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    Turkey not Laying

    When do turkeys start laying? I have a Narragansett hen that will be a year old in April and I thought she'd be laying by now. All my poultry lay eggs in the coop and unless I am mistaking the turkey eggs for duck eggs, I see none. I see her and my tom breeding so that's not a problem. Could she...
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    Breeding Pens

    I need to build a couple breeding pens for some new chickens that I would like to breed as purebreds, as opposed to my free-range mixed flock. I was thinking of an 8' x 8' pen divided in 2 so I could keep one breed on each side. But a small portion of each of those would have to be for 'indoor'...
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    Single comb blue/green egg layers?

    I'm not sure if I've ever posted this on here or if anyone has seen it before but this has always intrigued me and I wonder if it's actually possible. Can you have a single combed chicken that lays green or blue eggs and that breeds true? '5. Producing blue egg layers with single combs : cross...
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    Question on Ducks

    This spring was the first time I raised ducks for meat. I raised about 40, sold a bunch and probably ended up butchering 16. All the ones i butchered were Pekins. I butchered them at between 7 and 9 weeks old. I only did a few at 7, trying to avoid pin feathers but the ducks were kind've small...
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    Turkeys to the coop at night

    Any tricks to getting my turkeys to go to the coop at night? I think from what I read turkeys generally refuse to do this and from what I've experienced it's true. Although I have some free-range and some penned turkeys and the free-range ones still like to stay near their penned buddies which...
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    Turkeys for sale- 8 week old Narragansset and Midget White - SE PA

    I have 9 turkeys for sale. 5 Midget White and 4 Narragansett. They are all outdoors and ready to go. They are $18 each or $150 for all 9. Pick-up only. PM if interested.
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    Midget White...Not White?

    Has anyone heard of any incidences of Midget Whites with a bit of color or in my case some black on their feathers? I got my poults from welp hatchery. The midget whites I got all looked the same until about 2 weeks ago when this one started getting some color. They are 8 weeks now. This is the...
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    Smallest Breed of Dairy Sheep

    I swear I asked a similar question on here before but can't find it. Does anyone know what the smallest breed of dairy sheep is and I mean one that is actually worth milking. I've researched all I can about dairy sheep, what little there is. East friesians, awassi or assaf, and lacaunes seem to...
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    Sex-Linkage Ducks

    I know i read the answer to this question somewhere but can't find it again. I have Cayugas and Gold Star Hybrid ducks. The Cayugas are mostly drakes and the GSDs are hens. My BCM hen went broody and sat on some of their eggs, then her chick eggs hatched, she gave up on the duck eggs and I...
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    Peccary?

    Has anyone ever raised or heard of anyone raising peccary in the US for meat? I can't find much info on them but from what I gather they are small wild pigs(or related to pigs) with a herding tendancy which imho sounds great to raise on a small plot of land. They are probably great foragers and...
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    My goat made me so angry today!

    So I decided I want to plant apple trees. I got these things a month and a half ago. And planted them inside my goat pen. I fenced around them so the goats couldn't damage them and the fencing was 4 feet tall. The trees are only 4 to 5 feet tall now but I have this romantic image of goats lazing...
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    Breeding Moulards

    When breeding for Moulards can either sex of either species be used to produce this cross? And what percentage of the eggs will actually be fertile?
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    Ducks: Cayuga and Pekin SE PA

    I have 6 cayugas for sale. Some are crested. 2 drakes from mcmurrsy at 6 months old and 3 drakes one hen from ideal at 8 weeks old. I also have a few pekins for sale. One has a very large crest. They are from ideal. They are all $10 each. Pick up only.
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    Midget White/ Narragansett cross

    Does anyone know what a cross of these would look like? And would it be possible to keep 1 narraganseett tom over 2 midget white hens without him hurting them? The F1 generation that these produce, would be the breeding stock I would keep. I'm interested in this cross because I want a miniature...
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    Butchering ducks - Pin Feather question

    Today I butchered my first duck at exactly 7 weeks and 2 days. I had read that was the best time to do it because of pin feathers. Well this duck was covered in tiny pin feathers. So now I'm confused I know people say to butcher between 7 and 8 weeks but are the tiny down pin feathers...
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    Feeding wet food

    Does anyone feed their ducks mash/crumbles mixed with water? Is there any benefit to this? I think I read that they will have less visits to the waterer if the food is a bit wet. Currently I have 30 something ducklings indoors and that waterer is always empty. I put a plastic plant tray around...
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    Jersey Giant Growth Rate

    Has anyone noticed if Jersey Giant growth rate is exceptionally slow compared to other chickens? I have 3 that hatched a week after some of my crosses. I have buff orpington/ EE crosses for the most part. These birds are huge compared to the Jersey Giants and as I said htey are onyl a week part...
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    Talk about DOA...

    I ordered 35 ducklings from Ideal that were shipped this week. I went to pick them up at the PO this afternoon. The lady at the PO said that a few were dead. I said, I hoped there wouldn't be any but I guess I few would be expected. I took a peek in the box as I put them in my car and I saw...
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    Minimum fence height

    Can anyone tell me what the minimum height would be to be to keep a goose out of something, Like a vegetable patch or my driveway for instance. It would have to be not too tall and easy to move.
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    Breed for faster growth

    This may sound like a silly question. I was wondering if I wanted to breed for a faster growing bird, how would I determine which ones grow the fastest? At first I thought I could weigh every week until deadline/butcher day and keep the heaviest. Then I realized that just weighing live on...
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