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Group of four Royal Palm Turkeys. 1 Male, 3 Females. They are approximately 5.5-6 months old and are BIG. Male is VERY big! Pictures available upon request (no pictures at the moment but I can go and take some). They were never given medicated feed and are currently enclosed (for their own...

I breed tropical freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae, so I am familiar with all the vitamins and minerals included in feed formulas. However, there are a couple ingredients in this one famous brand's feed I am not familiar with. Here they are, for the feed labeled "Layer Pellets". The ones...

Wasn't sure where to ask this question since there was a "General Discussion" or "General Poultry" section... Anyway...: Are store-bought poultry (chicken and turkey) fed medicated chick feed when they are chicks? Just wondering since it is recommended when you buy chicks to feed them...

When ours get older (as big as the adult hens) can they eat layer pellets? We feed BlueSeal Layer Pellets. Blueseal layer pellets have 16% protein. Right now they and the pullet chicks they are with are eating BlueSeal Chick N' Game Bird Starter/Grower Crumbles which has 22% protein. More...

Also crushed calcium chips are available in the run we throw small bucket fulls in there with the scratch ever so often. The run is wood chips with lime that was applied last spring and of course dirt. They pretty much have plenty to do out there despite the less amount of space in the winter...

It wasn't a predator... Trust me... We lock up the amish shed every single night and the caged run for the winter (since the outer run is vulnerable to hawks since the tree leaves are gone) is covered with 6mm tarp and solid wood and the fencing is steel chain link. The windows we installed...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250783 Must use the new auction format, spelled out in the link above.

Gone!

Awesome variety! I love polish!

Is there anyone from NJ want to save me the trouble?

Found our City's code book online. There is nothing about selling eggs in there, (used the search feature on the PDF file for the word "egg"...not a thing) and the only thing I found out that prohibits roosters in my town (clerk at city hall told us roosters aren't allowed but hens are) is...

We just have a small flock of hens in our backyard. Before we start offering eggs to neighbors for $1-2/dozen (or free...) and maybe put a sign up does anybody know if there are any laws prohibiting this? We live in a residential suburban area. The town specifically is Long Branch, NJ in...

ALL GONE!!! Thank you barbara826!!!

Well the mystery is finally 100% solved with the Buff Polish... He crowed...well screeched in front of me today. For now as long as he isn't feisty, and stays relatively quiet he can stay with us. Oh, and we named him Jerry Lee Lewis...

Right now we have all our chickens in a HUGE run with a 5ft fence we put up. Recently because the escapes started to occur more frequently (several times a day instead of once a week!) we had to clip the flight feathers on a few but here's my stories (sorry no pics!). We have Silver Spangled...