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This winter I lost my favorite roo-roo, a Light Brahma, Braack O'Brahma.:(He was almost 6 years old. I have a flock of mixed breed hens with two 2 year old banty roos (hatched here), 8 banty hens and 12 hens (leghorns, easter eggers, andalusians, wyandotte, etc. The banty's all...
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I have a big, beautiful Brahma roo that is too big to fly up to the roosts. He is almost 4 years old and I have always just picked him up and placed him on the lower roost (4 ft from ground) so he can snuggle with his ladies. I have never had any issues.
Then about a week ago I...
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I have several of my chickies weezing and sneezing. I have 26 birds and this morning started Duramycin (1 tbs per gallon of water).
My coop has no electricity so I have to take water out 3-4 times per day before it freezes (it is 10 degrees now). I take one gallon of warm...
Ooops, duplicate don't know how to delete.........So the mean old Broad Breasted Bronze turkey I inherited from my dad died this evening. I had just commented to my husband earlier today that the turkey and I were finally getting along. I hand fed him this evening, just like always and then...
So, the mean old Broad Breasted Bronze turkey I inherited from my dad died this evening. I had just commented to my husband earlier today that the turkey and I were finally getting along. I hand fed him this evening, just like always and then when he headed back to the bird enclosure he...
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So, I inherited a Bronze breasted butthead turkey from my dad. The butthead part is that he wants to attack me all the time but loves my hubby (background info) Anyhoo, I purchased a female BB from someone to give Butthead a friend and, for the most part, it is going well. Sadly...
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My hubby and I recently moved to WA State near Spokane and bought a mini farm. We raise bison/buffalo on a small scale (10+1 calf) and got our first chickens on June 6th. We also got a Bronze-Breasted turkey and an Embden goose from my father. The turkey hates me and tries to...
Hello! I have been reading and learning so much from you all for quite some time....now I find I need some advice that I can't find an answer to via a "search forum".
I have a 7 week old Blue Splash Maran that is a runt. She was always behind the other chickies in development. I put them...