact to purchase pilgrim breeding stock. Must be purebred, looking for at least 2 young female geese. I'm located in Upshur Co. of East Texas and Longview/Mount Pleasant/Tyler/Canton/Sulphur Springs/Shreveport/Texarkana etc. are all easy hops for me.
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    Where did you buy your Pilgrims?

    I'm looking to add a trio of pilgrims to my farm (or maybe a whole clutch and pick my best breeders if affordable). True autosexing is my main want in addition to the breed's usual statistics and I just read an article about someone who bought from a hatchery and ended up with white "male...
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    A super exotic question: Svart Hona vs. Ayam Cemani

    Does anyone have enough stats or experience on the breed to contrast the two "blackest breeds"? They both look similar in coloring, type, and breed background to me. Does one breed run larger in body than the other? or does one make a better layer than the other?
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    How are "Swedish Flower hens" different from "Icelandic chickens"? Or are they different breeds at a

    I'm just scratching the surface on Icies as a solid winter laying breed, and I keep seeing "swedish flower hens" come up. Are the breeds different? or a color variety of the same chicken by a different name? I'm little concerned with flashy colors, but am interested in the Icelandic's reputation...
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    Can't Decide! Octagon Eco or 1588 hovabator??

    I think I have been flip flopping for a year + over which tabletop bator I should buy! Both these models; the octagon 20 eco, and the 1588 hovabator with an auto turner, have very good reviews, and are pretty much "idiot proof". My source of pause, is I am not sure which would hold...
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    What hatchery do you recommend for runners?

    I'm tracking down a decent source for runner ducks-- A lot of hatcheries breed "runner-esque" ducks without the correct wine bottle look, and bad layers to boot-- so much so that I am afraid to mail order them. Local breeder is not an option, I already checked. I'll have to get them from someone...
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    Help me out with combs?

    I'll cop to it, I'm a duck person-- chickens are sort of out of my element. Maybe someone more experienced can help me? Are my two wyandotte hens wearing the breed correct rose comb? or a single comb?
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    Name that Banty!

    This is a 3 month old bantam hen-let, I suspect phoenix but I barely know chickens enough to know which end the egg comes out of (good thing they come out the same side as ducks! LOL!) She's purebred and came from Ideal Poultry and was hatched back in may.
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    If you wanted to naturally breed and hatch large breasted meat birds....

    ... how would you do it? I've done some research and double breasted females on pasture free ranging and a good diet can handle a long and productive life-- but I don't know enough about turkey breeds to know what kind of tom would be best? I admire royal palms and prefer the white...
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    Managing an adult goose with Angel wing

    I rescued 3 geese from the park a few weeks ago-- 2 Africans, and one that I suspect to be a pilgrim or toulouse x african. The latter has a case of Angel wing, or twisted wing tip.. either way both her wing tips seem tipped upside down, and all her big wing feathers were ratty and dead when I...
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    Can I salvage the meat (safely)??

    Darn kids. 3 of my turkeys, two only 2 months old got themselves into my cow pen, and couldn't get out. Told kids to get them out... they decided not to listen. Young turkey number 1 got hot, jumped into the huge stock tank (tank equals about 3-4 bathtubs), fell into stock tank, drowned. Was...
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    Tender tips for a free range turkey?

    I am completely unprepared! Of the birds I intended to slaughter for fall (BBWs) one of the 4 month old toms is about 8 lbs lighter than the others and developed a limp in the last two weeks that has only gotten worse, today he didn't want to walk, just sitting in the grass under the arizona...
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    Much A'broody About Nothing

    I have a white layer hybrid duck hen (from metzer) that is acting very broody and protective of her next box, BUT there are no eggs in the box?? She permitted her flockmate to sit next to her and drop an egg in the same box this morning, but "Buttercup" doesn't have any of her own in there. If...
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