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I have six Isa Browns that are about a year old. We have been feeding them Layena (just the regular kind) and I accidentally picked up a bag of Layena Pellets today instead. I'm assuming this will be fine for them, but wanted to check in with you all and be sure. Any input?

I'm going to pickup 7 turkeys - some are a few years old and some are 4 months old. I want to build a travel cage that will accomodate 7 adults - can you post some pics or make some easy suggestions? i have some 4" x 2" fencing as well as checken wire that i'm hoping i can use...thanks

Anybody every butchered birds at 3 yrs old? I have a neighbor wanting out of her birds and offering her Midget Whites to me. I don't need all the 3 yr olds she has and was wondering if it is like chickens...tougher and stew pot for older. I had one response say they've butchered 2 yr olds and...

We have some laying chickens and have had for a while. I have a neighbor that has 7 midget white turkeys and she is nearing retirement and wants to get rid of all of them before a spring vacation. 3 of them are 3 years old and hatched out 4 babies last October. I assume the standard butcher...

I feel like i remember reading in the past about eggs that have been left out in the cold, but can't find the posts...so, we havd to make a quick 3 day trip for a funeral and no one gathered the eggs for us...the coop probably stayed right at freezing (there was a thin layer of ice on the...

I am going to raise some meat birds this year. I want to put them in a tractor that i can move each day - they won't have any "indoor" area and i don't want to get them too early as far as temperature is concerned. I know i'll keep the chicks indoores with 90 degree for a couple weeks, but...

See pic below - what does the neck feather loss mean? Have only had these year old hens for about 5 months - is this moulting? thx

We have seperated a bird that has lived for days with worms in its poo - what do you recommend to de worm? - but also, one eye is very cloudy and the other eye isn't symmetrical anymore...it has to have the food held up closely so it will eat, but it does eat. HELP!

1 of our Golden Comets (of 7) that is about 1 yr old has been pretty lethargic for the past couple days to the point, we have to put her in the coop and she doesn't roost - notice one eye is pretty cloudy - have quarantined her and will check on her poo later - any thoughts? Just gave her some...

Have an ISA brown approx 1 1/2 yrs old. i've had her for a few months - have worked hard on her soft shells which got kinda hard for a while and now nothing for a few weeks - is this type of bird going to be "good" meat? Also getting 4 golden comets - 18 wks old and laying - to go with 4 1 1/2...

I have read that maybe some oyster shell for soft egg problems but what if we consistently have 1 of 6 laying soft, the other 5 are normal and fine? They are all in the same coop, same age, same everything. Thoughts?

I am getting some Golden Comet chicks and already have 6 ISA Browns - at what age should/could I put the chicks in the coop - our weather will be at least 50 at night...thx

We got 11 1 yr old ISA Browns approximately 4 weeks ago. 5 were at my brother in laws and i took 6. 5 of my 6 died within the first week. One lived and did fine. the 5 at my bil did fine, last thursday we got the 5 from him and now have 6 fine hens but have yet to see any eggs. They eat...

Sorry, but this is going to take a minute to tell all the facts...I talked to a guy with several hundred 1 yr old Isa Browns he had bought from an Amish farm. He was selling them (he has other hens & he seems to know what he is talking about) and i bought 11 of the last 15 he had. When we...