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Questions about month old poult
Well after a couple days now the little fella seems to be still passing some blood. Is this something I should be concerned about? I kinda thought it might just be where we switched his feed over to a medicated food with a higher protein level but I'm starting to wonder now. Also at what age... -
Questions about month old poult
Today was better. He had a small amount of blood in his stool this morning when we checked on him first thing. The rest of the day his stool seemed to appear normal and he was up running around his cage. We wound up going to Southern States yesterday and getting him the Game Bird Starter with... -
Questions about month old poult
This is our first experience with young poults. Yeah looking back on it now that may have not been the best food to feed it but my boyfriend insisted that it would be fine. I went to Southern States today and got food that is more suited to his needs. It was unseasonably cool the other night... -
Questions about month old poult
About a wk ago we acquired 2 one month old poults. They seemed to be happy, playful, no real health problems. Monday I woke to one of them no longer alive in it's cage. We kept the two together in the same cage outside. It had gotten a little cool that night, 54*. There was no rhyme or... -
very new turkey owner! how do i tell sex?
So we're starting to feel very confident that he's a Tom. We caught him putting on a display the other morning. He seems to strut the majority of the time now. The first thing we saw when we went outside the other morning Needless to say we're thrilled! -
very new turkey owner! how do i tell sex?
Yea.. definitely getting him some company in the next few days.. Ive been worried he's lonely .. I've heard you shouldn't have more than one tom.. that's why I was worried about his sex.. but I didn't know if the person that told me that was just blowing smoke.. -
very new turkey owner! how do i tell sex?
Ok.. I was hoping he was. I wasn't sure though, I've heard hens will strut.. but I didn't know if that was true. -
very new turkey owner! how do i tell sex?
Yeah.. struts pretty frequently but its never for a long period of time.. just like a minute or two.. I don't know if that matters or not.. Do you have many turkeys? I wanna get more but I wanna be sure I can keep him healthy and thriving before i jump into any further.. -
very new turkey owner! how do i tell sex?
Hello there! New here and new turkey owner.. have only had him/her about a month and a half.. and I have no idea if my turkeys a boy or a girl.. Any thoughts are very much appreciated!