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I found this pic on the internet with no explanation as to the breed. I think they are beautiful birds. Anyone know the breed?

One of my three day old chicks had poopy butt so I was running warm water over her butt to soften the poop. During this process, she had a small bit of the "umbilical cord" hanging off way down low. I thought it was attached to feathers so I gently worked it off. After getting off what I...

Below are two pics of my rooster, one of his comb and wattles a normal red color and the other is what they look like now. He has been this way for several weeks now. He acts a little depressed but he is still eating and drinking and breeding hens, just with less energy. His poop looks normal...

My frizzle rooster has a large hard knot on the back end of his comb that I wonder if it is cancer. Below are pics of it. Do y'all think it needs to be removed? It doesn't seem to bother him. Thanks!

Anybody have any thoughts on what this is on this hen’s face? I’m guessing a really bad case of fowl pox??? She has never been vaccinated for pox, but she has been exposed before. I don’t remember if she got pox sores when she was exposed but I do know for a fact that she was in the flock...

One of our four month old turkey hens was attacked by a fox last night. She ended up with a punctured "lung". I know birds have a different breathing system so I'm not sure exactly what got punctured other than it is something to do with her breathing. It kinda whistles when she breathes and...

At what age do turkey poults start roosting at night? I have six week old poults who have recently taken to sleeping in a nesting box rather than on the ground. Should I block off the nesting box to encourage them to roost or will nature tell them to roost at the right time? These poults...

We let our hens free range every afternoon over our entire yard and woods. We're not heavy into landscaping but we do have a few Crepe Myrtles that we planted a couple of years ago that we would like to put something around. We've done brown mulch once and then pine straw once and our hens...

My chicks from McMurray were delivered early this morning! All of them were doing great, drinking, eating, and running around. But now there are a couple who don't look right. They are standing with their head straight up and I've seen a bubble coming out of their mouths. I wonder if they...

I am picking up my order of chicks from the post office tomorrow (Sunday). They are from McMurray's Hatchery. Does anyone know if I need to open the box in the presence of the postal worker to look for dead chicks or can I just wait until I get home to look? I can't find anything about this...

I have about 10 NN hens that are 1 1/2 years old. A few months ago, several started losing feathers and I assumed they were starting to molt but pretty quickly a few more started loosing feathers and now all but two of them are literally naked and none of them are growing in new feathers. I...

I found this picture on the web with no explanation as to what kind of chicken/fowl it was. Is this a real breed of chicken/fowl or has it been "photo shopped?" Thanks! Rose66

I am considering driving 6 hours one way to pick up several (2-8) turkey poults. They would be less than a week old. What can I do during the drive home to keep the poults warm? Of course, I can turn on the heat in the car but dear heavens, I don't want to make myself have a heat stroke...

I currently use a GQF 1588 incubator and it works great. I'm thinking about buying another incubator to use as a hatcher. Since the 1588 is circulated air, does the new hatcher need to be circulated air too or can it be thermal air? Of course the thermal air incubators are much cheaper which...

I've got eight poults that are eight weeks old. They are on and have always been on Purina Gamebird 30% protein. They are in a 14x14 tractor by themselves and have been since they were about four weeks old. My concern is that they just do not eat much feed. In the eight weeks I've had them...

I'm a first time turkey owner and I have eight 7 week old poults. Four jakes and four hens. At what age will I need to most likely separate my four jakes from each other so they don't fight? Thanks!

I now have my first ever poults. I received a dozen eggs shipped from Arkansas to me in Alabama. After incubating them and worrying over whether any would even develop, I candled them prior to lockdown and all twelve were fertile and developing nicely. We had a great hatch of 10 new poults...

What should a good fertilized egg look like when you candle them if they have not yet been put in the incubator yet? I received some turkey eggs through the mail yesterday and before I put them in the incubator I candled them to check for detached air sacs only to realize that I don't know what...

I just candled the turkey eggs I received in the mail earlier today but then realized that I don't know what they should look like before they have been put in the incubator. Lol. I've read about checking for a detached air sac but I do not see any air sac at all in any of of them. Should...

I am wanting to order some poults from Porters this year but I don't need 15 poults. Anybody close to Auburn, Alabama want to split an order with me? Thanks! Rose66