Any FOWL keepers out there?

[Vicious_Fish]

So does anyone else on here keep any type of chickens, ducks, geese, or other fowl? I use to keep and breed several species of gamebirds about 10 years ago. Since last year I raised chickens and guineafowl from chicks and today I picked up 6 ducklings. They're a breed called Khaki Campbell's and I'm hoping to get eggs from them in the future.

So does anyone else keep any poultry?

 

[RMorrow]

We have some plymouth barred for eggs and my son is raising polish chickens and indian runner ducks for 4H. What does your duck set up look like? I have heard that Khakis require alot more swimming area for long term care.

 

[StevieTheG]

My gf and I keep hens and they're protector, an old man turkey. We're only interested in the eggs. Funny birds. I wouldn't mind getting a few ducks. We've talked about a pair of black swans but they're expensive


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[Vicious_Fish]

We have some plymouth barred for eggs and my son is raising polish chickens and indian runner ducks for 4H. What does your duck set up look like? I have heard that Khakis require alot more swimming area for long term care.

I have Barred Rocks as well. In a few weeks the local feed store is suppose to get in some more BR pullets and I plan on buying 8. Last year my fiancee bought 10 chicks from a friend of hers who raises chickens and 7 out of 10 turned out to be roosters. This year I'm not taking any chances and buying sexed pullets. We also have a single hen Silkie that is pretty much a pet and lives indoors for now.

Compared to runners, yes they'll swim a little more. I'm either going to buy them a 300 gallon stock tank for swimming or build them a small pond with my unlimited source of rubber roofing and pond liner. When I raised Mallards I had a small 600 gallon pond they enjoyed but good lord did they ever make a mess out of it.

My gf and I keep hens and they're protector, an old man turkey. We're only interested in the eggs. Funny birds. I wouldn't mind getting a few ducks. We've talked about a pair of black swans but they're expensive

I'd love to get some Royal Palm or Boubron Red Turkeys in the future. Yes, those swans are expensive! I see them for sale for around $2,000 for a pair.

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My Silkie Chicken "Fluffy" hanging with her buddy.

 

[krichardson]

Seth what kinds of game birds were you into?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Seth what kinds of game birds were you into?

I bred Mallards, Mongolian Ring-neck Pheasants and Chukar Partridge. I also kept and bred Homing and Tumbler Pigeons.

I would like to get into breeding Bobwhite Quail to reintroduce them to the area but I need to get a permit for that first.

 

[krichardson]

That's interesting.Some of the pet shops around here used to carry quail,not sure if they were Bobwhites...Are you going to apply for the permit.

 

[Fishysweet]

We have geese 2 super Africa sweetness and apollo 4 white Chinese goose goose,sticky,Bruce, butch and 1 gray Sebastopol eggo. Asils and sumatra. But we used to have a bunch of different types and we had turkeys

 

[Vicious_Fish]

That's interesting.Some of the pet shops around here used to carry quail,not sure if they were Bobwhites...Are you going to apply for the permit.

I bet they were selling coturnix quail which are smaller than our native quail. You don't need a permit to own them and you can keep this species in fairly small indoor setups. I might apply for a bobwhite breeders permit in the future.

We have geese 2 super Africa sweetness and apollo 4 white Chinese goose goose,sticky,Bruce, butch and 1 gray Sebastopol eggo. Asils and sumatra. But we used to have a bunch of different types and we had turkeys

I'd love some geese but they can be too loud and I have neighbors that are kind of close. I already push it with the guineas if you've ever heard the noise the can make! You have Sumatras? I love the look of those, very primitive.

 

[houie925]

I have a few chickens, currently just buff orpingtons, and used to have golden pheasants. Trying to sell the wife on a couple Muscovies but no luck with that so far.

The quail I've seen at pet shops are button quail. Occasionally i'll see coturnix at the feed stores.


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