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Do you use your barn anymore?
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Alaskan
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Storage...
Kind of the horror of a kitchen island... what does it do? Give you more counter space?
Well, it has the ability to do that... and hold EVERYTHING in your life!!
My bantam coop and pond coop are currently empty... but I don't thing either are good choices right now...
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Oh... so the barn still has some hay (that I use for bedding in the coop) but also soap box derby cars, snow machines, 4-wheelers, wood, shelving, tires..... etc. Etc.
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Ok.... so WHY don't I note it down the first day I notice?
Because I think that maybe they are just laying, not brooding....
And then I forget.... blah, blah..
Anyway... so some time between the 2nd and 3rd week of April, ONE goose and 3 muscovy started brooding.
Because I think that maybe they are just laying, not brooding....
And then I forget.... blah, blah..
Anyway... so some time between the 2nd and 3rd week of April, ONE goose and 3 muscovy started brooding.
Mini Horses
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I'm ahead of you -- I wrote mine down!!!! 
This year anyway! Might have broody 2 starting last night ?? Didn't check this morn but, will today. First still has same 7 eggs there, a good sign they're developing plus no extras added. Maybe chicks 5/2...?? If so Xtra hens & freezer roos if I can keep them safe.
This year anyway! Might have broody 2 starting last night ?? Didn't check this morn but, will today. First still has same 7 eggs there, a good sign they're developing plus no extras added. Maybe chicks 5/2...?? If so Xtra hens & freezer roos if I can keep them safe.- Thread starter
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I have put in more nests.... but ...
No other goose is trying to go broody ... stupid... this breed is supposed to go broody... I will have to give them a lecture, go broody, be a good mom, or you will be eaten.
And the muscovy do have other nesting spots... but only 3 are broody, AND ALL ON THE SAME NEST. ridiculous!
No other goose is trying to go broody ... stupid... this breed is supposed to go broody... I will have to give them a lecture, go broody, be a good mom, or you will be eaten.
And the muscovy do have other nesting spots... but only 3 are broody, AND ALL ON THE SAME NEST. ridiculous!
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Oh.... most of the swamp/ lake drained out of the goose pen and coop.....
I just put bits of wood slabs underneath where I wanted the nests to go, to keep the damp from the ground from creeping up... and then hay.
I just put bits of wood slabs underneath where I wanted the nests to go, to keep the damp from the ground from creeping up... and then hay.
Baymule
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I have put in more nests.... but ...
No other goose is trying to go broody ... stupid... this breed is supposed to go broody... I will have to give them a lecture, go broody, be a good mom, or you will be eaten.
And the muscovy do have other nesting spots... but only 3 are broody, AND ALL ON THE SAME NEST. ridiculous!
I had guineas once and the two hens shared a nest under a portable building. The poor male got so lonely that he stayed under the portable building too! So I kept feed and water just under the edge for them.
animalmom
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My Muscovy hens always have either 2 or 3 to a nest... considering the girls are sitting on close to 20+ eggs per nest they need the extra bodies.
My girls should start the hatching around May 5... so cute to see the wee yellow heads sticking out of the hen's feathers.
Good luck with your birds!
My girls should start the hatching around May 5... so cute to see the wee yellow heads sticking out of the hen's feathers.
Good luck with your birds!
