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    Turkey Poults dying!

    I just want to provide an update- no more deaths! All remaining poults active and healthy. We have discarded all of the old feed and are back to a regular, unmedicated gamebird starter. I am now 100% certain deaths were caused by expired medicated feed. This feed looked and smelled normal...
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    Incubator build

    We are hoping to build an incubator out of either an old fridge, or a wooden box. Any ideas/ suggestions? Thanks!
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    It's been 21 days and no chicks...still sitting though, do I do anything???

    I agree with the candling. I have had chicks hatch a day late with no problems. Good luck! Baby chicks are so fun!
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    Blue Slates - show me yours! - pic heavy

    There are our Blue Slates. We have found them to be wonderful birds!
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    Blue Slates - show me yours! - pic heavy

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  8. Freedom Rangers ranging!

    Freedom Rangers ranging!

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  9. Our breeders

    Our breeders

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    Hello from Washington state!

    We have been farming since 2007 and proudly raise Nigerian Dwarf goats, Orpington chickens, Freedom rangers, Slate turkeys, and Silkies! We are a homeschooling family trying to live a sustainable, self sufficient lifestyle. We look forward to meeting others who love farming as much as we do...
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    Turkey Poults dying!

    I am fairly certain that the issue is the feed. We did have a few deaths prior to the feed switch- but not like this with many dying each day. We have removed all toxic feed and so far- all are healthy. We had one yesterday who was very sickly that died last night. I will examine its liver and...
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    Turkey Poults dying!

    The water is in a large pan with small rocks in it so they do not drown. We change it some times 3 times or more per day because it does get dirty. Each time we change it it is sprayed so the water looks clear again. They do dirty up their water quite a bit.
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    Turkey Poults dying!

    Hi, I had this bag of feed given to me free from the feed store because it was older. I know that sounds like the problem but, we had deaths prior to this bag of feed. Now we have alot more dying soI switched the feed. The free bag did not look moldy, and it smelled fine. These birds I hatched...
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    Turkey Poults dying!

    I have 30 turkey poults (blue slate) that I hatched from my own stock that have been slowly dying off over the past few weeks. The poults range in age from 1 month- 2 weeks. They are being fed a medicated turkey starter. They are housed in a very large brooder with ample space and 2 heat lamps...
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