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    muscovy ducks

    I would like to have a few Muscovy hens that walk around the yard, graze eat bugs, lay eggs. I would also like to keep a drake, but I understand they can be rough on the hens and nasty with people. Not interested in that. Would it be possible to free range the hens, and pen the drake...
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    new to turkeys

    Hi I am completely new to turkeys. I purchased a pair of royal palm turkeys a couple of weeks ago which have been running loose in the horse barn since then. I want to build them a pen/stall tomorrow. I am thinking 5x8. I was reading a book online that said small turkeys needed about 12...
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    housing bantam leghorns

    I am wanting to build small breeding pens/ buildings for Dark brown leghorn exhibition breeders. The chicks I have seem like they will fly quite well, so I am thinking a dropping board 2 feet above the floor with a roost 6 inches above that. The breeding groups will be set up as 4 females...
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    coop layout.

    If you were going to build a breeding barn that houses 5 trios of silkies and 5 spare males, what would you build? And how would you lay it out?
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    housing call ducks

    I want to raise my call ducks in pens, but not the raised ones with wire floors. does anyone know how much room they need in a floor pen? Holdereads books of ducks says ducks need 6-8 sq feet per bird, but I am thinking that is big ducks since the book isn't really about bantams. I want a pen...
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    looking for contact information

    Gerald Donnelly’s Donneyweir Farm I am looking for contact information for a fellow in Ontario that they call the goose man. Gerald Donnelly’s Donneyweir Farm. Does anyone know where I could find such information? Thanks
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    watering geese

    What is your favorite way to water your geese, when they are inside so they don't drown thier builidng and bedding?
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    fencing

    Does anyone keep there geese in with board fences? I am thinking the horizontal kind, like a horse pasture? I am wondering how far apart do you put your boards? thanks
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    Geese and call ducks

    We have 2 geese and a pair of call ducks. what is the best/ and most economical way to feed them in the winter snow and frozen ground when they can't graze. So far they each have thier own pen, but I am wondering if they can all live together?
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    housing breeding pairs

    I want to house my birds in pairs, or indidually, depending on if they are breeding or a spare. How do you house pairs for breeding? floor pens? raised cages? I am thinking 2 ' x 4' for pairs and 2x2 or 3 for individuals what do you think? they are silkies.
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    Breeder house design

    I want to build a building to house my breeders. I want the house to contain. I want to design it more like a rabbit house, because I want each bird to have it's own living quaters. The males will be added to the females pens when they are breeding. My reason for doing it this way is simply...
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    Fencing a corral

    What kind of fence would you use to make a corral for a pair of African Geese?
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    Housing a pair of Geese

    It has been probably 20 years since I have had any geese, but I am thinking/looking into purchasing a pair of African Geeese, that hatched this past spring. When I had geese before, they lived in the sheep pen with the sheep. That is not a possiblity now, so I am wondering if there is such a...
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    sports man hatcher Turner?

    I bought a used sportsman hatcher. I have to turn all the eggs by hand twice a day. Has anyone got any inovative ideas about how to build an egg turner for it? thanks
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    setting up breeding pens

    To get hatching eggs by the middle of January, when would you set up the pens? and start increasing thier light to bring them into lay???
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    building a plywood brooder

    I am looking to build a plywood brooder complete with a thermostat. Does anyone know of any plans out there to build something like that?
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    "Book of Bantams"

    At a recent show, a fellow showed me his book " book of Bantams" He had the 5th edtion, and in it there was a section on line-breeding that had a chart that was called "Line-breeding - starting a new strain of Bantams". I came home and ordered the book by the same tittle but the chart and...
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    Hatching early enough for showing

    I exhibited at my very first show last weekend. I discovered that with silkies, I am going to have to have them older by show time. It was suggested to me that eight months old is about the youngest. So, I have to start hatching in January Or February. In Canada those are the coldest months...
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    safe paint for chickens

    I went to my first poultry show! One of my silkies came in third. The most exciting part is that I met a fellow that breeds and has for years that said he would like to help me with learning about my breed and about breeding chickens in general. Since, as many of you know, I have asked alot...
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    silkies- Bantams or large fowl????

    I know that silkies are bantams, but they are bigger than some bantams are, so when you are planning housing for them, do you consider them banatms, or large fowl? In the Book " bantams for everyone" he says that breeding pens need 3 sq feet per bird, but is that for smaller bantams? thanks
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