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    HELP! Turkeys sitting on rotten eggs???

    Thanks all! Guess I know what I'll be doing today....... eeeewwwwwwwww!
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    HELP! Turkeys sitting on rotten eggs???

    HELP!!! I have 3 turkeys sitting on eggs..... they are all in the same pen. I have left them alone, other than feeding and watering them. When I went in the pen yesterday to check on things, THE STINCH WAS UNBEARABLE!!!! I feel so sorry for them laying there in the smell...... it's...
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    Cleaning coop - got locked in again

    Oh, I got LOTS of free advertising..... Customers made fun of me for MONTHS!!!!! LOL
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    Cleaning coop - got locked in again

    I have one slightly better for you....... A couple of years ago, I was working at a customer's business and locked 3, yes THREE, sets of keys in my work van! Now, I could not have done this in the privacy of my home...... I had to do it at the local newstalk radio station. I was their main...
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    Are you finding that meatie chicks are harder to keep clean?

    Yes...... The meaties are notoriously NASTY! I've done them for the last 2 years, but have gone with more traditional breeds for my flock this year. Good luck!
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    Anyone use the 5 gallon top-fill drinker from Harris Farms? (4-H top fill drinker)

    BTW...... just a word about their customer service...... THEY ARE AWESOME! I sent them an email Sunday night, fully expecting it to take a day or two before someone got back with me. NOPE! I had an answer to my email within an hour.... on a Sunday night! Harris Farms makes these, as...
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    Anyone use the 5 gallon top-fill drinker from Harris Farms? (4-H top fill drinker)

    NEVERMIND!!! I think my idiot-ness has gotten the better of me tonight..... lol Jeff
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    Anyone use the 5 gallon top-fill drinker from Harris Farms? (4-H top fill drinker)

    I bought one tonight from TSC, got it home and the thing just WILL NOT hold water! There were no instructions, and there was a loose plastic piece that looked similar to a plastic nipple...... I put this piece between the float plate and the bottom drain under the bucket, with the flat side...
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    How tall for my new garden fence??

    Thanks for the replies. I knew that they could get over the fence........ I was just curious if anybody thought it would be a big problem given that they have so much other room to roam. I will give them a mulch bed close to the coop...... That is a great idea! Thanks, y'all! Jeff
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    How tall for my new garden fence??

    Hi all, I am going to fence off my garden this year since I am going with a more sustainable flock. (I have always done the Cornish X's, but this year I am raising dark cornish and white Rocks, along with a few remaining layers of mixed breed) I have always kept them penned up, except for...
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    Murray McMurray?

    Well..... here's my McMurray experience: I have ordered chicks from them the past 2 years with no problems whatsoever HOWEVER...... Last year I ordered turkeys several months in advance. I took the time to build a new pen for them and get everything ready. The week they were to ship...
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    HELP! Anybody near Cumberland City, TN???

    I know alot of this area is flooding, I need to get to the 100 block of main street tomorrow to sandbag a building........... I'm just wondering if there is anyone on here from that area that can tell me if I can get into the area tomorrow afternoon...... what's being said about when the...
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    Processing in Western or Middle Tennessee?

    ooohh, I don't know. I have too many as it is. You can also try an ad on Craigslist.... you might find someone who will process them for part of the birds..... Good luck!
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