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    Ever hear of a broody tom turkey?

    I am in awe!! my very for sure without a doubt 100% male turkey has gone broody at first I thought he kicked my goose off her nest. . . . then 2 days later realized he has actually been both sharing the nest with her and taking turns so she can eat bathe and stretch her legs. He is very...
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    Breed Identification anyone?

    Hahahaha wouldn't that be interesting chicken color pattern. I can absolutely see where it would sound like that tho lol
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    Breed Identification anyone?

    Thank you 😊 I think s/he is a sultan and yes s/he has little feathered legs, feet, and toes. Now hopefully it's a girl! 🤞🤞🤞 As far as the black hills gold it's a multi-colored gold jewelry that comes from black hills Dakota and always has the distinct rose gold and green gold leaves grapes or...
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    Breed Identification anyone?

    Tehehe yeah it was love at first sight . . . Then confusion lol. I have had quite a few silkie and polish babies but never have I ever seen such a pronounced crest poof before. Imagine if it's this big now what it's going to be when she feathers out 🤣🤣🤣
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    Breed Identification anyone?

    I can't wait to see what this little one ends up looking like as an adult!! And thank you ☺️ black hills golden is my very fav
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    Breed Identification anyone?

    Hello all this little one has me confused I have never seen anything quite like this before. At first glance I thought silky or polish but no extra toes, light skin, and no flared nostrils but a HUGE poof on its head. he or she is one week old. Any ideas on breed?
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    Can I raise doves/pigeons if I already have chickens??

    I have personally raised pigeons and chickens of all breeds together with zero problems for 5 years now and they all reproduce with no issues as well. I do have high nesting boxes for the pigeons and low boxes for the chickens and community perches all over the aviary and some of them perch...
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    trying to identify what's going on with this sweet girl

    I posted pics but don't know where they went :-/ I will try to post them again. she didn't have leg scale mites she was infested with I believe red mites but took care of that already :-)
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    trying to identify what's going on with this sweet girl

    Hello all I recently acquired this chicken and am trying to figure out what's going on with her. She has a lot of missing feathers she had a ton of mites her legs are both swollen she has a knot on her jaw and she has a black spot on her leg.her apitite is good she has no spots in her mouth and...
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    hello from pahrump nv :-P

    Just wanted to update I have successfully hatched a ton of babies in my homemade incubator. . . I have hatched ducks, standard chickens, banties, and pigeons, I have anywhere between a 90% - 70% hatch rate :-)
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    hello from pahrump nv :-P

    This is my "candler" i got it at home depot i looked for the highest lumens i could find and i cup my hand around the top to cradle the egg and to keep light from coming out the sides
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    hello from pahrump nv :-P

    I have a very mixed flock of both chickens and ducks there are ameraucana, barred rock, polish, silkie, one roo idk what breed yet the ducks are blue sweedish, pekin, and mallard
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    Going to start raising chickens in Arizonan my back yard

    Hi im not in az but pahrump nv is pretty similar weather. . . I think the most important things are heat tolerant birds plenty of shade and abundant water. . .this will be my second summer with them and there doing great :-)
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    hello from pahrump nv :-P

    Pic from 2 days ago :-P
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    hello from pahrump nv :-P

    Just wanted to introduce myself i have been reading posts here for quite a while so decided to join seeing as im here so often lol im in the process of incubating with a homemade incubator and super excited were at day 10 and all 28 eggs are going great :-D
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