The Chicken Club (The Flock)
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A group for people who want to raise a few chickens, who have chickens or other poultry, are thinking about getting some poultry, or who just plain love chickens and ducks and geese!
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The Carnage Continues- Feel Powerless To Stop the Racoon(s) That Are Killing My Hens- Need Ideas Fast
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Comment by Ron Snyder and Cathy Taggett on July 15, 2010 at 1:14pm -
They prefer more, (they really liked swimming in the pond) but as long as they can wash themselves can get by with less. I guess 6 inches is about what i give them. I'm not filling it too much in case a baby duck falls in. they can drown I understand. I save most of the water for fertilizing plants.
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Comment by Alicia Wills on July 15, 2010 at 10:59am -
Do you find that your Muscovies are fine with the few inches of water in the kids pool? I use a mini-kids pool for my two Khaki's but I fill it for them. This results in a fair amount of water use in the summer, when I need to change it every week to 10 days - ducks being the messy lovable critters that they are. I do have it set up so that when I empty it the water runs through my orchard but it's still a lot of water. Maybe I'm spoiling them?
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Comment by Ron Snyder and Cathy Taggett on July 15, 2010 at 10:21am
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to Krista,
Our muscovies use a child's plastic wading pool with a few inches of water. The babies use a rubbermaid lid. We have a pond but 2 were snatched by predators (coyote or eagle) on the way to the pond so we keep them behind a fence now.
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Comment by Jamie Jedinak on July 15, 2010 at 9:14am -
This is great! Thanks for posting a pic!!!
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Comment by Alicia Wills on July 15, 2010 at 8:27am
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Latest additions!
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Comment by Jamie Jedinak on July 15, 2010 at 12:00am
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Great, hopefully they will post them on our group site soon!!!
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Comment by Deanna Lloyd on July 14, 2010 at 10:59pm -
Laura Plaut (Common Threads Farm) will also be having a poultry processing workshop in Sept. Site is located in town (Happy Valley!).
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Comment by Krista Rome on July 14, 2010 at 5:47pm -
Jamie: Inspiration Farm is having a poultry processing workshop in september. I am going to attend with or without my birds and learn! Never done it before.
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Comment by Krista Rome on July 14, 2010 at 5:44pm
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Ron and Cathy, we were contemplating muscovies awhile back. I'm curious about water needs. I'm told they don't need much (and we don't have much). What do yours use?
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Comment by Ron Snyder and Cathy Taggett on July 14, 2010 at 10:15am
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We could use a rooster --a Rhode Island Red or Wyandotte. So if any extras appear in anyone's flocks, let us know.
Cathy
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