I haven't been very active for awhile, I've been busy with work and trying to rebuild an old saw mill.
Anyway I have had turkeys steady since 2015, all have been pets including my newest little Bourbon Red Hen. She's my "replacement" for Mars and Neptune. Anyway she has this thing where she...
My wife and I have been raising Turkeys (hence the name). A few days ago we found 2 Guinea "hens" according to the sign on their pen at the feed store, we were curious so bought them. We're really wondering if you can get lappers like you can with turkeys that can really show you a different...
So my wife and I had to go into the big city today for supplies and stopped by the feed store for probiotics and some chick starter for our newest additions. While there I couldn't help but notice this jet black adult Tom in the outside cages so being the turkey nut that I am I went to get a...
So the other day Mars started exhibiting symptoms of a nasty cold. I automatically jumped to the worst possible thoughts BLACK HEAD but she wasn't exhibiting all the symptoms. I read in a post here that someone had used cayenne pepper to fight it. I told my wife to pick up some yesterday...
To add on to everything else going on I just caught Mars eating a fresh egg. I know of one remedy but not ready to go that route. Does anyone know what might cause her to eat her eggs? Is it a lack of something in her diet or could it be stress related?
My wife and I have two pet turkeys that we are writing a book about, I will post pictures later on (when I have good light). If anyone has any questions we have had some different experiences and can offer a different ideas some of you may know something we don't yet
My wife and I are the proud parents of two turkeys Mars the Bronze Hen is my baby girl, and Jupiter The White Holland Mix is my wife's baby. We are currently writing a book about our lives with these interesting and affectionate birds.
We have a different relationship with these birds than...