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

    we actually cut about 35 acres of large round bale hay... but I have read that the long grass hay can cause issues with crop impaction... so, I've been spending extra on the cut timothy hay. It's very hit or miss on hay consumption... some days I come out in the evening and they ate everything I...
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    How much Purina Flock Raiser do you feed per goose, per day?

    Thank you! Our geese do not have any access to grass during this time of year. We do offer free choice chopped timothy hay. How many hours before bed do you offer their evening feed? Our geese get locked into secure cabins every night at dusk due to heavy predator pressure that is primarily...
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    How much Purina Flock Raiser do you feed per goose, per day?

    Thank you for the response. To clarify... are you measuring by volume or be weight?
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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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    Sebastopol experts? Curious about my new Sebbies…

    Embden Geese are white and also have blue eyes - so, the blue eyes do not rule out a mix. I believe white Chinese also have blue eyes - but then you'd likely see a knob.
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    Chickshaw 2.0 - How do I stop my birds from roosting in the nesting boxes?

    Thank you so much! We have been turning 3 of the 4 milk crates 90 degrees to close off the openings. I leave 1 facing forward because I have 1 pullet that lays right around dawn and I don't always get to the shaw before she lays. They do roost in it, but I switched my nesting material from hay...
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    Hen or Rooster

    I like to think we give them a pretty spoiled life. https://fb.watch/8kgAtK8KYO/
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    Hen or Rooster

    Thank you! Good to know! I got my first egg from one of these girls at 14 weeks old, I had to double-check my math a few times. It just seemed crazy! My Columbia Rocks don't lay until 20ish weeks - I've got about 30 Columbia Rocks that are 18 weeks and I'm still waiting on that first egg from...
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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)

    Yes, I am in the USA. Thank you so much! I will definitely try the corn distraction! They've been separated by a fence for almost 3 weeks now.. I feel like it's time.
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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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    Meat birds/ breeds and Hatchery/ Florida

    Thank you for the mention! I did order 25 jumbo cornish cross from Cackle. They gave us 30 and 29 made it to butcher. It was our first time, and they are delicious. The link posted above by @U_Stormcrow to my thread does include an update with all of the details of how we did it. Our chicks...
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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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    6 week old jumbo cornish cross - 10 lbs - are they ready to process?

    I appreciate your contributions but, personally, I would not change anything. I do not consider leg problems in 2 out of 29 birds to be reason to change the way we fed. I did read about 12/12 scheduled but when we tried this... we found the birds were quite fierce fighting for food the next...
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    Sebastopol experts? Curious about my new Sebbies…

    I'm not an expert... but here is what I think I know (take that statement at face value) The recognized breed standard calls for pure white geese with blue eyes. Any Sebastopol that has any kind of color to it, is considered experimental. In the United States, only the fully curly is recognized...
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    Do your Sebastopol Geese fly?

    Embden's also have blue eyes. I do know that Sebastopol's should have curly feathers. Through research, I have discovered that some Sebastopol's can be smooth - not just their breast. These smooth Sebastopols are usually culled and not used for breeding stock. (I have no plans to allow these...
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    Do your Sebastopol Geese fly?

    It was our thought that they could be Emdens and although we cannot completely rule it out, yet. The Emdens that are in the photo are 3 days younger (hatch date 5/19) than the geese that were identified as Sebastopols (hatch date 5/16). The Emden brothers are notably larger... particularly in...
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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?

    Nevermind! We compared them to our Emden Geese that are 3 days older -- and they are nowhere near as big!
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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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