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    aferican gander is sitting on eggs

    I left 4 duck eggs in a nest to see if one of the girls would sit on them. At noon today went to check if anyone was sitting, and found my gander, Bill, sitting on the nest. My blue swede, Lulu, was quite aggitated. Seven hrs later he is still there. Is this normal? The goose, Hilary, will...
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    HELP! questions about homemade incubator

    I made a incubator out of a sytrofom cooler, basically Miss Prissy's design. I have 4 thermomators in there. They are all reading different temps. 3 are digatal and 1 is a small outdoor mercury. Digitals A and B are within 1.5 degrees of each other and the mercury is 1 degree of digital A...
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    New to geese, a few ???

    I just acquired a pair of one year old aferican geese!! They are a year old and the female is laying eggs. They free ranged where they lived before. I will also let them range during the day. My plan was to keep them in the coop/run for the first few days then let them out during the day. Do you...
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    do hens gobble?

    I have 3 bbb poults that are 3 months old. 2 of them puff up and strut 1 does not. Also the same 2 that strut will gobble at a crow call. Am I correct in assuming that those two are male? They all look a like to me. Thank you Wes
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    pekin ????

    If i wintered 1 female and 1 male pekin would that be a problem? I bought 6 mallards and 3 pekins this spring and they all ended up drakes except the 1 pekin hen. I am going to try and find a few more females, but if I can't will the drake over mate the female. All of the other drakes are going...
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    how many eggs?

    I am thinking of getting a few buff orph's and was wondering how many eggs each would lay in a week during the summer. I understand that each chicken is different, I'm looking for a ball park figure.Thank you in advance. Wes
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    Thank You

    Just finished processing the last CX. This was my first year with poultry of any kind. I could not of done this without this website. I processed 8 at 7 wks and 4 at 9 wks. Ended up with a 5.75 lb avg at 1.86$ a lb. The price per Lb was better the I expected and had fun in the process. I still...
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    1 dead and 1 dying

    I had a 7 week old CX die yesterday and one that I don't think will make it through the night. The one that is sick is breathing very hard and his comb is a darker shade then the other 11. Apparently nothing was wrong at 3:00 pm today but at 6:00 he would not move much and was was breathin very...
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    Turkeys on the deck!!

    How do I keep the stupid turkeys off the deck. Everytime I go in the house the turkeys follow me on the deck and wait for me to come out. If any one knows of a way to stop this short of fencing off th stairs please let me know. THANK YOU Wes
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    pekin ?????

    At what age will my ducks start laying eggs? How do you tell the sex of pekins? This is my first year with ducks. Thank You Wes
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    When should i process?

    When would the best time to kill and process one of my birds if I wanted it for supper on sunday? How long in the brine and what is the brine recipe? Thank you Wes
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    Feed questions

    Hello everyone. First time poster I have fifteen 5 week old cornish x and I was wondering if it would hurt to switch them from 22% to 18% food. I can get the 18% for half the price. They are in a tractor when i'm at work and ranging when i'm home. Thank you Wes
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