Breed purists look away!!!
What a combo! Salmon Faverolle momma x Light brahma baby daddy... these are some adorable chicks for sure. Came from a crazy hatch where I got one chick per day for about 18 days. Chicks are almost feathered out, many have the extra toe. Cute as bugs!
Central Ohio...
Runner ducks for sale in Central Ohio!
Just $8 each! Local pick up, cash only, straight run, may be able to deliver (fee depends). Terrific foragers and tons of fun. PM me for more info and to purchase.
Thanks everyone! Apparently the suckers.... I mean.. the good folks who want to give her a GOOD home are lining up! We found someone who is coming to get her today! Yay!
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Come and get her.
One completely loco Golden Campine is available FREE in central...
All females have found new homes - just a few ganders left. Whites are $25 - Roman tufted x Embden. And one spectacular speckled gander available for $40 - Toulouse x Roman tufted.
Available for pickup/delivery only in Central Ohio. Meet you locally or delivery fee depends on where you are...
Bourbon Red young tom turk available in Central Ohio! From last year's hatch - we have one too many toms so this fine gentleman is looking for a flock of ladies of his own. Father and sibs are huge - great temperament. Almost to full display with a few more feathers coming in. Local pick up or...
Tufted cross lady geese and one spectacular speckled gander for sale!
Local pick up/delivery (Central Ohio) and cash only - $25 each or $40 for the speckled gander.
The big Embden in front is too mean to sell.. but the rest are looking for greener fields. We have a couple too many ganders for...
One of my year-old geese seems to have lost an eye to injury.
I have PenG Procaine Benazthine (150,000/ml). She is about 12 pounds, so .5ml for three days?
Can anyone confirm the dosage? 18guage needle SubQ, correct?
thanks!
I'm not icked out by butchering but this sent me flying across the kitchen and hiding under a table...
what the heck is this? it appears to be a greenish section on the bird's tenderloin/oyster in the breast. it seems contained to one area so i'm leaning toward some kind of...
Goosedragon? you out there?
here's one for you... it doesnt look like my older pair of geese are going to have a successful hatch this year. last year their only gosling died.
the pair are over by my momma 'scovy watching her babies... the geese did this last year when they lost their own...
i cant believe we are such big dumb dopes...
so our stupid guineas - a total of 5 with 2 older and 3 younger - have been screeching nonstop for months. all. nite. long. they arent being murdered by wolves, nothing is in their coop.. no reason just constant screaming. we couldnt figure out what...
yikes!
my guineas have been screaming for 3 days and nights STRAIGHT. i'm about to take the hatchet to them....
no, they are not lacking anything.. food, water - check and double check
no, as far as i can tell neither wolves nor tigers are out there threatening them...
no, there's nothing in...
help!
no, she isnt molting - this is most of her feathers falling out in clumps. this morning i went out and she is half bald - since its about 28* i ran her into the house b/c she was shivering but now what??
backstory:
she had a failed clutch and we took her off the nest about a week ago. a...
Can you stand the cuteness!! Baby ducks are just 'it'...arent they???
our momma 'scovy and her babies....
and the new 'duck garage' - needs painted and roofing materials... to be finished next week!
herd of cute baby ducks....
this morning our this-spring's drake not only FLEW at me - he has done that before and i excused it that he just wanted the feed i had....but this time he landed on my shoulders. it was a good thing i had a hat and a big sweatshirt on! he's a big as a small collie and i was glad i didnt get...
Our best BR turkey momma, Brambled, hatched 4 beautiful babies two days ago but left the remaining nest of eggs (still 6 left). we took the eggs in the house and put them under a heat lamp. a couple were trying to pip and we could hear the peepin' -- but not a ton of progress. so we 'helped'...
only seasonally layers- right? my toulouse goose that is, with am embden mate
i'm asking b/c my mean ol son of a gun gander was just out there beating the crap out of my goofy old bumblefooted hen! i saved her (thanks dogs!) and ran him off to the pond but he ripped a lot of her feathers out...
does it make any difference right now if we use a regular bulb or a florescent one in the hen house at nite?
we'd like to keep them laying for a while more and we are now less than 14 hrs of daylight. the florescent one gives off horrible light (to me) and since we dont need the heat from we...
who's gonna tell me "..and i hope you had a good day"
ok i'm gonna sulk all day.
i think brian williams is to snarky and katie is too casual. now diane?
well drat.
anyone else bummed by this???
signed,
i love charlie gibson and am not ashamed of it
i'm gettin' guineas!
anyone? anyone? any reason NOT to get them??
i've been nillynalling around about it for 2 years and i'm really wanting to take the plunge. we already have all manner of poultry - live far enough for the neighbors that (hopefully) they wont cause any problems ... and man i...