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    Muscovy Duck: Pros & Cons??

    I consider this a pro. Muscovies can thrive in lots of areas since they can eat grains and seeds. They can also graze on grass and other plants. And they love insects. Mine always ate flies, mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, scorpions, maggots, and more. After I had the muscovies for a while I didn’t...
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    Muscovy Duck: Pros & Cons??

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    Calif Grey vs Production Blacks

    Do you have a favorite hatchery to buy the best California Greys? I am in Texas. I have called Ideal hatchery and tried to use their website. Its kind if funny that I can go to their search bar and start with “brown eggs” and I get a message indicating that they dont know what that is. Many...
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    Duck food

    For poultry, including ducks, people have raised them, even before there were feed stores available everywhere. For smaller ducklings, we used to take eggs and scramble them and them mash them well using a fork, or more commonly, our fingers. Ducks that are a bit older do well on those same...
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    Duck food

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    Barred chicken breeds

    There are other breeds of barred chickens. There are cuckoo marans , Dominickers, and some others.
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    Barred chicken breeds

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    What do large hatcheries do with extra chicks?

    I saw a snake and reptile zoo that used a few mice but used large numbers of chicks for feeding the snakes.
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    Chicken Breeds

    I believe that Hylines must be purchased in large quantities. If thats the case, most backyards poultry people and homesteaders, would probably get the ISA Browns.
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    Colored eggs

    I’ve mentioned this on here quite a while back, but I’m still searching. Years ago, I had chickens that laid beautifully colored eggs: pink, orange, blue, green, yellow, lavender, etc. I believe that many people breed for blue or green only. Does anyone know of a source for these eggs. I...
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    Which rooster should be culled?

    Please be ready to remove the spurs from the rooster you keep, that way the hens, and you, and anyone else will not worry about him.
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    Hens won't eat any food, cry on and off all day

    When I had a rodent problem, I took a container, (sometimes large buckets and sometimes a trough) and filled them about 2/3 full of water. Then I rubbed a bit of peanut butter above the water line. My containers were near walls they could climb. They would try to get the peanut butter and...
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    Brown egg layers

    What are favorite brown egg layer breeds? Do they tolerate heat well? Are they prolific layers? Longevity? Are they personable with people as well as other fowl
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    Calif Grey vs Production Blacks

    Has anyone raised Production Blacks from Ideal Poultry in Cameron, TX? Could you possibly point out any pros or cons with this breed? They sound great in the catalog but I dont know why there doesnt seem to be many around. People I know dont seem to have them or know of others who have them...
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    Calif Grey vs Production Blacks

    Thank you.
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