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No hen still... How do I protect my turkeys when sitting?

I truly hope not!! I am just baffled for another answer. I secretly hope that my broody turkey hen will return even without the eggs!! Her eggs was due to hatch next week. But I can't see a turkey hen moving all her eggs and leaving the fake one only with no trace Of her or eggs no shell or...

My turkey hen went Broody just outside my barn. We live in upstate ny near PA border. A few days into sitting she disappeared along with all 13 eggs she was sitting on. No sign of struggle or any broken eggs. What would have taken her and the eggs??? Without leaving a trace our sign of struggle?

Can chickens eat lychee?

I don't normally, I did this as a last resort, my heat bulb blew, the heat source I had on hand was not keeping them warm enough and the store was closed. Initially I tried other things but I gave up, this hen has stolen babies from other hens before so i thought its worth a try if it saved my...

If she was going to attack them would she have done it by now?

She has had them a couple hours now, everyone was going to bed, mamma hen w chicks are in smaller sperate coop then rest of flock. I just don't want her to hurt them, they went under her and she didn't seem to pay no mind to them.

Question, I have a mama hen with four babies, she is crazy don't ever like anyone looking at her babies not even looking her way. Today I put 6 more in coop with her a few days younger then hers that she hatched. She seems to have accepted them,I worry that she may turn on the new ones that I...

I have a hen she picks at food but not eating, she is fluffed out not feeling well, her crop looked ballooned, I massaged it and air escaped almost burbing gas, the vile wretched smell is like putried horrifying rotting smell, she is an older hen our oldest. What can I do to make her better and...

I have a chick born a couple days ago, it has one leg that it keeps straight all the time, how do I help correct it? I tried putting a bandage on both legs but it just falls over and chirps like crazy.

I Know What The Parents Are That Odds Have It They Are One Of Those Colors, However This One is Lighter Then Any Of My Blues And So Much DifferentIIn Color Then The Other 22 Chicks I Got From Same Pen.

They are from mixed pen of Marans, blue/black/ splash wheaten and blue wheaten.

Idk anything about the porcelain gene, is it recessive? Where does or come from, genetically?

Here is my Maran chick hatched yesterday, any thoughts on the color?

Dottie51 are they hen or roos I an very interested and close how much? Picture please.