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    Chicks in an old Turkey pen

    Thank you again. I feel good about repurposing the turkey coop for chickens. As an aside, this forum is great. I'm sure we've all been on forums where its not so great an experience whether its bad advice or good advice desired to you to make you feel dumb. Not the case here. Drew
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    Chicks in an old Turkey pen

    Hi aart Thanks for the quick reply. I haven't heard of blackhead in the area but I can ask around. So by your answer I'm assuming putting chickens in the coop is fine. If I decide on turkeys again one year I'll clean out the pen more than usual. But its unlikely for the near future. Meat...
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    Chicks in an old Turkey pen

    Hi guys, I'm not going to raise turkeys this year, just chickens. I have a pen for the chickens but I was thinking on spreading them out between the two pens. I have heard about Blackhead and other issues of cross contamination between turkeys and chickens. My question is this. There hasn't...
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    Turkeys have thin back feathers and discoloured

    Hi Guys, My title pretty much says it all but I’ll elaborate. I have 13 turkey poults. They’re about three weeks old now. Two of them have a black stain(?) on their back feathers and the feathers in the area are thin like they’ve been maybe pecked at. (I’m totally guessing there, please...
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    Distance between chicken coop and turkey coop

    If I do have an issue, will it affect future chickens if I remove the turkey pen altogether?
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    Distance between chicken coop and turkey coop

    Firstly, thank you for your fast reply. Its greatly appreciated. I'm going to phone the agricultural offices (?) to ask if theres any issue with Blackhead as well but I know the history of the property so I'm not too concerned. One barn was for a florist for a short time and no livestock of any...
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    Distance between chicken coop and turkey coop

    Hi Guys; I'm new here and I've read through quite a few posts about keeping chickens and turkeys. Most questions usually ask if you can keep chickens and turkeys in the same coop. Mine is different. I have a chicken coop. and I'm thinking on building a turkey coop approximately 10 feet away in...
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