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    I bought some Icelandic eggs...

    ....and they're in the incubator now. I'm incubating my future incubators....hoping to get the broody trait solidly into my flock.
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    Little Giant incubator question from a first-timer

    The incubator has four little holes in the bottom and the place you put water is in the middle, under the egg turner. It is pretty difficult to get water in there without moving the turner and the whole thing cools down for a couple of hours after adding water. We haven't added eggs yet as we...
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    Meat birds on pasture/whole grains....anyone doing it? Breeds?

    So....I'm already planning for spring. My total meat bird experience is: two turkeys that were supposed to be hens and were not, and a few roosters from a couple of batches of broody-raised chicks. Now that cityboy dh is earning his farmboy boots, we have our first 10 official meat birds...
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    How do I ship turkey eggs safely?

    Sorry, folks, I tried a search and it brought up thousands of hits each time!!! My dad wants me to send him some turkey eggs on Monday for hatching, he lives several states away. How do I pack and ship them? Do I need to put something frozen in with them to keep them cool? How old/fresh do...
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    recipe needed, goat's milk ice cream

    I am looking for a good recipe, an old-fashioned one, for an ice cream (ice milk, really) to make with fresh, raw goat's milk and fresh, raw eggs. I would also like to use some wonderful baking chocolate squares I bought, too, but will be thrilled with a recipe for vanilla that is raw and does...
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    Calling all cheesemakers! Recipe question for you...

    Hopefully, someone with experience will see this and help me out. I am brand-new at making cheese, and let me tell you, without someone to teach me in my kitchen, it is both exciting AND discouraging! But the milk keeps coming, a gallon a day of goat's milk, so I will be persistant. My...
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    Toms or hens??? pix

    I bought this pair of Narragansetts about a month ago as 5-6 month-old "hens" and am not convinced they are hens, an online picture search yielded lots of pictures of mature turkeys, I am still wondering! Any opinions from experienced turkey people out there?
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    canning jar advice needed

    In my search for used canning jars, someone responded to my craigslist ad with quart jars that are Ball, 1930's, with zinc lids. Does anyone know if these are the type that I can use with the modern 2-peice lids, and in my pressure canner? It is a bit of a drive to get them, so I just want to...
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    Turkeys and clipped wings

    Hey, turkey owners, can I keep Bourbon Reds in a pasture with a four foot high wire mesh horse fence? Will they fly out? Can I clip the flight feathers off one wing, as I did with my chickens, to keep them off-balance and in the habit of living with us? How long should they be penned up...
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    Who is serious about getting healthy in '09?

    Who is serious about getting healthy in '09? I will be teaching a series of 12 classes (weekly) starting in January, via teleconference. I am offering it for half-price as I need a guinea pig group....I am adding a new componant to the already wildly successful series: A weekly segment for...
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    Grunting goat question

    Made ya look! Seriously, my newly rescued and very skinny and probably preggers doe does a lot of grunting when she eats. I realized that I never heard those noises coming from my other two pigs....um, goats....and don't remember hearing anything like it from the goats my family had when I was...
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    Goat experts and opinionated people needed: ivermectin vs herbals

    So, waddaya think? Ivermectin (I am thinking of the cow wormer given orally, or maybe a paste....she is so thin, I am not sure she should receive an injection unless lifesaving) vs Molly's Herbals for my dangerously-thin pregnant (probably, running with buck all year) recently rescued (Tuesday)...
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    How can I tell the age of a goat?

    Is there a way, like looking at the teeth of a horse, to estimate the age of a full-grown goat?
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    HELP! How do I safely fatten up a skinny doe?

    I picked up a pregnant goat yesterday, I was supposed to be checking her out to purchase, turned out to be more of a rescue (owners both fighting for their lives in hospital recently). Anyways, she is TOO thin, no one knows when she is due, and I think I was fed a line as to how old she really...
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    Dairy goat advice wanted!

    Looks like I may be getting my first dairy goat. I have a couple of pet pygmy-crosses now (watermelons on sticks) and we had a couple of dairy goats when I was a kid, but I did not do any milking, my brother did that. I did almost all the rest of the livestock care, but for some reason, not...
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    Pressure canners: what are your favorites?

    I am having a ball (jar ) with my new pressure canner and would like to know what others have canned successfully. I am particularly interested in one-jar meals, but any ideas....and recipes....would be much appreciated! so far I have done: Catfood (the initial reason for the canner, as my...
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    Pressure canning question/help

    I pressure canned some spaghetti sauce with beef and mushrooms today, and while distracted on BYC, the pressure went up a bit past 15 lbs....and my jars are not as full as when they went in, and the top looks a little less juicy. Will it be ok?
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    Question for backyard processors....what would you trade?

    I would like to ask a neighbor or relative to process some birds in exchange for some of the birds. What is a fair offer? If he takes ____ turkeys and delivers them to me ready-to-cook, he gets to keep ____ turkeys.....same for chickens? Or are chickens harder/easier? To change the question...
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    Nourishing Traditions fans, trade ideas, recipes?

    Anyone out there a fan of Nourishing Traditions, a recipe and educational book by Sally Fallon? I have been implementing, gradually, things from the book into our diets....starting with my chickens for the wonderful properties in the pastured eggs that she promotes in dozens of sidebars in the...
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    fox issues

    Has anyone used this product? It is called the Phantom Pest Wildlife Deterrent, the site is www.freewebs.com/walnut_creek_enterprises/fox.htm My father is losing a few chickens to a bold, daytime hunting fox. He gave in and lets them free-range without a fence (Eeek, I know, I may just spring...
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