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    My blue slate turkeys suck at math

    So I have a trio of blue slates. Hatched out a clutch of eggs, expecting 50% slate, 25% self blue, and 25% black. Got 11 live poults. 3 slate, 2 self blue, and 6 black. They have failed their statistics class. (The two that made it to lockdown but didn't hatch? Black lol) (To avoid lectures...
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    What should I hatch?

    So I have a hen who's gone broody. I was going to hatch chicks this year, but not yet, so my breeds are still mixed up in one big flock. I'm going to give her something to hatch, but I need it to be something I can sell easily because my breeding goals do not include mystery mutts. Hens...
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    Turkey egg ID

    Is there a sure fire way to tell turkey eggs from chicken eggs? I have two turkey hens that live in the chicken coop. I also have white and cream layer pullets. I know turkey eggs are pointy and speckled. Can I tell one from a pointy chicken egg that might be a little dirty?
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    Amusing anatomical abnormalities

    And alliteration too! Anyone found strange body parts or lack thereof in your butchering adventures? My latest was a duck who lacked a tail. Now he was always an "odd duck," he was crested, and ran in circles when stressed, but his body always looked shorter than his noncrested Ancona hatch...
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    Get in the coop!!!

    Will my poults ever put themselves to bed like chickens? I have four six week old poults who have a perfectly good coop to sleep in at night, but they prefer to sleep in a pile on the ground. Do turkeys have the roosting instinct to go to bed at night? Or am I doomed to scooping them up every...
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    Breeding question

    Not new to geese, but new to breeding them. Our first attempt at breeding a pair of buff geese failed due to the minor detail of them both being ganders ... Oops. Starting fresh with sexed pairs from metzers. We have two pair of buffs and two pair of pilgrims. Still fuzzy babies, but we are...
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    Breeding blue/splash

    I realize this isn't a breeding forum, but it doesn't seem that there is one. I understand blue/black/splash genetics. What I'm curious about is how dominant the black is in a splash bird. I have a splash ameraucana roo who is covering a mixed flock. I did a test hatch of my black copper marans...
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    Breed guesses? Meyer rare breed pullets

    We got a batch of "rare breed" chicks from meyer in December. Link to their breed list: https://www.meyerhatchery.com/productlist.a5w?subcat=5035&cat=1020 Most of our pullets are easily identified, however there are a few we are unsure about, and wanted more opinions before we sell them! The...
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    Cold weather broody?

    I have a dark cornish pullet, hatched this June. She thinks that now is a great time to hatch a clutch, on the ground under a bush. In all fairness, she was born there, but in considerably warmer weather. I live in central New Hampshire. Currently it is getting below freezing at night, high of...
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    Broody-raised broilers?

    Has anyone done this? It was not my intention to get broilers in October (I'm in northern New England). But my dark Cornish hen insisted on setting in September, during a heat wave, and none of her eggs hatched. So I needed some chicks for her so she wouldn't sit for so long she totally lost...
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    Turkey fryer?

    Who uses a Turkey fryer for scalding? We are thinking of getting one due to the inherent mess, headache, and even danger of hauling hot water from inside to out in large quantities. What size do you use? I assume bigger is better. And while I understand they can fit a dead, dressed turkey...
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    Who says corn has no protein?

    This is what the hens call a "value-added food product."
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    Buff/Embdem mix?

    I have a buff gander, and hatched out some embdens this spring. Going to keep one female to be his companion. What might the goslings look like? Is white dominant, or would they be an in-between shade of buff? Thanks
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    Freezer question

    We are looking to get a chest freezer to store our ducks and cockerels, but don't know how much space we need. About how many cubic feet do I need for, say, eight ducks and eight chickens? Seems like 5 ft3 would be too small, but don't know if 15 ft3 would be way too much. What size are your...
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    Fertile egg eating

    So I have fertile eggs. I eat and sell them all the time. Yum yum. This past week I was away, and my egg collector did not see the need to collect every day. I also have two broody hens who like to sit on any egg that comes their way. So my eggs this past week have been incubated for anywhere...
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    Silkies: who has eaten them?

    So I got some "assorted bantams" at TSC this spring, they all had blue skin and five toes, so I got a dozen to raise some broodies. They were a dollar each. What a deal. Turns out they are silkies crossed with some large fowl bird with a single comb and yellow skin. Whatever. Slaughtered four...
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    Muscovy color question

    Hello duck people! Kind of a silly question, but what color are my ducks? I'm pretty sure that "cocoa, mocha, snowball, and silver" are not the correct technical terms for their colorations. That being said, I know the white one is white, and I'm pretty sure the dark one is chocolate. The...
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    Goose mounting a duck?

    I have a pair of buff geese. The male was sexed at hatch, the other I'm 75% sure is female, from vent sexing her at one month old. They are 10 months old. Today the female was mounting a female duck, who was squatting for her. It was the first time I had seen any sexual behavior from either of...
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