Posts by Poultergeist

Bronze Breasted Turkey's Making a meal out of their own excrement?????I have ten BB turkey's living outdoors in a 20x 40 foot pen.  They seem to enjoy chowing down the feces of their pen mates as soon as the crap hits the...

I have a 4 foot by 8 foot enclosure with ten 3 week old tufted roman geese in my basement.  I  always supply adequate water and feed to them.  Yesterday when I came home from my real job, I noticed 3 geese had severe rip...

Last night when I checked my chicks (5 weeks old) one of my light brahmas had pecked a blue tarp which lines my brooder underneath the Pine chip bedding.  A long strand of plastic threadhad wrapped around her tongue and sinched it...

I've canceled subsequent orders after being shipped a 50 chick order on March 3rd.  I don't buy any of this stuff concerning their going through regulatory bodies first.  With all the feed back they've been given, their first...

I had 52 delivered on 3-3-08.  12 have become sick and I have 4 more that appear headed in that direction.  When will it stop I wonder?   I am certain it is AE due to the similarity of symptoms to those that have had...

Whatever you do don't rely on the Hatchery to tell you what percentage of their customers received sick chicks. When I called MM on March 20th to learn what was going on, I was not asked what my order number was, what my name was, and...

Here is my brooder.  It's built to house my chick-flock of 25 Light Brahmas and 25 Buff Orpingtons.6100103230761EgUJUC][/url]

My chicks, purchased from McMurray and delivered on 3/3/08 were doing fairly well until yesterday.  I thought that I may have lucked out and dodged a bullet.  Now, suddenly,  several are showing ominous symptoms. ...

As someone who can rightly claim to be a scientist, speculation is the fuel that leads to finding answers in science.  Attempting  to stamp out speculation in the scientific process is to bury one's head in the sand.  For...

The only positive experience I've had with McMurray was  that they appeared professional when I ordered my chicks.