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Muscovy Ducks Native to South America, their original name was "Musco duck" because they ate so many mosquitos. The Russian Muscovites were one of the first to import them to their country. Being very hardy, Muscovies are still roaming wild in the South American jungles today. Even here in North America, several states, such as Florida and Georgia, have wild Muscovies. These "wild" Muscovies are responsible for eating literally millions of pests every year. Were it not for them, these states would undoubtedly have more millions of "pests" that like to dine on people. Muscovies have a "crest" on the top of their heads that they can raise at will. During the mating season, a male sill often raise this crest to fend off other males and claim his dominance. He will also raise this crest to impress the females and help to get them in the "mood" for mating. Muscovies communicate with one another by wagging their tails and raising and lowering their heads at one another. Muscovies are excellent flying ducks. As a matter of fact, given their preference, they like to roost in trees. If you provide a house for them with "perches" or "roosts," they will get on these at night. Be careful of the claws on the ducks. They have these to help them cling on to the roost. I have never seen them use these claws to scratch the coil. If you do not want your Muscovies to fly, you can clip off the third section of one wing before the ducklings are one week old. Mature drakes (males) will weigh anywhere from 12 to 15 pounds, while the females (ducks) actually weigh from 8 to 10 pounds. The females are much smaller than the males. Both sexes have what is known as a "caruncle" on their head.
Buff Geese
It is interesting that the buff color is not common in wild waterfowl. Most other domestic and wild geese have a combination of white, gray and black coloring. So the buff color is fairly unique in geese. The Buff goose was developed for commercial meat production and the claim is that their feathers are easier to remove than white, gray or black feathers as they are less strongly rooted. The remaining pin feathers are so light in color, the carcass is as clean appearing as a white goose. Buffs are a calm, friendly breed and beautiful to watch - especially in a reddish orange sunset. Andrea Heesters of the Netherlands raises Buff Geese. You can visit her website, http://www.buffganzen.nl/index_uk.htm for more pictures and information on these wonderful geese.
Royal Palm Turkeys
Turkeys are a strikingly attractive small-sized turkey variety. They are the only variety to be bred as an ornamental variety rather than for growth rate and muscling. They are white with a sharply contrasting, metallic black edging on the feathers. The saddle is black and the tail is pure white, with each feather having a band of black and an edge of white. They are active, thrifty, excellent foragers and good fliers. Standard weights at maturity are males- 22 lbs. and hens-12 lbs.
Chickens
Barred Rocks
Are one of America's oldest and most popular breeds. All of their plumage is black and white barred which is the result of the barred (B) gene. Because males are the homozygous sex, they have two barred alleles (BB) and are therefore lighter in color than the females, which are the heterogametic sex and have only one barred allele(B_). They are an excellent dual purpose breed, known for their efficient production of large brown eggs. Standard weights at maturity are males-9 1/2 lbs. and hens-6 lbs.
Rhode Island Reds
Are an old time, well-known American breed, which was developed in the state of Rhode Island. A distinct characteristic of this breed is their horizontal, oblong body, which is deep, broad and long, sometimes described as "brick shaped". They are an excellent dual-purpose bird that efficiently produces large brown eggs. From the time they are chicks until maturity they may have white on the wing tips, but when they are fully matured they should not have any white feathers. Standard weights at maturity are males-8 1/2 lbs. and hens-6 1/2 lbs.
Ameraucanas
Known as “Easter Egg Breed”, have beards, muffs and a normal tail with a tail head. They are incorrectly called Araucanas, which have ear tuffs and rumples without a tail head, which gives them a bunny tail appearance. Ameraucanas are excellent producers of large multicolored eggs, including blue and green.
Rabbits
We currently have Californians, Havana and Dutch rabbits.
All three of which are great pets and eating rabbits. Our rabbits are well bred with good pedigrees and
excellent type. They make good show rabbits.
Californians are white with black ears, nose, tail and feet. They are an 8 to 10
pound rabbit, rather docile and the 2nd most popular meat rabbit in the country.
Havanas are the "mink" of the rabbit family. They have exceptionally soft and
lustrous fur. They are a 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 pound rabbit and maybe solid color or broken (spotted). They are also mild mannered and don't take up as much space, since they are a smaller breed.
Dutch or "Dutch Belted" is often called "the panda bear" rabbit, since they have white feet and belt but are mostly dark colored. They are one of the most popular fancy rabbits in America. They range from 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 pounds and are usually very mild mannered and the does make excellent mothers.
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