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    Turkeys-Meat Taste

    I forgot to add, I do a little free ranging but they wonder in the street and dont seem to eat much anyways when they are out, just lay around.
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    Turkeys-Meat Taste

    I am raising 2 turkeys for Thanksgiving. BBW and they are about 13 weeks old now. I will butcher them when they are 18 weeks. I am nervous about the meat tasting good. Should I be adding fruits and veggies to their diets? Right now they are on a high protien all natural feed, but is that good...
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    Chicken gone, Culprit, and how to dispose of them and others.

    We have the same problem, I assume with foxes. I got a rooster, had him for about a month and then yesterday he went missing also. We have a Rottweiler and I leave her our in the yard, but it doesnt seem to work againist the foxes.
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    egg expiration

    I heard a month, and local stores sell egg wash. Eggs are porous so be careful with what you use. I dont think you have to wash them tho.
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    HELP!!!!- Malnourished Chicks

    The chicks seem to be doing much better. I have been soaking the ones feet everyday and gentley getting off the caked poo. They are getting taller already and seem to be gaining a little bit of weight. I am keep an eye on one because it seems to keep food in its crop for a while. Everyone over...
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    Feeding baby chicks grit

    I gave my chicks grapes, cut up small. And sprinkles grit for birds, (parakets) on it. They loved them. Plus if I ever needed them to go back in the coop once they got bigger, it was so easy when I tossed in a few grapes. My peeps were just fine.
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    Mixing 7wk olds and 12 wk olds

    I put a peice of latice down the center of my 4x4 coop, so they could see each other and not get to each other. I put my new chicks in at night. It was fine, took the latice out 2 days later. But my 2 "flocks" stick with each other, but no major issuse, they all cuddle and roost together. My...
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    HELP!!!!- Malnourished Chicks

    Great, thanks. I hope they will be ok, and I think a bath is due too. People like this really make me upset. I sent her an email saying theres a reason why chickens live on farms and not in apartments.
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    Anyone name your chicks yet?

    We did all M names. Miss, Mary, Mac, Margret, May and Mt. Dew (my 6 year old picked)
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    Chicks Piling together?

    At 9 weeks, they should have all thier adult feathers. Mine are 8 weeks and are outside in their coop, a few nights ago it was 35 degrees and today it will be 85, crazy Maryland weather. They should be fine in a wide range of temps. As long as it dry and not drafty. Mine roost now, some do and...
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    HELP!!!!- Malnourished Chicks

    To make a long story short, I have 3 chicks I got from a local feed store. Barred Rock, Buff Orpington and RIR. They are about 8 weeks old and doing fine. Right on track size wise. I answered an ad for someone who got the same breeds of chicks from the same local feed store around the same time...
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    Free range or fenced in?

    I free range on 3 acres. I accept the fact that I will have losses, even with a small flock. They are only out when someone is home to supervise. I dont have a rooster yet but I am thinking of getting one.
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    Introducing, same age same size

    I want to get 2 more chicks, they are the same age/size and the 2 I have now, any advice?
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    Combing Flocks

    I have 2 females, a barred rock and RIR that are 8-10 weeks old. I wanted to get 2 more barred rock crosses. They are 2 weeks old right now, when can I put them all together? I know the chicks need to stay under the heat lamp for a few more weeks. I have a 4x4 coop so theres plenty of room, i...
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