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😱 What??? That's sexist :old why not all but 2 males? Then give girls a chance to mother up. Those boys can't lay eggs.

Are female better for butcher?
Butcher should be the same... they are almost identical in weight.

It is just with the males I have ONE clear cull... not 2.

And if I cut down to 2 males, and do not cull any girls... no way will the girls have a fair chance to get fertile eggs.

I have one female with the "wrong" color bill (for the breed). But... I rather like being able to tell one apart! These geese are super similar!

So.... yeah... I need to look at feed costs... and think it over.
 

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Your geese are beautiful!

Safe travels down the mountain tomorrow!
Ha! Nope! It went down this afternoon. Sunday drop off so they have it first thing.

And I didn't do it! I had my kid drive... he is happy to slide all over. :rolleyes:

Anyway... roads had been plowed enough that it worked just fine.

But... I looked at the weather forecast... it said we were supposed to get "trace" accumulation! :tongue

We have over 6 inches!

Why does anyone still look up what the weather guessers say??? :idunno
 

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Then you have to pull in your borders and do the things that you can do.
I bought 4 bags of dog food yesterday, 50 pound bags. The cashier asked if I wanted carry out. I told her no, that when I get to where I can’t pick up a bag of feed, it’s time to do something else. I know that day will come, but it’s not here now and I’m gonna keep on keeping on until I can’t.
 

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Then you have to pull in your borders and do the things that you can do.
I bought 4 bags of dog food yesterday, 50 pound bags. The cashier asked if I wanted carry out. I told her no, that when I get to where I can’t pick up a bag of feed, it’s time to do something else. I know that day will come, but it’s not here now and I’m gonna keep on keeping on until I can’t.
I am thinking I just need to figure out smarter ways to do things.

I have 3 more years before all kids are gone... so I have time to experiment and figure out the methods that work best for me.
 

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I am thinking I just need to figure out smarter ways to do things.

I have 3 more years before all kids are gone... so I have time to experiment and figure out the methods that work best for me.
I have a small hand truck. When I get a 50# bag of feed I have the clerk put it on the floor of my car, behind my seat. If no one is available to assist me once I get home I bring the hand truck to the car, wriggle the bag out the door and onto the hand truck. Then I can roll it up the shed steps (they're low) and wriggle it off the hand truck next to the galvanized can that holds my feed. Most of the time I can do one power lift up and into the can. I have done it in stages, put the bag on top of a stool or something. If I get to the point where I can't lift it I will just open the bag and scoop the feed into 5 gallon buckets with lids.
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The feed can is the smaller one.
 
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