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I would definitely leave them together. I've never heard many people have problems with hens attacking other hens poults anyways. I've heard many many stories of hens raising poults together though. Unless you've seen strange aggressive behaviour with Jenny (which it doesn't sound like).. I...

I read this post a while ago! Interesting to see it back at the top! I agree about it likely being a hen. Even though it's snood, dewlap and caruncles are similar to the younger tom... she's 6 months old (or more now actually) and should have much bigger, fuller caruncles (I have a 3 month old...

I agree... fowl pox! If you read about the two (fowl pox and blackhead) and google pictures... I think you would feel very confident yourself that it is fowl pox NOT blackhead. And it looks like a pretty nasty case of the pox. Not sure how long they've had the scabs, but it appears its been a...

yaaayyy.. so glad to hear it!! It is always so nice to hear a happy ending to a distress post! Especially with how awful and UNCOMFORTABLE she looked in the pic! Great job!

Ok Leadwolf1... thanks for the response!! I actually went and did a search and found the "poop chart" on here which explained the watery poop! I never had my other turkeys do that, so I didn't know! Thanks

Hi Chicken pickin... thanks for the reply! Yeah, Im guessing the bread thing works... just being extra cautious to make sure it's not ineffective or something, for some reason :S haha. I'm a bit of a worryer! As far as the Tylan recommendation I got... I'm definitely guessing that the...

Hi... one of my turkey jennys is having really watery poop lately too! In fact, her two siblings occassionally have gotten it but it seems to be more frequent lately and she is concerning me because she also seems to have a cough. But this isn't the normal "runs" that I'm used to from turkeys...

I say Tom too... not because of any one factor, but all combined. He has a long snood... in the first picture it looks like it's already draping towards one side of the beak. He also has large caruncles on his neck. Those are way too large for a hen at a couple months if you ask me and he has a...

A long time ago I had someone on here recommend Tylan 50 at 1cc per 10 lbs, twice a day for ten days. So previously, as recommended, I have squirted it down the turkey's throat. However, I have a particularly fussy jenny and I was wondering if anyone sees any reason why soaking a piece of break...

Hey... nice to hear the positive feedback and responses on here and glad to hear she was doing better! I have used the Tylan many times... ever since it turned my hen around (I had already tried Terramycin/Duramycin on her and she was still not responding and started fading fast), it's sort of...

oh wow... that looks bad. Is it on both sides? Can you please provide any other accompanying symptoms (if any) and describe this a little further (is it hard/soft - does she seem sensitive to touching there?) and let us know if she's eating/drinking/pooping normal? My first guess would be...

Wow!! Thanks for the update! I checked out your blog also... just too cute!!! Glad to know everything worked out and all the babies are happy and safe :) And yeah - I just started a new college and moved back in with my parents for the semester... they've never been too happy about having birds...

aww well I will have to try that! It will be hard for me to wait to spoil them, but I will lol

Chicks can squirrel under a hen really well and hide in her feathers well when sleeping.. but I do not think it could manage to stay in her feathers while she's up and down off the nest and walking around. I read your other post as well.. and I hope you find your chick! I can only offer similar...

I know I'm not the thread starter.. but since this was about silkies, I was wondering - can silkie chicks have treats right away? Like lettuce, mealworm pieces, etc? I just got a trio that's two days old now and I hear treats are the way to their heart... but I've only ever raised turkeys and...