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    Poll: New Color Varieties for English Orpingtons

    I love genetics and have been wanting to work on making some new (in the US, at least) color varieties of English Orps for the fun of it. I'm trying to decide on a few colors to focus on first. Will you vote in the poll to help me decide? Pretty please with a cherry on top! Feel free to share...
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    Waterfowl for Meat Production Thread - Ducks, Geese, and Muscovies

    I haven't really seen any good, active threads about raising waterfowl for meat production. Lots and lots of chicken threads, of course, but not much on the webbed feet front. So, this thread is for chatting about raising, managing, butchering, and cooking ducks, muscovies, and geese...
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    Gander with possible botulism?

    After letting my geese out onto their pasture this morning I noticed that the gander was acting dizzy and having a lot of trouble walking - like a drunk sailor on high seas. Last night he was totally normal. He's falling backwards onto his rump (occasionally somersaulting all the way over)...
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    2016 Peepers - What are you waiting on?

    This thread is to share what you're getting or hatching for 2016! I wasn't going to get any more laying chickens this year. Ducks, geese, and meat chickens were all that I was going to get. So, here's the shipments I'm waiting on now: March 16th: 6 Porcelain d'Uccles 6 Porcelain OEGB 6...
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    Gander cracking eggs open

    A few weeks ago our duck started laying. We got 4 eggs from her and found a piece of the 5th in their pen which they share with our pair of geese. Last night we put 5 chicken eggs in their pen to see if they disappeared and this morning all that remained was a bit of shell. This evening I put in...
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    Help me plan my duckling purchase

    My husband has approved my plans to get some ducks. We have plenty of space and housing for them and they (I assume anyway) can spend their days out on pasture with our geese. The geese have a kiddie pool that they are a bit territorial of, so I suspect additional pools might be necessary...
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    Advice on Gosling with Difficulty Walking

    I have a pair of American Buff goslings that are about 2 weeks old. I've noticed today that the female, Gertie, is only taking a few steps before laying down and seems to not want to walk if it can be avoided. The male, Gus, is running around normally. There doesn't appear to be any swelling or...
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    Bramblefir's New Coop

    We originally built our coop inside of the barn, but my husband has decided it's time for the chooks to have a space of their own. I have to agree! I used Excel to make a quick schematic for us to work from and I think I've mostly got it how I want it. We've also picked a spot for the coop and...
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    Talk about a dark horse!

    Our current flock is 20 weeks old today and we have been watching a couple of our most developed pullets very closely. Lizzy Leghorn was our first pullet to develop and has the largest, reddest comb of anyone. Her pelvis has spread to nearly 3 fingers wide and we were expecting her to lay first...
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    Buff Rock Chicks?

    Our order from McMurray included 3 extra chicks that I had assumed were extra (Splash) Blue Andalusians. They are nearly 2 weeks old now and I've realized that their leg and feather color is completely wrong, especially compared to the actual splash-colored chick. Their size is currently very...
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    Hello from Oregon!

    Hi! We have 10 hilly acres in Oregon covered in Douglas Firs and blackberries (bet you couldn't guess that!). We are waiting on a shipment of 30 chicks from McMurray and expect them to arrive April 1st. As for chicken experience, I had Australorp hens and an EE rooster, Armageddon aka "Army"...
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