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  1. jsawler

    canadians , please step in!

    I'm out in nova scotia. just a hobby guy with about 100 meat birds a year. I want to build a barrel plucker. checked the price of fingers locally..$3.50tx each. so yes I went on to google, found some in the usa. 200 fingers for $69. then I checked the shipping...with fingers it totalled $189 +...
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    clip wings?

    I've done meat chickens for years. but this year I'd like to try some turkeys. so I've cleared off an alder patch , and started a coop. so I'm reading about how these birds like to roost high. can I avoid them flying by clipping their wing feathers?any ill affects from this?such as smaller...
  3. jsawler

    fenceing material ??/

    has anyone ever tried using snow fencing for a fence?and if so ,what went wrong with it?
  4. jsawler

    ????new to ducks question????

    I have 3 rouen ducks , and one that is all black with a white throat(no idea what it's called). they are now full grown. I am keeping them over the winter as pets . but I needed to know how to winter them. do they need to swim in water over the winter? or just to drink? can I keep them with...
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    promised my wife i'd ask!

    k , so we have quite a few coops on the go. yet we are new to keeping chickens as pets! so we have 1 coop with 3 roos in it, another with 27 young chicks and bantys in it.plus a roaming roo we call ''mutt'' cause he roams the yard. mutt belonged to a group of three ''trouble'' roos we got from a...
  6. jsawler

    preping

    i look on here and see almost everyone plucks their birds. is that because it is ''traditional?or you like the skin and fat?or do you find it easier than skinning your birds out? if this has been beat to death on here....forgive me , i'm new on here! thanks, jonathan
  7. jsawler

    maritimer

    just wanted to say hi guys. I've been a ''lurker'' for a while now. got some great ideas on a coop and a tractor. I keep finding new things everytime i'm on here! great info , keep up the great reads! so greetings from Nova Scotia Canada! later,jonathan
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