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    Gander crabby AGAIN???

    Now that someone mentioned it...my female will make noise and run around- he will follow suit and honk SUPER loud and charge at nothing or chase the ducks around for awhile. He will come for me when I am letting him out in the morning. Or if he is admiring himself in the side of a vehicle (he...
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    Gander crabby AGAIN???

    This is my first whole year with a pair of geese and 6 ducks (5 girls and 1 boy). My gander was a complete tool this spring for obvious reasons. We worked it out- I just needed to watch my back most days. He calmed down after like 3-4 MONTHS!! Then molted- here is another excuse to be a tool...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    We bought a 1/4 beef from a co worker-Angus- this past spring. It was $3 a pound to him then another $175 to the processor. We didn't get anything fancy made. 15 lbs of beef sticks, otherwise standard cuts. In the end, it came out to about $4-5 a pound for all across the board. Which is a good...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    What is the cost of raising your own chickens for meat? Cost of the chick and feeding? Do you account for your time caring for them? Is the main cost in butchering, if you cannot do it yourself. How long does it take to raise them up? In the end, is it about knowing where your chickens are...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    I do not have much experience with chickens. I know they are not as hardy as ducks/geese nor as messy. A guy I work with uses a heat lamp, I know, I know, a HUGE no no for most. That's what he uses. And it keeps the temp above freezing in their hut. I use a heated water bowl from tractor supply...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's great!!
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Showing off "desserts" huh... :lau Most people don't cook like that anymore. I don't even do that working several jobs outside of the home. By the time I get home I get my duck/geese chores done and am ready to chill out for the night. It's a shame really. I had the same thoughts even...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Around here it is $4-$8 a dozen. I don't freeze it and make it as we get it. Ill pay whatever...goes to local people. Fall weather is feeling good!!! I was ALL ready to put out my fall decor yesterday but the hubs shut it down. He asked I wait till at least Sept 1. LOL! I get it. Spent...
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    Duck food shelter?

    I keep the bulk of it in the garage...was looking for something for their food bowls outside that they eat out of.
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    Duck food shelter?

    Hello I live in a 4 season state and was wondering if anyone has built a small lean-to or hut just to keep their food dry? I don't put food/water in their actual big hut this is for when they are outside roaming during the day. Their food bowls get full of water with rain and snow covered in...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Sounds you have a nice hobby going on. Something you enjoy. That is key! Critters come back at all? (giggle) My daughter is coming home this weekend, she lives/works in LaCrosse. We plan to go to the farmers market in Wausau and putz around the area. Hopefully it isn't a total wash out. I also...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    I think you should put a camera up and watch him eat all your goodies. :lau There is a woodchuck on tik tok that a person videos now and he sits in front of the camera and eats everything. It is quit comical. But I do enjoy reading your animal trap stories and how they come and go all the time...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Yeeeeeeeeeeeeahhhh...They have several farms to choose from for the cows to go to. They will be fine. It was a tractor that started on fire that did it. It is sad all and all...but that farm will be fine.
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    Lonely gander when goose is on a nest....

    My male has feathers EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! His huge wing feather went first and now all the tiny ones are ALL over the yard. Looks like someone blew up a bunch of feather pillows. I was kind of hoping just one would have worked but how that I know what to expect I will let her try...
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    Lonely gander when goose is on a nest....

    Hello. Checked the eggs last night. They are no good. I had to take them and destroy her nest. Now I (and everyone else in a mile radius) will be listening to her mourn (loudly honk at everything and everyone) for a while. I know they aren't human but it is still sad to watch it all go down...
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