Poultry 101

Keeping Jersey Buff Turkeys on a Heritage Turkey Farm
March 14, 2019 · · Poultry 101

Keeping Jersey Buff Turkeys on a Heritage Turkey Farm is fun, easy and critical to their conservation as a heritage breed.

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Breed Profile: Cayuga Duck
March 14, 2019 · · Poultry 101

Cayuga ducks are a threatened breed. These beautiful, iridescent, green feathered ducks are great for their flavorful meat, egg production, show quality, and their ability to make great pets.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Ducks in Suburbia
March 14, 2019 · · Ducks, Poultry 101

Ducks can be charming companions in suburban backyards. Check out this beginner’s guide to keeping ducks in suburbia.

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Raising Pilgrim Geese
March 14, 2019 · · Geese, Members Only, Poultry 101

Learn from an expert hatcher as he explains the benefits and basics of Pilgrim Geese through his own experiences.

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How to Add a Royal Palm Turkey to Your Flock
March 14, 2019 · · Members Only, Poultry 101, Turkeys

A Royal Palm turkey can be easily integrated into your flock. Their requirements for diet, safety, and dust baths are similar to chickens.

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Raising Peafowl in a Northern Climate
March 1, 2019 · · Poultry 101

Follow one breeder’s journey toward producing green peafowl with the pure-bred phenotype but with the resilience and hardiness of their blue and white cousins.

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Keeping Swans on Your Homestead
March 1, 2019 · · Poultry 101

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
March 1, 2019 · · Poultry 101

Learn to speak goose. Geese use a lot of different methods of communication. Learn the basics of understanding them with our guide.

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Peace, Love, and White Homing Pigeons
March 1, 2019 · · Members Only, Poultry 101

White homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica), which are often times advertised as white doves, can represent eternal life, love, faith, purity, and prosperity.

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Pigeons Strike a Pose
March 1, 2019 · · Poultry 101

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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