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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Cool! What did you use to take that photo?
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    Cattle panel lean-to

    I am familiar with standard hoop arches. This particular structure has one end anchored to the side of a barn.
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    Cattle panel lean-to

    I came across this cattle panel chicken run on TikTok, and am interested in building something similar. I have built cattle panel hoop coops, but this type of lean-to is new to me. Has anyone tried this? Any structural issues?
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    American Gamefowl

    Is that unusual? If predators are not an issue, I think roosters can easily live to their teens. My rooster has trouble grooming himself, because his beak is misshapen from an old injury. He looks scruffy right now: This photo is from last year, right after new feathers grew in. The hen behind...
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    American Gamefowl

    approx 10 years old.
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    American Gamefowl

    He is asil, but came from a hatchery, so he only looks the part. I also have some junior roos that stay away from the main flock. I have a poultry barn divided into several sections, and during the day they have a few acres of woodland with access to hundreds more acres of undeveloped public...
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    American Gamefowl

    There's a lot of that too. Perhaps due to size and breed differences, one always ends up pinning another down by the neck. I can't remember if I've seen the new hen on the bottom being pecked, but I've definitely seen her on top.
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    American Gamefowl

    Typically by the time I arrive one hen has the other pinned to the ground pecking at it. I've seen the rooster politely tap the aggressor on the shoulder, but that's about it. He probably should have intervened before it got to that point. well, he's a busy guy with 35 other hens/roosters to...
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    American Gamefowl

    She's battling the hens and won't stop despite getting beaten. I have a mature rooster, but he does not have hands, so he can't do much to intervene. Out in the yard it's fine; when they fight, my turkey bites the aggressor by the tail and pulls her away. I have to lock her in the turkey coop...
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    American Gamefowl

    Y'know, I've thought about doing something like that with my birds -- start with a lot and let Darwin sort them out -- but then I thought, why not simply hunt wild turkeys and grouse? Any "feral" chickens I breed will not come close to millions of years of natural selection. And then I...
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    American Gamefowl

    I started with similar goals as you (breed gamefowl to be self-sufficient chickens), but I found that pugnacious birds tend to be predator magnets -- they attract attention and are oblivious to danger. How do you do it?
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    American Gamefowl

    Her ego is writing checks her body can't cash, if you know what I mean.
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    American Gamefowl

    A neighbor gave me an American game hen. She keeps trying to kill everyone even after 3 weeks of visual-but-not-physical contact. You think she'll ever settle down? My hatchery-grade "game" "fowl" are downright docile compared to her.
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    I want to suck the sour crop liquid out with a feeding tube from my chicken's crop but

    I am sorry to hear that. Most vets should be familiar with gastric lavage (ie pumping a stomach). A crop flush is the same procedure as that done for dogs/cats. There is no "sucking", it is a gentle siphon and the pressure of the fluids is what pushes out the contents of the crop.
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    I want to suck the sour crop liquid out with a feeding tube from my chicken's crop but

    Is the hen in your first post still alive?
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