Posts by smartlittleroo

We have a small flock of turkeys, 3 standard bronze hens and a Black Spanish tom. Yesterday I went out to my turkey pen and found one of my hens dead. Her head had been pecked in a couple of places, but there wasn't any blood around so...

Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately he died this morning. He went to sleep after I gave him the penicillin. He woke up and changed positions a couple of times, but before noon he  suddenly gave a few flaps of his wings and then...

Yesterday I discovered that one of my Blue Andalusian roos had been attacked by the other roos. It must have happened sometime the evening previous or early yesterday morning as he was fine the day before yesterday. I found...

Quote: Originally Posted by Elisi  In my experience, a typical turkey flock is 2 toms usually brothers with one being the flock boss (alpha) and a bunch of hens, about 5 or 6 or more. If there are only a few hens...

Here is something I have wondered about. I know that to keep deer away from gardens and fruit trees many stores sell coyote urine that you are supposed to sprinkle around the area. Would human urine work to keep coyotes at bay? Sort of...

Last year I bought 4 Naragansett poults. I wanted Naragansetts because I knew they were a heritage breed and I had read that they had nice temperaments. It turned out that I got 2 hens and 2 toms. The hens are very sweet, but the toms...

She did get up on the back of an outdoor bench the other night (about 3' up) so there is a possibility that she hurt herself getting up there. I noticed a few times before the problem with walking started that she was kind of squatting...

I have a BBB hen and the last few days I have noticed she is reluctant to walk. Two days ago she seemed fine and was getting around (when she walks she kind of waddles, swaying from side to side). Yesterday she did a lot of laying on the...

Quote:Originally Posted by operator16 I would however eat it over the weird GEODUCK clam that looked a little too much like someone's privates...Have a look at this link if you'd like to see one. ...

DancingBear, my roo was just over a year old.