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So I know this has been discussed in detail here, but I haven't seen anything conclusive on whether Purina Flockraiser has enough niacin for ducklings. I have three five day old ducklings on Flockraiser, and one of them just started having problems with one of her legs. It's like she's just not...

Hi Everybody! My 2-year old burbon red hen is not looking good. The main symptom is for the past 2-3 days, she has been sitting with her neck drawn into her body hunched over. She's not running around looking at stuff the way a turkey should. I haven't seen her at the feed bowl, but she will...

Ok, I was told these were 3-4 week old Royal Palm poults and that the lighter one might be a tom - it's quite a bit larger than the others, which are all the white/black like the one in this picture. What do you think? I'm wondering if the lighter one is a bourbon red or something. And I...

Hi! I'm wondering if anyone keeps turkeys primarily as egg-layers and what kind. We live in the south and our single Bourbon Red hen has been a terrific layer - pretty much every day since before Christmas. I swear some days she will lay very early in the am and then again just before dark...

Hi, I've been agonizing over my 1-yr old black australorp for about a month now. It started off with feather loss on her breast and then her belly beneath her vent. Then I noticed swelling in these areas. It is soft, maybe watery or jelly feeling, not hard. She shows no discomfort when I...

Hi! I'm hoping someone can direct me where to start with my 1 year old austrolorp hen who is showing some worrisome symptoms. About a month ago, I noticed some feather loss in her breast. She was pretty plump, so I thought her breast was rubbing something and causing the feather loss...

Has anyone ever had a chick not feather out? This chick is a 7 week old salmon faverolle from McMurray (allegedly a pullet, but I'm not convinced) who has had a large bald patch on her back for the last 2 weeks or so. I've watched carefully and no one is pecking her, and the skin looks...

Hi, My 4 week old chicks were vaccinated for Cocci when I got them from McMurray, and I had them on unmedicated starter and everybody was doing great. Over the past few days, I've noticed some loose stools and some blood in the stool. I looked for Corrid but it was pretty expensive at Tractor...

Well, I'm really sad today. My favorite chicken passed away overnight after being ill. She was born in Feb. (got her as a chick from Ideal) and seemed to molt along with her sister about 6-7 weeks ago. Then, I noticed about 3 weeks ago, she started hanging back from the rest of the flock and...

Well, I finally found a bourbon red hen for our pet tom, but she was raised in a pen with a lot of other turkeys (I know, surprise, surprise LOL) and is pretty freaked out when we get close to her quarrantine pen. Will she ever get used to people or take treats from our hand? Our tom follows...

Hi, my bourbon red tom (born in April) has fallen in love with my chickens, and I'm afraid he's going to hurt them. I'm hoping if I can find him a hen, maybe he'll leave the chickens alone. Does anyone have a turkey hen for sale? I'd prefer a youngish bourbon red, but I'm not really...

Hope you all can help. My 9 month old BO hen quit laying about 6 weeks ago and started losing feathers all over the place. No skin is visible, but she lost her tail feathers and is not as plump and beautiful as she was before. You can see little white shafts coming in on her head, and also...

I've seen it mentioned on here to feed cooked chicken or cat food (which contains chicken) to hens to increase their protein. Isn't this how cows get mad cow (from eating cow remains)? Is this a problem for chickens, too? Just curious.

I'm new to turkeys, but I've got a month-old poult in the brooder with some chicks and I want to know how to prevent blackhead before I move them outside with the rest of the chickens. To prevent blackhead, should I worm just the turkeys or just the adult chickens or everybody? What wormer...

Hi! New to raising turkeys and I added a day old bourbon red to my chick brooder. He has eaten and had a little to drink but not much of either. Also, he seems to primarily sleep. He'll get up if I prod him, but he just doesn't seem to eat much or drink much compared to the chicks. I tried...