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    Standard of Perfection vs. Bantam Standard Books?

    What is the difference between the two books, the Standard of Perfection and the Bantam Standard? Is the Bantam Standard simply the Standard of Perfection book, but with only the bantams in it? I show strictly bantams, but I didn't know if their were any difference between the two and how...
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    What is wrong with my turkey?

    I have a young royal palm tom that I hatched out around June of 2012. About a week or so ago, I noticed something was wrong with him. He is walking kind of stiff, and his neck is bent back (like they do when they strut). He can't strech it forward to eat or drink, so he has to lay down to reach...
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    What is my pheasant doing?

    I have a lone pheasant male who we have had for about a year. I believe he is not quite two years old. Anyways, I noticed recently that as I passed by his run area that he shares with some young guinea fowl, he would run along side me from the other side of the fence. It is not because he is...
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    Rained on chick

    I have a four month old bantam cross pullet who is sick. She was in an outside pen with other chicks her age, and one night a big storm came through. She, for some reason, stayed outside and slept in the rain that night instead of roosting inside like she normally does. That was two weeks ago...
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    Cutting a Turkey's Wing

    Oh, sorry meant to put two month old turkey, lol. And thanks. I think I'm just going to have to build a pen for them then just clip one wing so they can't get out. Thanks! :)
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    Cutting a Turkey's Wing

    I am wanting to stop my turkey's from jumping on the roof of my buildings and on my cars. They are free range Royal Palms. I've heard about clipping their wings to prevent them from flying, but should I cut both or just one of the wings? I am afraid that if I just do one wing they will still get...
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    Can Oyster Shells Replace Grit?

    I am wanting to get grit for my chickens that are locked up in pens and can't naturally eat rocks themselves. Then I was thinking I might as well pay a little more for oyster shells instead, but I didn't know if that would work in place or not. My question is, can Oyster Shells replace Grit, is...
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    When do turkey hens lay eggs?

    Thanks everyone for your help! The batch of 4 eggs was her first set of eggs ever, so I’m guessing that is why she didn’t lay on very many. Plus, she did have about 5 more to start out with, but my dogs ate those 5 within the first three days that she went broody before I realized that the dogs...
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    Showing?

    There is always a risk that a chicken can catch a disease when you take it anywhere. They can even catch a disease if you go somewhere where chickens are (without any of your birds) and return home, since diseases can hitch a ride on your clothes and spread to your birds. However, that being...
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    shape of eggs

    That happens occasionally. The hen that laid it should not lay an odd egg regularly, and if she does that is very rare. I've had some very odd eggs before. Ones like you described, ones without shells so they are soft, ones that are very long, and one time I got an egg out of a standard chicken...
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    ABA leg bands question.

    I tried just a bit ago to put the band on my 3 1/2 week old chicks. The band went on easy and it took them a bit to to get it off. I'll just keep trying till they stay on like you said. I think it will be another two weeks though before they stay on...but I just try ever day in case so I won't...
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    ABA leg bands question.

    I recently got a set of 100 ABA seemless leg bands to put on my bantam cochin chicks. I was wondering when you are suppose to put them on for the first time. The site said 8-12 weeks, but with bantam cochins I'm afraid that will be too long with their feet feathers. Does anyone else here use ABA...
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    When do turkey hens lay eggs?

    I have a royal palm hen that is about 1 and a half years old. In the spring she sat on a small batch of 4 eggs and three of them hatched. With it being fall now, I figured she won't lay again until spring since I've always been told that turkeys will only lay eggs in the spring. However, she now...
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    Sexing baby peacocks, turkeys and pheasants

    I'm not sure on pheasants or peacocks, but on turkeys you need to wait till they get older. They'll start strutting and gobbiling. Mine were about 4 months when I was able to tell them apart. Other ways besides the strutting is to look at their wattles when they are that old. The hens will be...
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    Danger of showing at state fairs?

    I was wanting to show at the Missouri state fair next year with my birds, but I am nervous about doing so. I've heard stories about people's chickens going missing because someone steals them. At the 2012 fair which ended a few days ago, some birds of the same breed as mine got stolen according...
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