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After raising this bird all summer, then eagerly anticipating Christmas dinner and being a slave in the kitchen for hours my goose got No rave reviews. It was not greasy, over cooked or dry. I thought it tasted good, but the four other members of my family thought I should stick with raising...

So i ended up with 9 Welsh Harlequins...4 ducks and 5 drakes. I had just about decided which drake I wanted to keep when I noticed him mount a duck and then fall off as he was just getting going. His little cork screw never made contact...just shot out to the side. UMMM...is this just...

I have "potluck" from Holderreads and am trying to plan who gets to stay and who gets to grow out for freezer camp. I think I have African, Toulouse, Emden, Tuffted Roman, and one other female that I haven't figured out. For Males I have an Emden and one unknown guy. So, in your experince...

Early in March we tried really hard to break our Americana of her broodiness. We thought we were successful. Then we went on vacation for 3.5 weeks leaving them in the care of a neighbor who did a really fantastic job. But this hen decided not to give up that easy. She kept getting thrown...

The snow is melting rapidly around here with highs in the upper 30's to mid 40's during the day and dropping down to right at freezing or a bit higher at night. She has laid 4 eggs which I have replaced with golf balls and brought in. She is sitting on her "eggs" at night but out and about...

I have geese coming from Holderreads in a few weeks. I ordered an assortment which basically means I have no clue what I am getting. If you have gotten any of these assortments, what did you get? Pics?

My DD's little white muscovy duck thinks she wants to be a mommy, but only part time. She is religious about getting in there at night, but she spends the day lollygagging around with the other two (a duck and a drake). It is below freezing here. She currently has 12 frozen chicken eggs that...

My son's dear duck Charlie got her foot stuck overnight and since it was not under her it got frostbitten. That was on Monday and these pictures are of her today, Saturday. We kept her in the house for 24 hours after we found her, giving her a couple of baths, keeping her quiet and generally...

These girls are 7 months old. Digit is in the middle and I assume she is blue. The one that is mostly all white is Torpy and she has a smudge on her head as well as pale greyish with a hint of brown tail. The other girl is Charlie and she looks like a chocolate pied in this photo but in real...

Well, today my daughter found the first muscovy egg. It was frozen solid, sitting in the bedding in the middle of the coop. No one was claiming it. AAAACK. It is too cold here to be brooding babies. They have a light that gives them about 14 hours of light. I wanted them to have enough...

Is there a muscovy genetics primer some where? I am trying to figure out what my crew will end up with. I have a blue drake and what I was pretty sure was a chocolate drake, but he continued to get darker and darker. He is almost deep purple black. He doesn't fit his name much any...

I got an invite to another group via PM this evening. You probably did too. Seems like we had a spammer breaking the forum rules. I copied the PM to one of the moderators so they could deal with it. When I checked my messages later, the offending PM had been deleted. I wasn't sorry to see it...

Well, I was disappointed to see that Holderreads are selling out of Sebbies. They had beautiful birds. Anyone here buy any of their breeding stock to keep the lines going?

I have some stackable bins (separated and laying side by side on the floor) with straw in them for nests, but I am wondering if that is too open for them. I am considering making some enclosed, perhaps insulated, nest boxes. Can I stack them two high if they are placed against a back wall...

So I know you are probably already laughing about actually trying to plan a vacation around when my muscovies will be laying and or brooding, but I wondered if you could just slow down to a low chuckle long enough to help me out. I have Muscovies that were hatched out June 1, 2010 which will...

I have muscovy ducks hatched June 8th. So they are 19 or so weeks. They have started to mate and I am wondering if that means eggs are coming soon? How soon?

For some time I have shaken my head over they way people word things. For instance, I have seen a number of posts recently about poultry being murdered. So what happens when I get the plucker set up and start in on the meat birds? What would you call it? I guess I prefer to call it...

I got 5 ducks from there this past summer and hoped to get some more in the spring. I just talked to him and he has sold his flock for meat and has retired. I am so disappointed. Anyone else out there have breeding stock from him?

The USPS beats all I have ever heard. I bought 11 ducks. They were hatched out and mailed on Monday from just east of Oklahoma city. 5 weeks ago I ordered 6 ducks priority mail from the same breeder and they arrived in Alaska in 26 hours. One of them died in transit so this time I ordered more...

The other day I was talking to my DD about the meaties arriving this week. I said something about it always being exciting when chicks come. Her response: "Yeah, I always like it when a new meal shows up!"