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    FREE Plymouth Rock, Ark-LA-Tex

    I have a Plymouth Rock hen that goes broody often and I don't want to raise babies. Anyone interested? Either free or a trade for a pullet.
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    Pekin/Muscovy hybrids

    I have three Muscovy hens on nests. I have one Pekin drake and one muscovy drake. I never dreamed when I got a pair of Pekins that the drake would be so aggressive! He pesters my muscovy hens to death every time he sees them and breeds them a lot. the muscovy is not nearly as aggressive nor...
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    Advice on controlling duck population

    I have finally gotten predators under control, now all my hens have found a safe spot to lay and are trying raise babies. I am worried I will go from 4 hens to 50 quickly. My muscovies are the ones who are nesting and found places I couldn't collect every day. They had a whole pile of eggs...
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    Candling duck eggs

    We are at about day 14 or 15 (Muscovy). I have tried candling the eggs and all but one are very dark with a light circle at one end (air pocket?). Is this what I am supposed to see? I am assuming from what I have read that maybe the one was not fertile? I have one white Muscovy hen, two...
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    question about color of duck eggs

    Do all of muscovies color phases have the same color of egg? I am getting several of what I call the off-white eggs. I am also getting some eggs that are closer to a chicken egg in size and green. I am trying to decide if I have a chicken laying in the duck nest, or if one of ducks lays green...
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    Ark-LA-Tex African geese trio GONE

    want a good home for 3, 1 year-old birds. freeranging right now, getting about 2 eggs a day. no feed necessary if good grass. have been self-sufficient for a while now.
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    freezing veggies

    I am looking for ideas on how to best freeze or otherwise putup fresh vegetables. Example: I love fresh squash, but don't like them soggy. How can you freeze squash from the garden and have them later in the season? I like zucchini and yellow crooknecks or straightnecks, but haven't been able to...
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    Ark-LA-Tex extra birds for sale or trade

    I have three African geese, a pair of pekins, and a pair of mixed Black Mallard crosses. Have a few more birds than I would like right now so these are the ones I picked out to go. feel free to e-mail any offers [email protected] All are relatively young birds. The geese less than a year...
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    Muscovy acting strange

    I have a young Muscovy hen (first winter) that is walking around like she has no neck, with her head tucked real low and walking upright. I also noticed she is not eating any of the corn I have been throwing them as a treat. All of the others are going crazy over it and she just sits there. I...
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    pilgrim geese, ARK-LA-Tex area

    I haven't gotten a response on the for sale forum, so I thought I'd mention it here. I have a pair of pilgrim's that I would love to trade or sell. I really need to do something because one of my daughter's is scared of the male and will not go outside anymore. I have given up listening to the...
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    Pair of Pilgrim Geese, Ark-La-tex

    I have a pair of pilgrim geese, hatched last Spring. make offer. To pickup in Vivian, LA near Texarkana and Shreveport. male just too aggressive for my young girls. never hurt anyone, they are just scared to go outside. freeranged all their life, pen easily. [email protected]
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    geese aren't grazing the wintergrass

    I spent a lot of time and money clearing and planting several acres of grass so the geese would have plenty of winter forage. they haven't touched it yet! they appear to be spending all of their time on the summer forage that is almost brown (bermudagrass). I am wondering if I could get away...
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    suggestions on duck houses, geese houses, etc

    I freerange my birds on about a 6 acre partially wooded pasture with no pond (use large washtubs with float valves). I sometimes have difficulty getting my chickens to lay in the pen and have to pen them for a few days to get them back in the habit. Next spring I will have way more birds laying...
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    Muscovy hen with scabs

    My favorite Muscovy hen has black spots behind her eyes that looks like big scabs. She has had them for a few weeks now. Any ideas? Her overall appearance has been down, too. She isn't keeping herself well, dirty a lot (the others prefer clean water, she is bathing in a mud hole or something)...
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    fence quandary

    I cannot decide what I want to do. I have a large tree farm with about 5 acres mostly cleared (I leave occasional shrubs and trees for cover for the birds). I am debating whether I should fence off several acres, including my house, and make kind of a farm setting or just fence off about an acre...
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    more "natural" does not mean safer pesticide

    http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-31-2008/0004859574&EDATE= I am posting this link due to the tendency of people on this site and others to assume a product marketed as "natural" or "organic" means safer. This is an interesting article that confirms many...
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    stop laying without freeranging?

    I am wondering if it is coincidence or real that the last several times I have had to leave the birds (ducks and chickens and geese) in the pen all day and not been home to let them freerange that egg production stopped. I figured it's related to being 100 degrees every day also, but they...
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    What to plant for geese, ducks, chickens, winter forage

    With summer in full swing (100 degrees last few days) I have begun thinking about winter forage to plant for my new geese. I was debating between just a mix of deer foodplot mixes or oats, or annual ryegrass (which can be sown over the bermuda without discing). Anyone have any thoughts...
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    quit laying or a predator?

    Two days in the last week we went to collect eggs and there was none. The first time I blamed it on something going in thru the open door during the day and eating them (raccoon). Then, a couple days later, we left them penned all day and still no eggs. Today I decided to let them out early and...
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    Proof of double-yolk hatch

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25772658/?GT1=43001 I thought this was interesting. Barn Swallows born conjoined.
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