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  1. Farmer Doc

    Almost Made It!

    As I finished eating a fresh-off-the-iron Chinese goose-egg waffle, I got curious as to our little lady's production during her laying season. November to May she laid 99 eggs in her first season! Although we thanked her many times during the year, I went outside and thanked her again. :) She...
  2. Farmer Doc

    Muscovies!

    Hey all! Just wanted to share a pic of our first six Muscovy ducklings. These hatched today and more on the way. So exciting!
  3. Farmer Doc

    Chicken Wire Roof?

    I am in the process of building a small area to pen up our ducks at night - a couple of barnyard special and some muscovies since the gaggle of geese are not too fond of sharing. I know chicken wire is only effective at keeping birds in and I have built many a small/short chicken run with...
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    Chicken Wire Question

    i am in the process of building a small area to pen up our ducks at night. I know chicken wire is only effective at keeping birds in and I have built many a small/short chicken run with hardwire cloth for tops and sides...however... Would chicken wire be efftive as a top screen for a four foot...
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    Gosling Adoption by Geese Question

    we have an adult pair of Chinese geese and have hatched 5 goslings. I have read they will probably adopt the 3 week old babies; however, they share a night pen with 2 ducks and a half-acre pasture with some chickens and 2 roosters. Will any of that pose a threat to the goslings? Thanks for the...
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    Baby chicks in the coop...

    This is our first time having a broody momma hatch chicks for us. She is doing so in a quiet coop that is connected to the main coop by a run (which has a divider currently). The coop is about 30 inches off the ground with a chicken ladder leading from the ground to a hole in the floor. There is...
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    Question on leaving the eggs...

    Hi all! We were given a pair of beautiful White Chinese geese last fall. They should be coming up on a year in age. The little lady is a laying machine! She laid 41 eggs in 2017 (started in October), took a short break when it was really cold, and a while back started up again - 24 eggs so far...
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