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Hi all! I am new to raising turkeys. I received 15 narragansetts from MM. They are just over two weeks old. I do have chickens. And I know about biosecurity. I have one brooder, a 4'x4' box I built for the the chickens back in March. It was cleaned out as best we could. Our resources are...

I should also mention I'm in southeast Michigan. Just one chicken was taken. The chicken was dragged around the from the gate and the door of the barn all the way around the run. The feather pile was on the other side of the run in some tall weeds. No bones or feet or heads. Just these...

It's a long story: I recently broke my foot and am wearing a surgical boot. Yesterday it started raining very very hard, all day. My husband has been helping with the chicken keeping. But he works at night. After he left for work, I wanted to put the chickens away for the night. But they...

Oh, I don't care about what they look like... I was interested in the barring because I wanted to tell the females from the males. They will all be culled when they reach the right weight and I assume the males will get there first. I only wanted to consider breeding because I would like to...

I am very new to the world of chickens. So, forgive me. I am having a difficult time telling the males from the females. You are saying males are barred, and females are not. Is that true whether they are dixies or rainbow dixies or pioneers? What I mean is that I know they are all the same...

This spring, I ordered chickens for the first time - 10 layers, various breed, and 15 pioneers. From the beginning the pioneers were much larger. They do eat a lot, but I expected that with meat breeds. They are not at all lazy! They are very adventurous and curious. They love exploring...

I am a new chicken owner. I inherited three chickens when I purchased an old farm house back in October. I don't know anything about raising chickens. But, so far so good, until now. this particular chicken has never, that I have seen or been able to find, laid an egg. But she is always the...