Recent content by BMHarness

^^^+1 I agree. Well put. Diseases and parasites are transmitted from somewhere...I don't understand why people think that domesticated birds are the only ones that suffer from these illnesses.

The sound you are hearing is called drumming. He is pushing air out while he is strutting to try to impress some ladies and get attention. Turkeys heads change color when they are excited. He's just happy.

Sounds like you are already doing the best you can by having them on antibiotics. I'd keep them on the antibiotics, make sure they have plenty of fresh water, and I'd put an electrolyte/vitamin booster in the water for a while. If they were mine I'd give them Vet RX too. It should help with the...

As someone mentioned before just watch for blood feathers (feathers growing with a vein in them) and you will be fine. Look on the underside of the wing and stear clear of any that are purple colored. We clip ours shortly after they start flying to keep them in the brooder and don't have any...

All true statements! When hunting crows you never kill the first one that comes to your set up. There is almost always a cross that comes before the others to check things out. Almost like a scout. If you kill that bird the others are almost certain not to come. So the best thing to do would be...

Did you actually see her get nailed by the snake? Or see the snake? Rattlesnakes use very powerful hemotoxins that woukd kill an animal the size of a chicken in minutes. That's why they have the venom in the first place, to kill quickly kill small prey items. Heck they can kill something the...

Yup it's illegal and you are trying to save money by hurting the wild turkey population. TRWA has very little sympathy for people messing with wild turkey populations. They even have rewards for information leading to individuals poaching or capturing turkeys

Not really sure what you would be hunting with any of those breeds with the exception of the bull which is sometimes used in boar hunting. Almost every breed he listed is a working dog. Nearly everyone of them are currently used or have been used as police K9's and are some very intelligent and...

Oh and I meant to tell you, yes a coyote can and will take goats. Very large meat goats such as boer goats tend to be left alone especially if there is much easier prey to take but even then they are not totally safe from becoming a meal for large coyote. Coyotes often prey on fawns and yearling...

The only thing a predator fears is another predator. Unfortunately you are going to have to get much more aggressive in your predator control if you truly want to not have to worry about predators reoccuring. You are going to have to let the coyotes know that they have strayed into what they...

Bump. Surely someone has some idea. Looks as if they are getting worse and I'm staying up forcing water into them.

So I recently purchased two marriam's turkey poults. They looked a little lathargic when we were on our way home with them but we thought maybe they were "hiding" due to the stress of being moved. Within an hour of getting them into the brooder box we could tell something was wrong. They began...

No I don't have any blue kote. I thought about wrapping it but haven't attempted to yet. I was afraid the others would drive it nuts picking at the wrapping. Its been a couple of days and there isn't any change. Not worse but not better either. I'm still cleaning it the same way I described a...

So I posted this in the turkey section but never got any replies. So I guess I'll try it here... I have several narrangansetts that are about six weeks old. Earlier today I noticed one of them picking at the webbing between its toes on one foot. I picked it up and on closer examination saw what...

I several narrangansetts that are about six weeks old. Earlier today I noticed one of them picking at the webbing between its toes on one foot. I picked it up and I'm closer examination saw what looked like a tear or hole right where the webbing meets the foot. It wasn't all the way through the...