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Exactly. i am wondering if there is a time when i can slaughter the males when they are reasonably large, but not old enough to be a probkem.

Hello, My wife and I are new to this. We recently order 1 dozen mixed sex Emden geese for meat (all female was not an option). We are wondering if its possible to slaughter the males before they reach maturity? We would like the flock to be mostly female and in a perfect world would keep a...

Really appreciate the feedback here. Sounds like I can expect a decent quality of meat, but just need to be prepared for a relatively small bird. I guess economically its not a good trade raising them, but we can at least 'waste' and get something meaningful from them .

Thank you for the advice. I guess it would be helpful to know (1) if you can expect a quality of meat similar to a 'female'. My research suggests that in the meat industry males are frequently raised? and (2) Roughly how long we should raise them for get enough meat on them to make it worth it...

Hello all, My wife and I are brand new to this. We purchased 1 dozen mixed sex chicks with the intent to raise them for eggs. We have 6 Rhode Island Reds and 6 other random species. We are wondering what to do with the males. My preference would be to slaughter for meat. We do want to keep...

Hello, I am new to this forum (and raising birds). My wife and I recently purchased a homestead of roughly 20 acrs. We are going to fence off roughly 1 acre for ducks. My plan is to purchase two dozen pekin ducks (and a couple geese). My goal is to raise these ducks for a combination of meat...