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    Ok to move outside?

    I would get them used to the temperatures outside first by letting them out during the day, and bringing them inside at night for maybe two weeks. As they still have down baby feathers they are still susceptible to chilly temps. :)
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    At what age do Tom turkeys become aggressive?

    I have found that if you raise them from a young age they rarely become aggressive towards you, I even had a pet bourbon red tom that would follow me around my yard and garden with me :)
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    New chicken mom here!

    You may want to make sure they are cockerels before you give them away- I spent a good 10 weeks thinking one of my "pullets" was a boy, as I was going off physical traits but it turned out that she was just a hen with a large comb! Congrats on the new pets, though! :)
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    Frostbite

    Hello, I just got the same problem, (he is an andalusian so obnoxiously large comb), will the tips of the comb deffinitely fall off? They are whitish and sort of hard, but I think that the inside is not fully frozen. Will just the outside part fall off? Even with diligent vaseline the cold...
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    Show off your roosters

    Awww! So mighty yet so adorable!
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    Show off your roosters

    Thank you, yes ive been maintaining vaseline on the comb :)
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    Show off your roosters

    This is Fawkes, my blue andalusian cockerel :)
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    Rooster Crowing

    Thanks everyone, i am looking into a collar hopefully
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    Rooster Crowing

    Hi, I know what a common issue this is, but just looking for more specific advice. Basically my "pullet" has turned into a cockeral, he is a blue andalusian that i raised as a chick and I love him so much. My dad however says he has to go (live somewhere else, not be killed luckily), because he...
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    Feed store drama!

    they are a pure bantam breed originating in Japan (obviously :P ), they come in all sorts of colors including tan/white, black/white, black, etc., and have a similar body shape like English Game bantams. The roos can be fiercely protective of the flock while still being sweet to handlers :) they...
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    Need help with sick chicken

    Must be scary seeing her lying on her back! can't be good for her lungs being compressed :(
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    Need help with sick chicken

    Have you checked her crop? Could be impacted or sour crop, this happened to my hen one day hopefully you caught it early if it is a crop issue, isolate and feel crop for a hard mass and massage downwards
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    Scaly Leg Mites in Feathered Feet

    That sounds good, I'm currently doing something similar, and also spritzed the birds with Poultry Protector (an all natural product) underneath back, wing, and breast feathers and after two days the mites already seem a lot less numerous (After investigating scaly legs I found a few body mites...
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    Scaly Leg Mites in Feathered Feet

    Did the scrub-slather-spray ordeal...silkies were surprisingly compliant, just worried now about keeping them separated so new pullets don't get mites :P
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    Scaly Leg Mites in Feathered Feet

    Did they get better?
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