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DUCKS or GEESE for FARM POULTRY ?
I’vekept poultry for most of my life, and waterfowl have always been an important inclusion. Our farm currently has both ducks and geese, and both species are serving the farm in their own unique ways with their own special attributes. Ducks are year
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How to Build a DROPPING BOARD
It’s an irrefutable fact: Chickens poop, and they poop a lot. In the coop, their favorite place to poop is off the edge of the roost when they’re sleeping at night. This means that, every night, droppings build up right under the roost in a specific
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Eggs-cellent Layers
You love getting tasty eggs from your hens, so how can you keep them healthy, happy, and laying? There are a number of factors that can influence how many eggs a hen lays in her lifetime. The laying cycle is an important part of a hen’s life. An egg,

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