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    turkey plucking compared to chicken and duck

    We have turkeys on our farm this year but we're a little nervous about dispatching them. We went through chickens no problem and with ducks the plucking got so frustrating before we had a plucker we would just skin them but now the plucker does 80% of it and we're not sure if that will be the...
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    Is this normal for a turkey?

    My two month old broad breasted turkey has a big, what looks like a growth, on its breast. This is my first time growing turkeys so am I just freaking out over nothing? Simple Google search says it could just be a fatty deposit which is normal, or blisters. I'm just concerned because none of the...
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    What happened to my eggs?

    I got an incubator to hatch out my Jersey Giant eggs. First time using an incubator. Out of 11 eggs 6 seem to not be doing anything (maybe infertile). 4 we’re developing then all the blood vessels seemed to detach and pool in the same spot. And one is maybe coming along properly. I have pictures...
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    • chick chicken egg abnormalities egg advice egg behavior incubabtion incubaor incubate jersey chickens jersey giant chicks
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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    Incubating with multiple hens

    I have two jersey giant hens and an evil rooster. Last clutch we had he murdered several chicks before I could intervene (they were new for us and I didn’t realize he would be so aggressive with his own chicks. please don’t judge too harshly 😭) so we got an incubator. So I’m wondering, since...
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    Turkeys!

    My husband and I want to try out raising turkeys for meat. We prefer getting poultry that are good at incubating and raising their own. What would be the best breed to start with? Not really interested in broad breasted turkeys since they don’t really reproduce on their own and have short...
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    Onions and garlic for deterrent

    I’ve heard that onions and garlic are natural pest control against bugs and rodents in a garden. But has anyone ever grown it around a poultry pen to prevent critters who shouldn’t be in there? Could this work? Would it negatively affect the poultry in the pen?
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    Bleed out in eggs

    I have Muscovy ducks that lay and raise their own eggs and ducklings. My ducks have both successfully hatched and raised clutches separately however out of this clutch only one egg hatched out of about seventeen eggs. I candle every so often (not consistently but every two weeks) and out of...
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    Muscovy ducklings

    I am in the Mojave Desert of California (near Barstow). They just lifted the quarantine and I have fourteen ducklings that are almost two months old, ready to sell. If interested please message and I can send you my number. (Photos are of the parents).
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    Sneezing chicken

    I have four free range chickens. My oldest girl (a year old). Started sneezing randomly a few times and she looks like she is molting. So we isolated her in a spare pen we had. I live in the Mojave desert and most of my yard is dirt and dried weeds. Is this a simple case of nasal irritation...
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    How may roosters?

    My hen just hatched a clutch. Three out of five survived. Based on colors I’m pretty confident one is female and one is male. The other is probably male but I’m unsure. My chickens free range so the rooster has the run of the three acres while my hen is in a pen with the chicks until they are...
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    Chick grit

    My native soil is on the sandy side ( I live in the desert). So do I really need the chick grit?
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    Best egg chicken

    Questions are at the bottom My husband and I would like to add some more chickens to our little farm. We have a rooster and hen we got from a neighbor to just roam around the yard for big control and chicken tv. We started with the rooster and three hens but one got killed by the other hens and...
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    Fodder systems

    I’ve looked into doing fodder for my Muscovies for a while. We plan on doing duck weed in the future but that’s on hold until we can get supplies. what are some good seeds to use for a fodder system? And where is a good, inexpensive source?
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    Incubating chicken eggs with a duck

    So my Muscovy is sitting on a nest of about thirteen eggs right now and one of my chickens started laying a couple eggs. Is it ok to add those eggs to the duck eggs, let her incubate them and remove them when they start pipping? I don’t know the breed of chicken cuz I got them from a neighbor...
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    Mixing poultry

    My husband and I currently have Muscovies and are building a big aviary for them. But we want to expand our flock once the poultry ban lifts (we live just outside the quarantine zone but can’t travel into town without going through it) and we would like a variety of birds. What kind of poultry...
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    • ducks and chickens flock building flock integration muscovey turkey
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
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    Building an aviary

    My husband and I want to build an aviary for our Muscovies. The plan is a 50ft x 50ft around 7ft tall. But we’re still in the learning stages on building stuff. Any advice on materials, tutorial videos and/or best mesh to enclose it? We want this thing to be huge. Also any advice or pointers...
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    • aviary duck house muscovies
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Chicken in the tree

    My chickens are free range with a coop they get locked into at night for protection. Last night only two out of three came back. Thought maybe a predator got her. Came out in the morning and she was hanging out like nothing happened. we come out this evening to lock them up again and only two...
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    Raising food for dogs

    Hello, I am an aspiring farmer and am making attempts toward making my own dog food at home. What animals would be best to raise on the farm as an effective and efficient protein source for the dogs. We already have ducks, but the recipes I've seen online make it feel like one full size duck...
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    Retire to the freezer?

    So to preface the situation My husband and I are raising and breeding Muscovies. We’re still new to this whole thing as we’ve only been doing it for a year. Currently we can’t sell our ducks because of the poultry ban (California, just outside quarantine zone) but we’re just going to eat them...
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    • duck egg female duck muscovies
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
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    Muscovy duck intergration

    I have a pen with three Muscovies, one drake and two ducks. I have a duck in the pen next to them with my three chickens and rooster. The duck seems to get along with them. I was considering putting the solo duck in with the three in the neighbor pen but want to make sure I do it right. They’ve...
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    • aggression flock hierarchy flock integration muscovey muscovies
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
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