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Hello everyone. My name is Erich and this is my first and hopefully successful endeavor into chicken keeping. I started about 2 months ago. Im a Canadian living in South Spain. Ive redently moved from the night life of Mallorca to a finca(farm) here on the mainland. I have started a cornfield on my 2 acres and have constructed a 50' × 50' enclosure for the chickens. There rooofed house is 15' x 10'. I have 20 laying portals and room for around 40 chickens. I have made various perches fot them to hang out on. So far I have 24 chickens of various age and 2 turkeys. M chickens are of various local breeds. My turkeys are bbb's. As of a couple days ago one of my turkeys can not stand up. As he is only around 3 months old I am undecided if I should process him or try and keep him fed and watered and moved every few hours. I have him in a seperate enclosure now Nd have been trying my best. He eats and drinks and poops accordingly but his quality of life is deminished. Any thoughts out there? Will he be content to grow till christmas? Should I cut my loses and enjoy him now? On the lighter note, my chickens are doin well and give about 3 to 6 eggs a day. Some are still young but I assume he number will increase over the next 4 weeks. Anyway thanks for reading and hope to see all around backyardchickens.com.
try this forum for better more experienced answers hope ur boy gets better!
and Welcome To BYC! Hope your turkey is OK.
