BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[misfitmorgan]

NO NO NO... We wouldn't do anything crazy like that with the diet. Never even heard of such nonsense. If we get ducklings, I'll tell folks about it...good or bad.

haha no i ment the tendon cutting not the angel wing...i would like to think most people would not see angel wing as a good thing.

 

[bramblefir]

You can have some of our rain...we have had so much we were only able to plant 6 flats of veggies and now we have the other 8 flats that have been sitting over 2 weeks waiting to go in the ground, their starting to yellow

Do you ship rain? I would definitely order some if I could! The fire danger here literally went from "Low Level 1" to "Moderate Level 1" in 24 hours. It's supposed to get in the hundreds later this week (unusual for this time of the year in this part of the country) and we expect the fire danger will jump another rating.

 

[JRNash]

If I could I WOULD!!we are still under flood warnings here

 

[JRNash]

I'm just concentrating on Heavy breeds that dislike flying.

 

[hellbender]

Do you ship rain? I would definitely order some if I could! The fire danger here literally went from "Low Level 1" to "Moderate Level 1" in 24 hours. It's supposed to get in the hundreds later this week (unusual for this time of the year in this part of the country) and we expect the fire danger will jump another rating.

You could have 2/3rds of our rain and we would still have plenty! We were lucky to get a couple of clear sunny days with good wind or we could never have gotten our first hay in.

 

[gjensen]

From what I understand a mature pair needs at least a 4'x6' pen at night that is secure against predators. We have a relatively big barn with two 12'x12' matted horse stalls on the north side. Since we don't have horses at the moment the geese go into one of the stalls at night. I keep it bedded deeply in straw and just pick out the manure daily and move the water to different spot in the stall every other day. Interestingly, they like to bed down around wherever the waterer is. So the manure is always concentrated around the water source. Simply moving their water moves where the majority of the manure lands.

We are going to move ours into a different pasture tomorrow morning. The grass in their current pasture is getting a little short and we won't have much rain again until the fall. The downside to a Mediterranean climate is not having any rain when it's most needed.

I will look into this a little more. I know more about wild geese (which is little) than I do keeping them. It has always been one of those things out there as an option that I never picked up. I have always had interest, but not enough I guess. I do not commit easily.

I had a 6' x 6' lean to type shelter on skids in mind.

One of my hang ups is that I would want more than a breeding pair. I would rather have one flock than two or three.

 

[MidwestChickens]

Hey guys I got a question. City ordinance changed and I have to get rid of my chickens. It sucks but it is what it is. The only way I would be able to keep any is if I kept one or two Inside as house chickens. Would you guys recommend this And if so what would i need to know?

 

[gjensen]

You could have 2/3rds of our rain and we would still have plenty! We were lucky to get a couple of clear sunny days with good wind or we could never have gotten our first hay in.

Well send some south. You would not have to send it far. We have one of those Bermuda Highs sitting off the coast steering most of the moisture north. We have been at or over 100 for a couple weeks with no rain. I live in the Sandhills, so you can imagine what it is getting like.

 

[hellbender]

I will look into this a little more. I know more about wild geese (which is little) than I do keeping them. It has always been one of those things out there as an option that I never picked up. I have always had interest, but not enough I guess. I do not commit easily.

I had a 6' x 6' lean to type shelter on skids in mind.

One of my hang ups is that I would want more than a breeding pair. I would rather have one flock than two or three.

The area close to where we have plans for ducks would be perfect for them. The pasture is in such rough shape (large rocks, deep holes etc) that it is never cut for hay and it's aprox. 30 acres. We just don't need the area (for hay) so we have never improved it. The grass is over 2.5 feet tall there and Jason Brush hogged it earlier in the spring. Ducks would never run out of free food...lolol

 

[hellbender]

Hey guys I got a question. City ordinance changed and I have to get rid of my chickens. It sucks but it is what it is. The only way I would be able to keep any is if I kept one or two Inside as house chickens. Would you guys recommend this And if so what would i need to know?

Let me think on this for a bit and I'll get back to you...