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Just got three female Muscovy ducks a few weeks ago, another new adventure in my continuing journey with animals. They've been great but after giving one or two eggs a day between the three of them there hasn't been any eggs now for a couple of weeks. I'm guessing they have a laying cycle...

I guess this is just a rant...lol... I hate changing feed stores after you get comfortable with the place you're at. When I got my first rabbits in 2008 I was buying my feed from a lady near where I bought the rabbits. It was her own formula that the feed mill made up for her and I bought it...

I'm just curious what everyone does with the feed dust in feeds. I have a couple of rabbit feeders I've found that have a mesh bottom but the fines fall down onto the patio stone floors of the colony and makes a bit of a mess. I usually scoop the pellets up with a sifter and give them a few...

This past March 1st was the day ten years ago that I got my first rabbits from Moonkitten. There was Adam, a blue NZ buck, Scarlett, a red NZ doe, a black doe and a white doe. A couple of years later I got my first chickens and for the last three years I have got turkeys each spring and...

So, I ordered the turkeys for this year, I've been getting 20 each year but ordered 30 this year because I want to try a couple new recipes. I've been googling turkey sausage recipes but seem to only come up with recipes that use turkey sausage in them, not the recipe for the sausage itself...

So now I'm fighting a major rat problem. Between the snap traps and pellet gun I'm picking them off pretty regularly but I think I have to up the ante a lot. I'm keeping the feed in plastic totes which seemed to reduce the activity in the feed shed and I'm making regular inspections to keep the...

I know, it takes a buck and a doe... not sure what happened here. I was butchering some rabbits today and I went out to an area of the colony that had a mother and four daughters. I took one of the daughters out, ran her through a homemade rabbit wringer and hung her up to process. Wasn't I...

Well, it's turkey time again and we're processing birds again. I have a friend who has dogs and she is interested in livers, necks and feet for her dogs for treats. I've done a little research on prices but does anyone know what prices I should charge her? She's a friend and easy to deal with...

Fred has been with me for 8 1/2 years. He was from my very first litter from Fred and Scarlett who were my first rabbits. He was a calm, gentle rabbit with beautiful thick Steele fur and stocky with a strong head and shoulders. He fathered upwards of about 150 kits over the years. He was a bit...

I just had a friend contact me who is trying to feed her dogs a more natural diet and she is interested in getting organ meats and possibly feet from my rabbits, turkeys and chickens. Does anyone else do this and, if so, any idea on pricing? She told me to come up with a price that I think is...

I butchered six rabbits yesterday and found this growth on one of them. I'm pretty sure it was a female. All of it's organs were healthy and normal as were the other five I butchered. I checked everyone else in the colony and all were fine. Any idea what this is and is the rabbit still edible?

This has been a big turkey year for me so far. I got 22 turkeys and 11 have been put on the bus to freezer camp. With Thanksgiving around the corner I've had a lot of interest in the turkeys so it should be a good year this year. Most of the time I let the turkeys rest in the fridge for about...

News is just trickling in that Alliston Feed Service burned down last night. Unofficial word is that some kid set a fire in the dumpster behind the building and it spread into the mill. It was owned and staffed by a great group of local people and had a history going back to the late 1800's. I...

Went out to feed the critters this morning, caught some movement out of the corner of my eye and saw this varmint coming out from under the turkey shed. It was not the least bit worried about me and actually ended up in the feed shed investigating my boot. I was in with the chickens feeding them...

Well, follow along if you can on this convoluted tale... Last Saturday a litter of 11 was born in the colony on the side with a buck and two does. They were all alive and wiggly and covered perfectly in a deep ball of fur. The doe was sitting next to the nest box looking quite pleased with...

I didn't want to hijack the pet chicken thread so here's a couple of my rescues. The firsts one is Pidgey, named by my little cousin after a pokemon, I think. The hen had hatched 9 out of a dozen eggs and I usually let the rest stay in the nest for two or three more days then they go in the...

I went out to do chores last night and for some reason I decided to check a nest box in the far end of the colony and found a fresh litter of nine, all alive but very cold and moving very slowly. The mother pulled a bit of fur but not enough and they were scattered around the nest box uncovered...

I went out to do chores this morning and found Black Doe in the nest box with a mouth full of fur so I fed and watered the chickens and when I went back she was out of the nest box so I checked it and found these four kits in there. One was intact at the front of the nest box away from the...

I was wondering what's involved in getting into the farming or agricultural business. I'm talking about selling things like eggs, chickens, chicks, rabbits, turkeys, compost, worms, worm poo, crushed egg shells and any other farm, garden or agriculture related items I can think of. I guess I'm...

Late last week I separated five young roosters from the flock to the turkey shed for butchering and didn't get to them this weekend due to other things coming up. This morning I went out to do chores and found all five of them dead. Something got into the shed through a small dug hole in the...