My show girls run with Americaunas, Buff Orphingtons, Giants, Guineas, Speced Sussex, Gold Lace Cochins (standard) and Royal Palm turkeys and other smaller breeds, Japanese, bantam cochins, silkies. The really area a hardy bird.
Thanks for the input.. I am originally from Illinois so I know cold, but you turn into a sissy down here when it hits 40 degrees. LOL Glad to hear someone else has a mixed up turkey. Never had mine do this before.
I have white and blue showgirls and silkies. When I first saw the showgirls I thought they were so ugly that they were cute and I had to have them. I have never regretted that decision. I love them. They do find free roaming. If trouble approaches they go into the palmettos or back into...
I have a 2- year old royal palm hen that has not molted yet and is still laying eggs in november in Floria near tampa. What can I do to help her molt and stop laying eggs. I am guessing the two things are related. My other hens have molted and are not laying eggs. I am afraid that if she...
You may also want to just hold and love him. Tell him that everything will be ok. It will take a few weeks for him to get over the trauma. I had a small hen that saw several of her coopmates get pulled out of the coop in pieces and she refused to go into the coop on her own. I just tried to...
I see nothing wrong in protecting your animals, as long as you kill the intended animal HUMANELY. That means a shot to kill and not just injure, so it will die slowly. Antifreeze is not a quick death, but a slow one and can take other innocent victims with it. All animals, whether we like...
I used to work for a vet and in cows with a prolapsed uterus/vagina they wold put sugar on it and then push it back in gently. You may have to hold it in with you hand for a while. Good luck.
I hatch my chicks in an incubator. I have had this happen several times. As soon as I find them I put them in a small rubbemade storage container, not much bigger than they are, and put several pieces of toilet paper over the top so they cannot get out of the container (use a rubber band to...
When I worm my chickens with ivermectin, I do not eat the eggs for 1 week. Probably would not hurt us, but if somewone were to have a sensitivity to that drug you could have problems.
Whenever I have a chick with spradle legs I put them into a tiny container (rubbermaid) just barely larger than the chick and put a paper towel or toilet paper cover over the top held on with a rubberband. I usually do this as soon after hatching as possible and leave them in the incubator...