Poultry 101
Raising Peafowl in a Northern Climate – February/March 2019 Photo Essay
Add to Favorites By Larry FiskeChapel View Farm and Stable, West Bend, Wisconsin Photos by Alex DeFleron and Reinhold Bauer For many years after, I only raised traditional blue and …
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Keeping Swans on Your Homestead
If you have a small farm with a pond and live in a state that allows you to have them, keeping swans might just be a possibility.
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Learn to Speak Goose
Add to Favorites Most people can readily identify the call of a goose. But did you know that geese have so much more to say than just their proverbial honk? …
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Peace, Love, and Pigeons
Add to Favorites Releasing white homing pigeons will surely add majesty to a wedding or enlightened spirituality to a memorial service. Throughout time, birds have been used in ceremonies and …
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Pigeons Strike a Pose
Bret Hartman has photographed everyone from comedian Will Ferrell to legendary actor Dustin Hoffman, so we challenged him with a new assignment: pigeons. He captured these stunning shots at the The National Pigeon Association Grand National Pigeon Show in Los Angeles (2015).
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Raising Giant Dewlap Toulouse Geese and Heritage Narragansett Turkeys
Add to Favorites On a lark I was asked by my great friend Erin to take a ride with her and help her pick out a pair of Giant Dewlap …
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Get to Know Geese
Add to Favorites By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen, Maine — If you are a backyard farmer considering poultry but think that geese are disruptive and overly aggressive, think again. While it is true …
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Tips for Buying and Selling at a Poultry Swap Meet
Add to Favorites Chicken or poultry swap meets are events where the buying, selling, and trading of poultry and livestock is carried out. The event is usually hosted by a …
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The Roman Goose
Add to Favorites Story & Photos By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen, Maine Roman geese bring history and a unique appearance to the farm. Their carriage and plumage are swanlike, and their lineage …
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The Sebastopol Goose
Add to Favorites Story and Photos by Kirsten Lie-Nielsen, Maine Sebastopol geese form a surreal and intriguing spectacle drifting across a pond or foraging around your backyard. With feathers every …
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