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    Keeping ducks warm in extreme cold

    Keep in mind that unless it's windy in with them, it should feel like what the actual temperature is. I have one of those remote thermometers in my hen house (the ducks are in a sectioned off area) with the receiver in the house. Right now we are having a warm spell, it's 21 (above 0F) and...
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    Fighting toms?

    It's 2x4 wire mesh. They were grabbing each other through the fence.
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    Fighting toms?

    No guarantee they aren't still fighting, but they seem to be looking better... the one in the background is the older Tom who hasn't been involved in the fighting. He lost his snood fighting with the BB tom through the fence. i think these 2 youngsters are going to be snoodless too.
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    Fighting toms?

    Interesting about fences... one day the gate was open and the 2 were arguing through the fence. The paced back and forth while fighting, dtopped fighting to walk past the open gate, resumed fighting on the other side. It's 14 below out there,if he didn't come down and start eating he...
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    Fighting toms?

    Hopefully it's from fighting... these are wild turkeys, not mine and I know of at least one fight between the two. I first noticed their faces on Dec 31st. Took pictures of the 1 on Jan 1st, the other wasn't coming down from the tree. He stayed up there in the same spot for 2 days, today he...
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    Fighting toms?

    It's really early for them to be fighting here, I suspect the girls showing up set them off. I did have problems with them harassing the older tom last summer which is why I repeatedly tried to chase them off. He solved that by flying into my pen to escape them. There is a BB tom in the pen...
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    Fighting toms?

    Thank you, that makes me feel better!
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    Fighting toms?

    Does this look like damage from fighting? I have a few wild turkeys that seem to want to live with me. There is a tom who came here as a baby with his mom in 2017 and stayed. Last winter 2 more young toms showed up and wouldn't leave. The 2 stuck together all summer, then about a week ago the...
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    Color genetics

    I have some turkey eggs hatching, 2 out of 3 so far. My hens: One Bronze (was from a group of Tiger Bronze), one Broad Breasted Bronze, and two Broad Breasted White. Males: I have one Broad Breasted Bronze tom (hefty boy but not huge) and the resident Eastern Wild tom who showed up with his...
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    Found chick, what IS it?

    Think I got it! I think it's a coot!
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    Found chick, what IS it?

    I attached a picture but it didn't show, will try again
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    Found chick, what IS it?

    A guy down the road was out with a weed eater and a chick ran across his yard and was trying to go through his basement window. Thinking it might be one of my birds, he brought it to me. I have no idea of what it even is, it's about the size of a gosling. I called game and fish, she said...
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    Outdoor Aviary

    I was thinking a wood frame with 1" wire on the inside and 1/2" (or maybe 1/4") hardware cloth around the outside with the width of the wood frame (3" or 4") separating the the 2 layers. Mice can go through 1/2". Staying out all year isn't a good option, -30F is difficult to heat unless I...
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    Outdoor Aviary

    I would like to build an outdoor aviary for my conures, just for warm weather. I am looking for suggestions on what wire to use and where to source it. I'm thinking 1"x1" holes? Would a double wall with hardware cloth on the outer part be a good idea to protect them from predators? The wire...
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    Northern Climate Winter Hardy Aviary Birds

    Not an aviary, but wild ring neck doves live here year round... I first saw them about 5 years ago and it startled me since Mourning doves migrate and I was trying to figure out why there was a dove in my yard in January in North Dakota. Are the wild ring neck doves the same as domestic>
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