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    slipped tendon

    so one of my baby turkeys (3 weeks old) slipped a tendon and i traveled 100 miles to see a bird vet. the vet was nice and all. show me how to wrap its leg and stuff. she also gave me meds called Meloxicam for the swelling and pain but didnt know if this will effect the meat or eggs if the turkey...
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    odd turkey wings

    awesome! thank you!
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    odd turkey wings

    my baby turkey has weird wings. like they dont sit on here proper. the other two dont have that. any idea? hope shes healthy. turkeys are really pricey where i live. and no vet near me will look at her. by the way her name is Dah. thanks much <3
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    not growing chicken

    hello. i bought a mix of 8 chicks. theyre all diffent breeds and all are the same age. however one lil black ive named Soot (i think its a silkie) is still roughly the same size as when i got her. she should be about 3-4 weeks and the other chicks are just towering over her and they are starting...
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    not layed in months

    hello. i have three chickens around 18 months old and two of them havent givin me an egg in months. theyre not sick, have clean poop, and not molting. in the summer i would get maybe two eggs from them. but the shell would be quite thin and broke easy. i feed them laying feed 16% they were on...
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    Hi, I am new to the BYC group.

    wow thats a big group of chicks lol i think theres a way to figure out the sex by looking at the layers of the first set of feathers. one layer of feathers are boys, two layers are girls. but thats just what i have read and im not a professional :P Good Luck and hope they're not all roosters lol...
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    Hello from Colorado Springs, CO

    i believe the sizing is no less then 2 feet spacing per adult chicken and no less than 1 foot above per adult chicken so they have room to stretch their wings a bit and lay eggs comfortably. good luck and take pics :D
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    hai. i'm new.

    Nothing crazy to say atm but i'm new to the site and eager to make some farmy chickeny friends. I'm new to having chickens, i got three day old chicks in march. An easter egger called May, a plymouth rock called Marie, and a rhoad island red called Lee. Lee layed her first solid egg, i was...
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