HERE is where we are going to talk about a sustainable meat bird flock

[Buster52]

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Thanks for the link. So??? We are in the meat bird section, right?? It says you can't raise them for anything but meat, right??? Same as quail, turkeys, pheasants, etc. in most states.

I only read the quotes and the first post. Am I missing what everyone is worried about????

The regulation on Muscovy ducks will only allow them to be kept if for food. Even then, noone will be permited to propogate them.

You can propagate them. You just can't sell them. I am picking up a pair in a couple of weeks with which I plan to raise table meat.

 

[Teach97]

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The regulation on Muscovy ducks will only allow them to be kept if for food. Even then, noone will be permited to propogate them.

You can propagate them. You just can't sell them. I am picking up a pair in a couple of weeks with which I plan to raise table meat.

Does that mean you are gonna give me a pair once they are "illegal"?

 

[jerryn]

to get back to chickens, I'm breeding all my hens, which are considered dual purpose type to Delaware Roosters. I hatched the first batch of chicks a couple weks ago . most of them are light colored--easier picking--and so far they seem to be growing well. I expect to allow them access to pasture which should cut down on feed , even if it increases time until slaughter. I will probably keep some of the cross bred pullets to add to the laying flock. would like to find sombody to trade eggs with to get different blood line in.

 

[saddina]

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We;re in the city, a duplex to be exact. We are equipt to handle 64 quail at once (let them take winter off laying, and they're revamping up for the spring hatching). We're a family of 4, and 6 quail is a meal here (i've posted recipies in the quail section). So we can eat 24-30 quail a month. Since we're in city limits, we're only allowed 4 egg hens per lot. I've given my LF breeds a new home last fall, and are switching to 4 cochin banties for kitchen eggs. The quail eggs bake just as well as hen eggs, and many are used in baking. The quail do not go broody, so i have a homemade bator (made from a wine cabinet). The diets are supplimented by garden trimmings, as well as any surplus eggs. I have arrangements to acquire some muscovy chicks (which from a cooking standpoint is finer textured and more like a roast mamal). We're in the process of leaving the city limits for more space, but untill then we've taken control from some of our meat needs in the confines of a 10X40 backyard.

 

[danielnv]

I'm loving this thread!

About the muscovies, the regulation seems to be getting watered down. It appeared much more drastic before, but if the new part added to post 1 in the other thread holds up, it seems much more livable, hopefully.

I am curious about the freedom rangers and if they actually are that much better at foraging than other breeds. I currently have a gold cucko maran that is a beauthy and quite large that I plan to keep as my roo. I sold most of my hens to prepare for my move, but kept a couple banties and the 2 heaviest hens. One might be a jersey giant, and the other has cuckoo coloring or bars. I think these are mutts already, and in any case I'm here to help me decide what else to get for my flock after my move.

 

[Buster52]

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I think the idea is for them to be better foragers than commercial broilers. I'm not sure they are meant to be better at it than heritage breeds.

 

[Buster52]

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You can propagate them. You just can't sell them. I am picking up a pair in a couple of weeks with which I plan to raise table meat.

Does that mean you are gonna give me a pair once they are "illegal"?

Hey, man, yeah. I'll set you up, dude.

 

[CARS]

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I agree, especially in the text of this conversation. Do I like the government controlling everything? No. But in some cases with evasive birds, plants, etc. what choice do you have?? Do you really think that the people responsible for the release of non-native birds are going to change their ways???

When I get my BR Turkeys this summer (see how I got back on topic

) I plan on keeping them penned up. Sure I would love to have Turkeys roaming around the grove, but I have a wild flock a mile away. I don't want to invade the natural flock and loose them. (nothing cooler than watching a wild flock shuffle around the country side)

 

[Wifezilla]

You don't punish all because some idiot is, well, an idiot.

I think a banding program would be a good plan. Must band your birds. If your bird gets away, it along with all feral birds are fair game for hunting. If your banded bird is caught, the hunter turns in the band to fish and wildlife and you get fined.

 

[WalkingWolf]

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Wifezilla I think hunters is the answer instead of regulation. Make the birds a unregulated game bird, no season, no limit, no license, problem solved. And it puts meat on somebody's table.