Yeah. That did NOT work with this batch of African/Chinese (that’s what they are, they kept African ganders and Chinese geese) I’d had the same breeds when I was a teenager, but maybe I handled them more then these ones, or something. Because they geese of my youth were loud, but far from...
I’ll try the milk crates fit the hay. We have horses, so they get whatever I’m giving them. Some Timothy, some mixed grasses. Since mine like wet feeds I’m thinking they would like softened alfalfa cubes. It’s been so cold I just feel like they could do with a little extra something.
I’ve been...
Pen Pals. I was actually thinking of switching to Purina rabbit feed for my rabbits, but Penpals is similar, the first ingredient is alfalfa, fat, fiber, and protein are all the same.
Just curious what other people do?
Personally, to my way of thinking rabbit feed should be fairly appropriate for geese. I won’t have the space for pasture for at least another year now. So my flock is kept in a yard all year long. And I’m limited on the feeds I can get in this area, so I do...
Personally I’d rather have a nice quiet mild tempered goose, then a loud aggressive guard animal.
Right now I’ve got Cotton Patch Geese, they are even tempered and quiet. Although they can get moody around breeding time, they are far from bullies.
The African/Chinese are really jerks and...
A family member asked if I wanted this rooster. The person who had it, and knew what it was passed away. He large, and is super mellow. I plan to keep him with my BLR Wyandotte’s.
I’m sure it could. But you’ll probably want something else as well. And the sugars and proteins change once they are dried. As well as the sugar & protein ratio to fiber. I know too much protein can cause issues. Same for augers. You’ll probably want to research different hay types. Or even...
We have a lot of wasp around, and have zero issues with them attacking us. Normally if they are in an area we don’t like we knock down the nest at night. They are really beneficial for the environment, especially if you garden.
So I’ll be doing some searching, but one of my bucks has this mass around his genital area. And I’m not sure what it is yet. :hmm He is only a year old. I did notice some darker pee from him a while ago. But then I didn’t and it wasn’t too long after I got him, so I didn’t get too concerned. All...
Fodder and hay are the same thing as far as I know. They are both cut dried grasses. Generally a mix of grasses it good. So it might say something like Prairie grasses, or native fodder. Other times it might have a particular grass listed, like Bermuda, or Timothy. If you can grow dark greens...
I said it wrong. It’s auto-sexing in geese. It’s nothing like sex-linked chickens. There are at least 3 breeds of geese that have this, it’s not a cross they breed true. The ganders are always white, and the female geese are always a shade of Gray. Shetland, Pilgrim, and Cotton Patch all have...
Where do you genetic wise ones get your information from?
I have picked up a little just by looking through threads. But having a book in hand is so useful at times.
I’ve got one Vienna marked kit. I was looking through everyone’s papers and noticed the mom is VM too. It’s so faint that I don’t even see it on her. But I’m trying to decide what I’d like to focus on. The blue eyed white is intriguing.
I personally love the castors and opals. And the otters as...
My first two litters are so velvety soft now. I love getting to hold them all. Out of my broken otter x broken blue I’ve got 1 white, 2 broken otter, and one broken black. I’ve got to learn more about rabbit color genetics. I’ve got a chinchilla colored doe that I bred to the broken blue. I’m...
Okay. There seems to be a few options for rabbits. Some friends of our designed something you mounted to a wall/tree. It was u shaped. You put its head in and pulled its feet to brake it’s neck.