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Chiqueschicks, I should have Narriganset eggs come spring, and I'm close enough for you to pick them up. Out of the various breeds of heritage turks I've had over the years, these seem to be the fastest growing. I had gotten the eggs from a farm that regularly sells the narris as processed heritage meat birds, so they must have been selecting specifically for size and fast growth.

In an effort to make freezer space, I made pot pie from a couple of ducks this past weekend. I have to say that it brings a whole new perspective to eating ducks. I do like roast duck, but it's not the kind of thing I want more than once a month. OTOH, soup made with duck is so rich and flavorful compared to even old hens.

While I'm thinking of it, someone a few weeks ago was asking about raising meat chickens outdoors in the winter. I've found that, once temps drop below around 40 degrees, that they eat so much extra food to keep warm that it just doesn't make sense financially. It *might* be cause the Cornish x have higher metabolisms to help them gain weight so fast. Just speculating, but they eat so much anyway, especially when there's no green plants to supplement their food.

Wingstone, please pm me your mailing address. I picked up a brochure for you at the Farm Show about profitably raising poultry on pasture and I'll mail it, unless we can find time to get together. I do have a LOT of empty feed bags saved for you.
 
since we are talking turkey,,,here is my favorite....wish they were more common..

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wingstone said:
since we are talking turkey,,,here is my favorite....wish they were more common..

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Beautiful bird!

Wing, with you selling meat birds like you do.... do you hatch out your own or do you buy eggs or get day olds? I know you have posted about finding deals on day olds and such, but didn't know if you had other sources for your stock.

On another note... the Silver Pencil rock hens we have are progressing very nicely, one is smaller in body type, the other 4 are getting a nice round shape with a wide back... if that makes sense? They are much heavier when picked up than they look like they should be, they are holding good position in the pecking order without being nasty and they are getting more and more people friendly as they mature. I am really wishing I had kept that rooster I accidentally gave away when they were peeps and will be looking for an adult rooster probably in the spring for them. The Buckeyes we have are finally getting some size to them, they are about 19 weeks, not laying yet, but caught one of the pullets joining in with the egg song sing along yesterday, so seems like they should be soon. Couple of the buckeye cockrels are pretty aggressive, the other two are much more laid back, so I think we will be doing soup with at least 2 or 3 of them soon.
 
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Sally,

Last summer, the scovies refused to come in at night, and about half of them disappeared to the local fox. That's where the death wish comment came from. The ladies would decide to set up nests under a shed where I couldn't get to them to move them, but Mr. Fox could. Those ladies are no longer among us. One was such a good mom too, raised a couple huge clutches for several summers in a row.
 
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Quote: I experiment with different breed combo's but basically most of my meat birds come as day olds from the local hatcheries.....as much as we bash the big production, they really do know what they are doing with breeding these birds....

that calico sweetgrass turkey is part of my future plans, hopefully in the next 2 years...would like 2 pens for turkey,,, one with the sweetgrass and 1 with midget whites.......

Ray do you work on the side,,,, gonna need some building done ???
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Since we are talking turkey, I'm looking to add 3-4 more trios to my flock. I have a trio of royal palm & a trio of blue slate. Will probably cross them for at least the start of the season & see if I can get some blue & lavender palms out of them. I would love to add bourbons, narris, calicos, sweetgrass &/or any other interesting colors that come up. Wouldn't mind black spanish or bronze, but my slates will throw blacks along with the blue & lavender. Midgets & Beltsvilles or Hollands would even be considered. If anyone would like to swap eggs or poults please let me know. I should have eggs in a month or 2. The slates laid March-September this past year. I'm assuming they will run about the same this year.
 
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beaglady said:
Sally,

Last summer, the scovies refused to come in at night, and about half of them disappeared to the local fox. That's where the death wish comment came from. The ladies would decide to set up nests under a shed where I couldn't get to them to move them, but Mr. Fox could. Those ladies are no longer among us. One was such a good mom too, raised a couple huge clutches for several summers in a row.
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oh! that stinks! so they are hard to train to get them inside? My dad wanted to raise whites, but I told him he need to lock them up at night here in the mnts as he is always getting critters on his cam.
 

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