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My duck is sitting on infertile eggs, and I was wondering what would happen if I placed ducklings under her at around day 30. Has anyone done this before?

I got one of those emails that I hate to get. The sort of email that one gets that gets forwarded to a gazillion people and contains questionable statistics. But this one got me thinking even if the person who forwarded it to me never gave it another thought after they hit the forward button...

He came with some buff orpington pullets I got off craigslist... what the heck is he?

I thought some might find what we're doing informative. I work on a certified organic farm that mostly sells vegetables and occasionally has grass fed beef for sale out of our small Hereford herd. However, we're mostly known for our veggies. This year we decided to try pastured poultry and...

I went to the local store today and looked at weights and costs of chicken. Certified organic, which we are, weighed between 3.5 and 4.5lbs and cost $3.99lb. Free range weighed between 4.5 and 5.5lbs and cost $2.99lb. A local farmer and friend sells them for $4.50lb and they are not certified...

I have a pomeranian goose sitting on eggs, she has another week and a half or so before they hatch, but her gander went over to the muscovy pen and brought these back to her: Those are not pomeranian goslings. I tried to take them away from her to put them back with the muscovy, but she...

Our meaties are 5 weeks today. So far it's been good. Out of the 104 they shipped one was doa and we have lost no other until today. This evening when we went out to fill their feeders one was flipped on it's back. We picked it up and it was convulsing and died within a minute. Does anyone...

For food safety inspection you need to put a thermometer in the first bird you slaughter and log cool down. Where the heck do I put the darn thing. I did a trial run yesterday and am pretty sure I didn't put it where it was suppose to be. If you have a picture, I would appreciate it.

Can anyone tell me what this is? Her feathering is in bad condition, her beak looks odd, and the eye when I saw it at first looked to be infected. The stuff over her eye seems to be sort of foamy. Some questions. Can you give a goose Duramycin 72-200 that is intended for cattle? It's an...

I bought 100 jumbo broilers from Central Hatchery. They arrived Thursday, March 24th having been born the 22nd. We had one DOA. So far all are doing fine. I am concerned a bit about their one week weights. Since they were born on the 22nd I weighed a sample of 20 on the 29th with an average...

As I was about to leave the farm today, I noticed one of my ducks laying still away from all the other ducks who had moved to the other side of the yard when the dogs ran through to bark at cars. I noted she tried to get up, but didn't seem able to. None of our ducks allow me to pick them up...

It's been a while since I've posted any pictures... or any topics for that matter. As some of you may remember the year before last I got my first ducks in the mail. That's all it took. I tried hard to keep the total number at six, but that didn't really work for me, I mean come on, THEY ARE...

I've read here and other places that some people are able to work around the processing permits by selling the live birds to customers and then offering the processing as a free service. I cannot find information related to this for Washington state. Can anyone direct me further reading on this?

I saw these up for adoption in California... http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/18006348

These are the two hatcheries that appear to be the closest to me. Belt hatchery carries the Hubbard strain and I have no clue what Lazy 54 carries. Has anyone had any dealings with either of these hatcheries? And if so, what are your opinions?

I have 19 Delawares and 12 EE's about the same age, between 8 and 10 weeks. The Delawares are foraging monsters. They eat a bit of feed but mostly they are scratching and scratching and eating whatever it is they find in the grass. The EE's on the other hand don't hardly scratch at all and...

Very cool vintage video. http://gimundo.com/videos/view/how-helen-keller-learned-to-speak/

I sold three head of cattle a few days ago, and it wasn't an easy thing for me to do. I spent a lot of time wondering what their life would be like especially knowing their life thus far has been a good one. I finally had to realize that there are only two ways off the farm for our cattle...

I drove down to Oregon this weekend and bought 10 culls, 5 females and 5 males, from Holderreads. I'm very happy! Here's a picture, I'll post more tomorrow.

Having just spent a lot of time seeding our pasture, I've been having to send the dog out quite a bit to chase off the Canadian geese who are now congregating in large numbers and eating all the seed and sprouts. On one of our rounds I noticed a small flock of geese in the South pasture that...