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My Standard Of Perfection book comes today!!! Woot!!! Now I can feel more like a "real" breeder!
Does anyone here raise geese? I have a little flock of Pilgrims, and one who has maybe decided to brood is off her eggs (again). She's made 2 nests, one I took her off when I moved all the geese to their new pen 2 days ago, and now another one already in the new pen. Should I take the eggs to incubate, or is getting off the eggs normal for geese? I can't imagine it's good....
Thanks, and I'll take the answer off the air, cuz I need to go do something "busy" now, darn it!.
Hubby will be doing the processing, I will watch. I am hoping that it doesn't affect me too much. I feel a little braver today, thanks to a pep talk from Farmin Momma. It won't be for a little bit, they're still pretty young, so I am hoping that if I just keep trying to wrap my head around it... I just don't know. I sometimes wish I had been raised as a farm kid. Things would not be so foreign to me and I think that I would have a thicker skin. My grandpa used to process chickens and pheasant, but I was little and only vaguely remember. I will toughen up, I'm sure.
Will the hubby do it with you the first time? Might be good to have some moral support?When I had chickens previously, I purposely picked 2 that looked different, hoping for different colored eggs. I ended up getting one pullet and one roo, even though they were supposedly all pullets. This time, I picked 2 that looked similar. I still am confused about Buckbeak, as she has a much bigger tail and the hackle feathers seem to be longer and pointier. She does not crow, but does puff the chest out and flap, as if she wants to crow. The comb looks the same as Hermione's though. I am to the point where I guess I will wait and see if they both lay when the time comes. I just have a few weeks left. Also. I seem to have not had much luck with these batches. 2 of my 4 white leghorns seem to be roos. And yesterday, I noticed that my little Andalusian was chest bumping one of the leghorns, so I am starting to have doubts about that one as well. Ugh. Oh well. The only thing, is DH says that the ones I don't want to keep will be going to freezer camp. I am a little worried about how I will handle that. I have never done that and it freaks me out a![]()
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Here I was, thinking I'm the only person IN THE WORLD who can't grow zucchini....My grandpa always grew watermelon when I was a kid, but we tried it last year and had no luck with it. Although, we didn't have great success with any crop last year, except zucchini and peas. It was hard with us both working longer hours. I am going to try again this year though, just to see.
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My Standard Of Perfection book comes today!!! Woot!!! Now I can feel more like a "real" breeder!
Does anyone here raise geese? I have a little flock of Pilgrims, and one who has maybe decided to brood is off her eggs (again). She's made 2 nests, one I took her off when I moved all the geese to their new pen 2 days ago, and now another one already in the new pen. Should I take the eggs to incubate, or is getting off the eggs normal for geese? I can't imagine it's good....
Thanks, and I'll take the answer off the air, cuz I need to go do something "busy" now, darn it!.
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Hubby will be doing the processing, I will watch. I am hoping that it doesn't affect me too much. I feel a little braver today, thanks to a pep talk from Farmin Momma. It won't be for a little bit, they're still pretty young, so I am hoping that if I just keep trying to wrap my head around it... I just don't know. I sometimes wish I had been raised as a farm kid. Things would not be so foreign to me and I think that I would have a thicker skin. My grandpa used to process chickens and pheasant, but I was little and only vaguely remember. I will toughen up, I'm sure.