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About four weeks old, two just seemed off. Kind of huddled up, resting on hocks. Then I noticed a hen knock one over! Like it just tipped. I took them out and noticed they were warm, legs seemed swollen and their butts were enlarged, all puffy. A little while later, the bigger one (that...

I'm so sad! We have about 100 hens and are getting maybe 6 eggs a day. They have food and water. We've taken out about twenty roosters, recently dewormed them, added lights and still no eggs. They seem healthy, albeit some are four years old now. Any idea why they've haven't produced much...

With having turkeys drop dead for the past ten days, I'm concerned about any diseases they give people. I'm nine months pregnant and worried spending so much time around sick birds was a really stupid thing to do.

Was it Pullorum?

Realized I probably should have posted this here, not under Turkeys: We ordered 24 poults from McMurrays last month - 22 Broad Breasted Bronze and two Bourbon Reds. I've been trying to raise Buffs, so we added about 3/4 of them slowly to the broody turkey hens with great luck. Of the ones we...

We ordered 24 poults from McMurrays last month - 22 Broad breasted Bronze and two Bourbon Reds. I've been trying to raise Buffs, so we added about 3/4 of them slowly to the broody turkey hens with great luck. Of the ones we put in, three simply disappeared, one was squished and everyone else...

Young hen has one eye swollen. So swollen she can only see out of the corner a teeny bit. I don't know if she's sick or got something in her eye, or was stung, got into a brawl. Gone on for a few days - she's isolated now, drinking water with baby aspirin. Any ideas how to help her? Or...

Can they ever live together? Can turkeys build resistance to Black Head?

Ultra Bright Yellow, Lime Green and Kelly Green. I've been giving it to turkeys, not chickens, but the colors surprised me.

When cleaning out the coop yesterday, I think those were tapeworms in the droppings. Yuck. How do I treat them? Thanks

I have probably 100 hens, lots of food and water, about 8 roosters, about 45 nesting boxes and yes, some chickens are moulting, some are two or three years old BUT we've been getting about 20 eggs a day when it was hot. And NOW the average is about 12. I can't afford to have this many hens not...

Would I treat it the same way as if it were a chicken?

He's about three months old

Our wonderful Bourbon Red Tom started sneezing and wheezing about two weeks ago. We tried Terramyacin (guessing infectious synovitis) for a week with no improvement, then Metronidizol. I think he was too weak at that point and died the next day. (His droppings started a sunshine yellow, at...

Chick grower? Turkey grower? We're hatching out chicks, turkey poults, goslings, ducklings and guinea keets - who eats what? Thanks!

Three days old today, cute as a button and is probably getting hungry. Doesn't seem that interested in chick grower.

Our mos beautiful Sumatra hen was killed a few hours ago by a visiting dog. Bird dog with a soft mouth - so she may have had a heart attack or internal damage. But she's in great condition otherwise. Regardless, can we eat her? I figure if it were a pheasant killed, it would be a similar...

I have about six Dominique hens and one Cuckoo Marans rooster. Looks like they've had offspring resulting in three roosters and one hen. The hen is darker than the roosters, has a rose comb and a more calm personality than I associate with the Dominique hens. Of the three roosters, all are...

So Tammy, one of the two last Golden Comets, has had a bald back for at least six months, maybe closer to nine. Otherwise, she appears healthy, just cold. I've had saddle guards on her and that didn't allow feathers to grow back in over two months. Any suggestions? Lots of protein for her...

Funniest thing tonight was putting the chickens to bed and listening to a singing hen. She was roosted up, looked very calm, but was singing. A little HoooHummmm ditty. I thought it was the sweetest thing until I realized there is also a little chest rattle. Could the singing be a sign of...