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    turkey plucking compared to chicken and duck

    We have turkeys on our farm this year but we're a little nervous about dispatching them. We went through chickens no problem and with ducks the plucking got so frustrating before we had a plucker we would just skin them but now the plucker does 80% of it and we're not sure if that will be the...
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    Is this normal for a turkey?

    Thank you so much, I feel a lot better.
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    Is this normal for a turkey?

    My two month old broad breasted turkey has a big, what looks like a growth, on its breast. This is my first time growing turkeys so am I just freaking out over nothing? Simple Google search says it could just be a fatty deposit which is normal, or blisters. I'm just concerned because none of the...
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    What happened to my eggs?

    They’re from my jersey giants. And yes we calibrated the incubator
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    What happened to my eggs?

    Any idea why this happened? Is the incubator maybe overturning the eggs?
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    What happened to my eggs?

    They’re supposed to hatch on the fifth of this month
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    What happened to my eggs?

    I got an incubator to hatch out my Jersey Giant eggs. First time using an incubator. Out of 11 eggs 6 seem to not be doing anything (maybe infertile). 4 we’re developing then all the blood vessels seemed to detach and pool in the same spot. And one is maybe coming along properly. I have pictures...
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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    Incubating with multiple hens

    I have two jersey giant hens and an evil rooster. Last clutch we had he murdered several chicks before I could intervene (they were new for us and I didn’t realize he would be so aggressive with his own chicks. please don’t judge too harshly 😭) so we got an incubator. So I’m wondering, since...
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    Turkeys!

    My husband and I want to try out raising turkeys for meat. We prefer getting poultry that are good at incubating and raising their own. What would be the best breed to start with? Not really interested in broad breasted turkeys since they don’t really reproduce on their own and have short...
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    Onions and garlic for deterrent

    I’ve heard that onions and garlic are natural pest control against bugs and rodents in a garden. But has anyone ever grown it around a poultry pen to prevent critters who shouldn’t be in there? Could this work? Would it negatively affect the poultry in the pen?
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    Bleed out in eggs

    I have Muscovy ducks that lay and raise their own eggs and ducklings. My ducks have both successfully hatched and raised clutches separately however out of this clutch only one egg hatched out of about seventeen eggs. I candle every so often (not consistently but every two weeks) and out of...
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    Muscovy ducklings

    I understand completely. Thank you very much.
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    Muscovy ducklings

    $20 each
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    Muscovy ducklings

    The ducklings are about two months old. We are in California. We don’t have any methods for shipping because we had a poultry ban the last couple years up until just yesterday. So we just re-opened for business. We could look into shipping but that would take some time
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    Muscovy ducklings

    just outside Barstow
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