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I have a few GLW's and one is acting strange. Since its been cold and my flower beds are done I've been letting them free range. One morning I went to let them out to find a hen had been out all night. (I bess do a better head count at night). She roams around distraught and different then...

In July I treated my turkeys with FishZole and then dewormed my entire flock (chickens and two turkeys) with Safeguard. As of yesterday my Tom is feeling unwell. Started out with runny poo and this a.m. under his roost is a LOT of mucusy yellow "stuff". Almost looks like an egg burst open...

I've been terribly irresponsible and left this for the 11th hour. It occured to me tonight that I have no idea who to get my Tom, 2 roos and a hen to a friends to become dinner. Dh has a little dodge with a roll top tonneau cover. Is it cruel to put them in there, close the tonneau and...

My father and I have split our flock. I had too many roosters so I gave him one for future needs! Problem is he has a very happy block right now with two roosters that are doing well together. He also has another pen with pheasants and peacocks. Currently he's got the rooster in an old pen...

I am wondering if anyone can help me make some decisions with my flock. Sorry for the length of my rambling… I have 13 beautiful Wyandotte’s, silver and gold and one mixed. Of those I have 3 silver roosters and the mixed bub is also a rooster. I *think* he is a blue red, that or a really...

I'm wondering if anyone thinks I'm going to have trouble on my hands with all this testosterone. They have all been raised from day one together and have plenty of space. I was going to process most of them for winter but just can't do it ... yet. They are bourbon reds and wyndottes. I'd...

We are both cursing ... We have them all in one area are catching them and trying to get them to eat the piece of bread then scooting them into the coop. Problem is they are too worked up to eat the bread from our fingers while being caught. If we put the bread in the coop we have no idea...

So we are just finished our fishzole treatments for blackhead and that nasty protozoa. Next I understand we need to treat for the actual cecal worms. I purchased fenbendazole, however after reading the back of the fenbendazole (safeguard) package it says not for horses meant for food...

I am trying to fight blackhead in my turkeys who run with my chickens. They are 10 weeks old. Yesterday I figured the dosage for the amount of water I was using to be 2.5mls of powder to 2 litres of water. My question is do I do it again this a.m.? How many times do I give them the...

I got home late tonight and asked dh to come with me to the coop to close the gate. (I get scared walking to the back of the property at night) Good thing he came. As we got closer I heard some squeeking and caught the back end of something running toward the enclosure. Smelled faint skunk...

Blackhead troubles aside ... My Bourbon Reds, RSL and mixed wyndottes are all in the same living space. I have two feeders but they are graze on both feeders. I have a separate dish of crushed oyster and also give milled oats with cayanne. One feeder has layer ration and the other has...

I am pretty certain I have turkeys with Blackhead. I cannot however get meds unless I take them in to see the vet and have their droppings analysed. Dh is 100% against this. So I'm wondering if its irresponsible to get meds without a professional diagnosis AND where do I get them from if not...

This really REALLY bothers me to see it happening and not be able to do anything about it. I don't suppose there is a miracle anything I can do for him is there? He's hunched over, eyes closed, laboured breathing, not moving. He'll open his eyes once in a while and move then park himself...

I went to let them all out this a.m. and went inside to check food water and eggs and saw her there. My heart is heavy. She was even still warm but not floppy either. She was half the size of the other three turkeys and about the size of the 8 week old wyndottes I've got. Yesterday I...

Hi there. This is not a disease or an emergency (to my knowledge) so I'm thinking this is where to post my question. I have raise 4 bourbon red turkeys and 21 wyndottes since two days old. They are all doing very well except one turkey. I"ll call her a she because she's so very tiny. She...

In searching for what might be killing my hens I came across this article (chart at the bottom). Thought of you all in hopes it can help someone. Didn't help me ... yet. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

I guess I"m scared they have worms because I am extra reluctant to treat them (with chemicals) for worms. I am about to lose my third RSL in three weeks. They look poorly and are missing feathers. I see no mites or fleas but they do look like terrible birds. They have looked poorly since...

My fil's dog has been going across the road and taking chicks about 4/5 weeks old I assume based on my 6 week old. He killed two of them and the last two he got he brought back and left. I cannot see any visiable injuries although they arrived after dark and I'm not a chicken indoors kinda...

My GLW and turkeys are 6 weeks old tmo and still in their brooder. I want so bad for them to do what ckns do and feel the dirt and grass and eat bugs. HOWEVER, they will be integrated with my now 6 RSL (just lost two of them due to soft / stuck egg??). So my issues have been: some ill...

My mom has been searching for an incubator and has found one she seems to fancy. Any chance someone local knows of a place to buy them. Shipping to Canada from the US is too painfully expensive. For what its worth she likes this one...