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Thank you so much for taking the time to reply - that's really helpful x

I'm sure I remember reading about this on here before but can't remember what the verdict is. I have 15 eggs due to hatch today/tomorrow and three pips - although one of the pips is in the pointy end and I've never seen this before. This is my first time of hatching posted eggs though which...

Thanks! All raring to go now :D

What temp do I hatch chicken eggs at? I went to set the incubator up as shipped eggs arrived today so setting them tomorrow and my mind has gone blank - pregnancy and clingy baby have resulted in an 18m break from hatching anything and rusty isn't the word hahaha! A quick refresher would be...

Aside from any possible contamination, on a purely practical level, blackhead would cause significant muscle loss so I doubt there'd be much meat on the carcass anyway. That said, can you not treat them? 10 days isn't long to get them healthy and I certainly wouldn't want to be using strong...

I use diatom powder for mites - works a charm

As it happens, I've caught a break. A guy that I met through freecycle has offered to do the deed for me. He's going to come here and dispatch them all with this method (he's been doing this kinda thing since he was a child). It'll mean that a) there's no chance of me screwing it up; and b)...

Quote: Two main problems with chopping the head clean off - firstly, it's actually illegal in the UK! Secondly, I want to hang the birds for a week prior to gutting so I need the skin in tact for this. If you dislocate efficiently, there is enough space in the neck cavity for blood to pool -...

the dosage should be 50mg per kg of bird weight morning and evening. Therefore, if you have a 10kg bird, you should be giving it 500mg twice a day... Are you absolutely certain that it's definitely blackhead though?

My first broody was a production hybrid. It's apparently rare but it does happen. Put some eggs in the freezer and lay those under her. Repeat every few hours until she leaves the nest box - it's the only effective way I've found of deterring broody behaviour. My Black Orpington has spent...

Hmm. Most people will tell you that you can't sex a turkey younger than 12 weeks. However, one of the ladies on here suggested that you could determine gender based on head shape, and this certainly worked for me. Hens will have a more triangular head shape whereas males will be more square -...

What ARE their symptoms? Without lethargy and sulfur poop, I'd be reluctant to believe it's blackhead. If it IS blackhead, then high doses of Grapefruit Seed Extract *may* help. I stumbled across something online a couple of days ago regarding GSE being an antiprotozoan.

I was actually thinking of doing just that - I've got a really long muslin that would likely serve my purpose well

Blackhead results in sulfur yellow poo A great natural broad spectrum antibiotic is raw garlic. If you mince it and mix it with their feed, this'll do wonders. It's actually better than using a pharmaceutical as it doesn't cause the loss of all the friendly bacteria, and it has a whole host...

Slimey green poo doesn't suggest blackhead to me. If you do need to get hold of some metronidazole though, they sell it in feed and pet stores in the US - it's used to treat fish tanks so the easiest brand is "fish zole". If you really can't get hold of it this way - I couldn't - meds aren't...

I've got four turkeys that are all due for dispatch in time for Christmas. It seems like Christmas is fast approaching and I'm getting increasingly antsy about the prospect of dispatch The darn things got Blackhead several weeks ago and I had to nurse them back to health which resulted in my...

Not sure. With my birds it was impossible to confuse it as the stools were bright yellow - sulfur colour. Cocci has very similar simptoms to blackhead, bar the yellow stools - with cocci, the stools are usually still brown but often watery and soft. Cocci is far more common as I understand...

Metronidazole is metronidazole. I actually lied to my GP to source it as it's not easy to come by in the UK. So I used human grade stuff Just got to be sure that the dosage is right

In the UK, turkeys are never brined! I heard about it by accident from an American friend and was gobsmacked! I guess that's why I'd always thought of turkey as dry and tough! I buy turkey thighs all the time now as I brine them and the meat is soooooo much more tender - turkey is actually...

The yellow stools... Are the sulphur coloured? Have you ruled out blackhead? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackhead_disease Basically the main symptoms (what my birds displayed anyhow) were lethargy, ruffled feathers, paling of the skin/snood/neck nodules, reduction in appetite, increased...