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    I need to improve the mulberry face in my OEGB birchens.

    I have a line of Birchen OEGBs (Old English Game Bantams) and although their type is good, there is no trace of the mulberry face that is required in the "Standard". I do not see a lot of Birchen OEGB's in shows with the mulberry face but the moderns are dominating the game- they are perfect...
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    I am wanting to show my juvenile Royal Palm Turkeys and am looking for some advice

    Thank you so much for that advice, I will take the trio and see how they do. Not a lot of people show their turkeys, or other large fowl, up here in the NW, so it will be interesting. Again, thanks!
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    I am wanting to show my juvenile Royal Palm Turkeys and am looking for some advice

    I have a nice trio, two hens and one tom, of RP's that were hatched in June of this year. I have a show coming up where I am taking some poultry and was thinking of taking these three, mostly for the experience of showing turkeys. They will only be four months old at the time of the show, is...
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    Turkeys, Ducks and Geese?

    I have Guinea Fowl to take care of these things in my yard, neither my turkeys or chickens seem very interested in ticks and snakes. I keep all three groups in the same coop and they get along just fine. Guinea's are great, check out the forum for more info. They are very interesting birds.
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    Put him on a diet?

    I hate to to be the "Debbie Downer" but the broad breasted varieties were not meant to live longer than it takes them to put on enough weight to become dinner. They are truely genetically modified birds. They were "made" to be able to convert the least amount of food to the greatest amount of...
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    Will turkeys get along with my chickens?

    I keep my turkeys with chickens, ranging from Seramas (worlds smallest chickens, the books claim) to Jersey Giants, and I have absolutely no issues. I even have Guinea Fowl in the mix. I feed everyone layer pellets now. While I was brooding the batch, they all got game bird starter, which is...
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    New Turkey owner... Please Help !!!

    Keep falling in love with turkeys and keeping them as pets, they really are worth your time and affection. I went through a similar situation but with a tom. Start getting to know your tom as your hen either recovers or passes, I kept a tom with no hens and we really bonded and I was...
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    Bronze Turkeys - male or female?

    Ummm, I think all three are toms. The hens will usually "display" their tales when they need to balance, but not when they are strolling around the yard and they are not this full. Also, hens don't have that large of carunculated skin at the base of the neck, nor will their faces be as blue...
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    Soon will have two baby Turkey's

    For pet turkeys, go for the heritage breeds; Royal Palm, Narragansett, Blacks, Bronze (not broad breasted), Midget Whites. The broad breasted varieties are meat birds, they will put weight on very quickly and will have all kinds of leg issues. The heritage breeds are pretty hardy and good...
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    Age if raising with chicks

    I have RP's, one tom and four hens, they are really great birds. Last May is when I acquired them and I put them in the brooder with chicks that I had received a week earlier. I had no problems mixing the poults with the chicks, their size differences never seemed to be an issue. I even added...
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    Instead of a saddle, has anyone tried to keep the back claw of their roo clipped?

    So, I have two Jersey Giant roos who are tearing up the backs of my hens. I know that saddles were designed for keeping the hens back feathers intact but I just don't want to mess with them seeing that I have thirty hens. Does anyone have an alternate solution? I was thinking about clipping...
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    Where do I get my chickens?

    Even McMurray has a minimum of thirty. When chicks are shipped, they usually keep them in large numbers for warmth. They sell pullets but they are quite expensive with shipping. Your best bet is to keep an eye on Craigslist or feed store bulletin boards. Also, you can place an ad asking for...
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    roo or pullets please help

    X4 Yup. Blacks are roos.
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    Chantecler Thread!

    CanuckBock-Thank you so much for your message. I have thoroughly read the SOP, and as you said, how do they define "reddish bay"? Lol indeed! So after reading your post, I ultimately decided to postpone showing my birds, this is an APA/ABA show in Vancouver, WA. I can take them in April if I...
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    Chantecler Thread!

    So posting photos is not easy so I gave up after waiting forever for one to upload only 10% . So, I have decided to take two, a cockerel and a pullet, to the show. I will take my larger cockerel and the pullet whose coloring falls in the middle of the three. I don't expect to have award...
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