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Does anyone range heritage turkeys using electric netting? I am new to keeping turkeys, I hatched 10 Narragansett poults about a week ago now and will have a few weeks before they go out to pasture. My plan is to grow them out and retain a tom and 3, maybe 4 hens… But my plan may be foiled...

I saw another thread where discussion of goose plumage and genetic stuff was going on… needless to say, at my experience level I did not understand much of it. I got that some genes are dilute and others are dominant. But that’s pretty much it… this year I’ve hatched some goslings that were a...

I normally incubate goose eggs, but this year I wanted to see if one of my geese would do it all on her own. She’s an American Buff but I believe the eggs are a combination of her eggs and some from an Embden. There’s around 30 eggs under her. I went to check on things and got a feint whiff of...

Now that plants are growing abundantly I’ve noticed some strange grazing habits. I’ve allowed geese to graze some areas they haven’t before and I’ve seen them eating the stems and leaves of poke weed. My limited knowledge was based on what I can read online regarding poke weed toxicity, the...

I think it would be cool to have a thread where everyone can post photos of goslings you’ve hatched or received this year. Has anyone been trying new breeding pairs, breeding for select colors? Stuff like that. I will start with a small pile of mixed breed geese. (Embden, American Buffs...

I incubated and hatched 12 chickens (hatched March 18). I mostly hatched these for fun and to see what color eggs these would lay as they are Prairie Bluebell Eggers x Black Copper Marans x Blue laced Red Wyandottes x Easter eggers. They come from a flock of 25 birds and there is one rooster...

I love it, my wife and kids love it. I’m on a mission to share it with as many friends and family as possible! I think it’s better than chicken, turkey, and even beef (yeah, hard to say at first but I really think so). And geese range on pasture with zero feed unless there’s ice/snow covering...

Just thought I would share this here; if you are having a hard time getting a new goose to sit on eggs like I was, I gave a few to a hen to nest on just to see what would happen. Today I was greeted by the familiar sound of goslings :) This hen comes off every morning to eat and then gets back...

I am letting a goose rear her young this spring Do goose eggs last in pasture very long without being set on? I have an African goose less than a year old who started laying February 8th, then took a hiatus until February 16th and has resumed every other day laying eggs. She has 10 eggs at...

Greetings! I started raising geese in early 2022 and love them. So much so that I’m trying to turn my house and property into a Goose-stead. I think they are the ultimate poultry in terms of management and I prefer the meat over turkey and chicken. The only problem is it is hard to reliably...

Hello, I’m Goose Smith. I’ve lurked around reading here but now I’m out here in the open. Nice to meet ya. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I started raising fowl in spring of 2022, still less than a year ago upon this post date. I was around chickens and...