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im new to turkeys. I bought 2, 3 week old Royal Palm poults and put them in with 8 same sized chicks. I'm feeding them 24% game bird starter and am wondering if that's okay for the chicks to eat.

I'm new to Turkeys. I bought 2 Royal Palm poults last week and put them in with my 8 chicks. They're about the same size and seem to be doing fine. I switched their food to 24% protein game bird starter and am wondering if the chicks will okay with it. Today I offered some chick starter as...

Can anyone point me in the direction on how you send a bird to be tested for Mareks? We just lost our 5th bird Mareks symptoms and would like to send it to be tested. I live in NW CT. We culled the bird today....do we freeze it? Do they need the head or just the body? Thank you!

We have a 20 week old americauna pullet who is unable to use her legs. We first found her about 3 weeks ago stuck behind a hitch. We thought she was stuck and had injured her leg. She was limping and flopping over but still able to get around. She was eating, drinking and pooping normal. We...

I have an egg at day 21. It's the last of 7...all others have hatched. I thought it had pipped yesterday. After 24 hours, I picked a small piece of shell off and it bled. I put wet paper towel on the area and increased the humidity. I've now noticed what I thought was a pip is at the wrong...

hi all, I set my incubator to "auto cool =yes" during incubation. I realized after lockdown it didn't shut off. While my chicks were hatching it went into auto cool and the temp dropped to 88.4. I tried going through the setting and turning auto cool to NO but it wouldn't turn off. I was...

Can you make ACV by adding pasteurized vinegar to unpasteurized? If not, is there anything you can add to ACV with the mother to grow more? (Like a sour dough starter)

If I hatched a green EE egg fertilized by a purebred Barnevelder? Is there a science to figure that out? Is brown always dominant over green or could I get a darker green egg?

I had never heard of Barnevelders until about a year ago. I got hatching eggs this summer from Fossil Rock Farm. I had 7 eggs, 5 hatched. Ended up with 3 Roos and two hens. We rehomed two of the roosters. They are the most beautiful birds! The iridescence in their feathers is unbelievable...

I have a 3 day old chick that keeps flopping on his back and is unable to right himself. He is otherwise able to move around and eat/drink. He does not have any visible leg deformities. Because he's able to feed himself, I don't wants immobilize him. I'm not home during the day to help...

We found a great home for out rooster on a farm where he can live out his days and crow to his hearts content. My husband and I were all set to get him in the car and drive him over to his new home. I never imagined it would be so difficult to catch him! My intent was to attempt to calmly...

This is my handsome rooster Reese. He's a year old and his comb has really grown this year. What type of comb is it? He's an Easter egger so he could be any breed.

We live in a cul-de-sac in a rural neighborhood. All houses on our street have at least 2 acre lots. Our property is 9 acres. We accidentally got a rooster last year. He's an Easter egger, very beautiful and LOUD. He crows nightly about every hour beginning at 2am. He's driving us nuts...

I have 4 red sex links that have pretty much stopped laying. I also have 3 other younger hens that lay most days. Those hens show signs of over mating (worn off feathers on back). I'm wondering if the rooster has stopped mating the older hens and is spending more time attending to the...

I'm using the ECO glow 20 for the first time. I'm concerned that my day old chicks are not coming out from under it to eat and drink. They pop out and then run back in. Also, it seems like they have to stand up to be warm. As soon as they rest on their haunches they stand back up again as if...

I live in Connecticut and am currently on day 7 with incubating 7 eggs. We're expecting about 3 feet of snow over the next day with strong winds and thunder snow! I so hope we don't lose power. We have a generator but will not run it continuously so I'm afraid the eggs would suffer. Anyone...

I just hatched my first batch of eggs from my EE roo and red sex link hens. Both chicks are gold colored and one has black stripes down her back. Can I assume they're pullets because they're gold colored? If not, what could I end up with? Is there a chance they could lay colored eggs?

First time incubator here.... I set 7 eggs on 12/27. It looks like I have 4 viable right now. The first time I weighed them the weight didn't decrease so I stopped putting water in....that was a week ago. I candled and weighed today and can see weight loss but it's not consistent for all the...

I put eggs in the incubator yesterday at 10am. Was yesterday day 1 ? The day counter on my incubator shows 20 days left today. So it counted yesterday as day 1. I thought I read that day 1 is actually the day after you set the eggs??

I received an incubator for Xmas and found it impossible to wait for spring to try it out. I started 3 blue, one pink and 3 brown red sex link eggs from my hens today. I only have one rooster so I know the father is my very handsome EE, Reese. The temp is holding steady at 99.1. I have them...