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    New to Bourbon Reds - my poults are quite light colored - pic heavy

    In the past few years, I have only had BB bronze and whites. This year, due to problems with shipping to my local feed store, I ended up needing to find turkeys late. I was able to locate 6 poults - 4 bourbon reds and 2 BB bronze. As you can see from the photos below, the bourbon reds are a...
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    LGD for adoption! Oregon/Washington

    I am just getting the word out about a new dog in the rescue I work with. Her name is Andorra (Annie), and she came to a local shelter as a stray. We believe she is just over 2 years old, and most likely a Great Pyrenees (mix?). So far, she has been exposed to ducks, chickens, goats, and...
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    Pilgrims or American Blue? Can't decide!

    I am torn as to which breed of goose to get. I have been researching geese for a while now - doing searches here, emailing friends with geese to pick their brains, joined a goose yahoo group, purchased The Book of Geese (any other recommended reading?). We are wanting a good dual-purpose...
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    neighborhood calf question - venting

    Some folks living near me are raising a few calves. I am no cow person - have never tried raising them - but there is something that keeps really bothering me. One of the calves has an ENORMOUS tumor? on his tail. The babies are not the optimum picture of health to begin with, but this thing...
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    duckling walking on heels

    One of my 4 week old ducklings is walking on her heels. I really did not think it was very significant, as when she walks, she almost looks the same as the other babies, but today when I picked her up, I see that she is actually developing calouses on her heels. She is a huge girl - the...
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    Saxony and Mini Appleyards, 1 week

    The babies are growing fast! Within only one week, I had to move them out of the brooder, and into the "chicken tractor". These photos were taken one week ago, so I guess I'll update again tomorrow because they have easily doubled or tripled in size from these pictures. I love them! They are...
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    New ducklings tomorrow!

    I can hardly contain myself! I get to go tomorrow to pick up my new Saxony ducklings from Holderreads! Just 4 babies, since I really do not need any more. These are my first, and likely only baby birds of the year. Off to get things ready for them! Yay!
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    Grey goose on the loose!

    I stopped at my local Humane Society a couple days ago to check on a dog there. While looking through the animal control area, I discovered a production strain Toulouse goose! The goose had been picked up by animal control a few hours before I came in. Found wandering around down town...
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    Is the convenience of skinning worth it?

    I will be starting some processing of my birds - chickens, ducks, and turkeys. Some of them I will be skinning to save time, and my back. I have a LOT of birds to do - at least in my opinion.... Depending on how many I want to keep for laying/breeding stock, I have at least 6 turkeys, 11...
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    Runner with swollen toe!

    My Fawn and White Indian Runner duck has a very, very swollen toe. I think it may be broken, but cannot feel a break. It also felt like it had fluid in it, and (perhaps foolishly) I poked it with a tiny needle to see if I could relieve pressure, but only got a small amount of blood. So today...
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    oversized turkey recipes?

    I took one of my birds out of the freezer a few days ago, and am ready to cook today. But, anyone have advice on cooking temp for a 25 pound turkey? Any super great recipes I should give a try? Thanks! - this will be my first time eating one of my home grown turkeys that has been frozen...
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