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If it walks like a duck…

June 21, 2012 · by Tyler Danke · in Books, Ducks, Food Notes, History, Poultry Around the World, Uncategorized, Unusual Species

Ducks! Colorful and varied, good producers, effective pest foragers, attractive. Some quack more than others – they call them Call ducks  for a reason – but many owners enjoy that sociability. Husbandry is different from that for chickens, but once…

Orpington Chickens: A Royal Breed

June 20, 2012 · by Tyler Danke · in Chickens, Poultry Around the World

Consider the Orpington Chicken Breed. It’s a general purpose breed, useful for both meat and eggs. Orpingtons are large birds, roosters weighing around 10 lbs., hens 8 lbs. Orpingtons lay brown eggs. Estimates of laying on exhibition strains vary, from 50 to…

Waterfowl: Ducks, Geese and Swans

June 14, 2012 · by Tyler Danke · in Care & Safety of Poultry, Commercial, Ducks, Geese, Swans

Waterfowl are different from their land-based relatives, the chickens and other gallinaceous birds such as quail and pheasants. Their plumage is oiled to resist water and their meat is all dark. They carry a layer of fat under their skin,…

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Icons of the Farm: Rhode Island Red and White Chickens

June 7, 2012 · by Tyler Danke · in Chickens, Commercial, Food Notes

The Rhode Island Red chicken is the iconic Red Rooster and Little Red Hen of folk tales. In the American Poultry Advocate of May 1912, poultry judge and breeder W. H. Card described the breed as so impressive “that the…

Rhode Island Red chickens: The state bird

June 1, 2012 · by Tyler Danke · in Chickens, History

Rhode Island Reds remain one of the most popular breeds, for small and for commercial laying flocks. The Rhode Island Red is the official bird of the state of Rhode Island. John Crowther, described in Willis Grant Johnson and George…

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