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    How much Purina Flock Raiser do you feed per goose, per day?

    We currently have 15 geese, 6 turkeys, and 30ish chickens (chicken math, ya know?). We go through an insane amount of feed and I'm looking to do better with rationing feed to help reduce costs, but I definitely don't want anyone starving. I'm curious - how much Purina Flock Raiser do you feed...
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    Hen or Rooster

    This is a starlight green egger. We have 6 of them that are 5 months old and for the last 3 weeks I have brought in 5 eggs a day. This makes me think that someone isn't laying... I've been arguing with myself for the last few weeks about whether this chicken is a rooster.. I go back and forth...
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    Flock Adjustments (merging flocks, and adding a new gander)

    Hello, I have quite a few changes that we are making to our flock and I am hoping for some advice on the best/safest way to merge these flocks so that they can free range together. We currently have 6 Geese from another farm that we added to our farm in July 2021 4 Sebastopol geese/gadders...
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    Chickshaw 2.0 - How do I stop my birds from roosting in the nesting boxes?

    I have a chickshaw 2.0 with about 30 chickens. It's been working great for us for the last 2 months - with one exception -- the birds roost in the nesting boxes, every single night. Now, I know that the reason for this is the Chickshaw design has nesting boxes higher than the roosting bars. I...
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    Do your Sebastopol Geese fly?

    Hi All! We picked up 4 Sebastopol geese that are completely smooth feathered. This evening when I looked out, one of the Sebastopol geese was on the wrong side of the 4ft fence. Everything that I've read about them says that they cannot fly - but that is associated with the curly feathers...
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    Embden or Smooth Sebastopol?

    We went to pickup 2 African Geese and were offered 4 additional geese/ganders/goslings (10 weeks old). She said they were sebastopol geese but neither ofnthe parents nor these youngens have curled feathers. Curious about defining differences between Embden and Sebastopol geese at 10 weeks...
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    Heritage Turkeys, Butcher Weight Timeline

    Hello, This is our first year raising turkeys. We have 3 different breeds of heritage (Blue Slate, Red Bourban, and Black). Everywhere I read says that they will reach "market weight" in 26-28 weeks. My question is - what is market weight? We would like a 10-15 pound turkey to put in the oven...
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    6 week old jumbo cornish cross - 10 lbs - are they ready to process?

    Hello, This is our first year raising meat birds. We have jumbo cornish cross from cackle hatchery. They are 6 weeks, 3 days old --- we took a weight today and they are 10 pounds +/- I know that they are usually processed around 8-10 weeks, but we are at butcher weight. Should we process now...
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    Cornish Cross 2 weeks old. can they go outside

    I have 25 cornish cross chicks that are about 2 weeks old. Day temps are 75-90 for the foreseeable future. Nights are mid to upper 60s When can these poop machines go out to a joel salatin'ish style chicken tractor? Is it too cold at night? They have a heat plate in the boorder but most of...
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    How old are these chicks - can they go outside full time without a heat source?

    Hello!! We bought these chicks from TSC - they were half off because they were older. We have had them 2.5 weeks, and they were already feathering when we bought them. I think they are probably 4-5 weeks but I would love input from others. They went outside yesterday, but I brought them back...
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