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    First chickens, now ducks, turkey and geese.

    Here is a pic of there little temporary pond. They sure are loving it, once they get a little bigger they can go to our big pond (a little over a acre and 14 feet deep). We have 4 khaki Campbells, 4 Toulouse geese 8 white ducks (peking mabye), and 5 burboun red turkeys, to go along with our (large) flock of chickens. I think right now we have about 35 laying hens, 2 grown roosters, and about 60 young chickens of different ages.


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    They look so good and loving their swimming hole. Yep they are Peking ducks


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    Quote Originally Posted by Taz Baby View Post
    They look so good and loving their swimming hole. Yep they are Peking ducks

    Thanks, I think they may be mix bred. They have some brown on them.

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    So the flock increases. Very nice.

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    probably not as much fun, and certainly not as challenging, but DEFINATELY a lot easier procuring meat for you than hunting.

    Looking good Helo

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    My favorites are Rouen and Muscovy ducks. Mandarins are really nice but they are a small duck and pretty pricey at $55/pair when you can find them. Runners are also pretty cool fowl. An ex-wife and I raised them for several years. Duck eggs are also very tasty, with a different flavor than hen fruit.
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    4 of our rabbits are pregnant, one started delivering today. So far she has 7 kits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sniper-T View Post
    probably not as much fun, and certainly not as challenging, but DEFINATELY a lot easier procuring meat for you than hunting.

    Looking good Helo
    If anything ever happens I don't want to rely on hunting. The game are going to be extinct with all the people on the planet trying to eat them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy Old Man View Post
    My favorites are Rouen and Muscovy ducks. Mandarins are really nice but they are a small duck and pretty pricey at $55/pair when you can find them. Runners are also pretty cool fowl. An ex-wife and I raised them for several years. Duck eggs are also very tasty, with a different flavor than hen fruit.

    Going to be a while before we get any eggs from them.

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    A pic of some of our birds. I think the geese and ducks are a month old.


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