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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    Good luck! And yes, please drop the link when your shop is up. I love supporting folks in this hobby~
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    @JacinLarkwell I hope you made your booth money and then some!! Plus enough to get more minis and continue the fun~ As a slightly chaotic DM at the best of times, I can safely say that work like yours is much appreciated...!
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    @allosaurusrock I have a friend going back to Seattle pride this year! They're also more nervous than past years and honestly, same. We've spooled up the "where-when-with who" note-leaving protocol we usually reserve for other things. That said--I hope you DO have fun!! It looks like it's going...
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    🐣 Which Chicken Breed Should You Hatch Next?

    Mostly B's, and given my jubilee orpingtons currently wreaking havoc in the brooder, quiz seems accurate! Ironic, too, cause I would have listed myself a more "practical" chicken keeper until these guys...but...They're like raising cue balls. SO round. SO heavy. The cutest. I'm smitten, and will...
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    In addition to a happy pride month, Happy Solstice to all! It's rainy here (the poults and chicks are offended), but I'll take a cozy day in to celebrate the light anyway. Hot tea and daydreams, yes please~ Hope you all get a good breather, too!
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    Moderator Appreciation 2025

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    Turkey Poults Dying

    In case anyone in a similar state stumbles on this someday, here's my conclusion: the second sick poult pulled through. Best guess is it was Coccidiosis? It's now back in the flock but is half the size of the rest, despite all of them taking Corid treatment. We're taking pains to keep it from...
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    Turkey Poults Dying

    Thank you for this~ I've used Rooster Booster for chickens, but I've had the turkey poults on Nutridrench. Stopped when I saw the first illness. I was worried the molasses in it was promoting an issue, but now think otherwise. They're on a gamebird starter crumble. I've never tried probiotics...
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    Turkey Poults Dying

    Thanks for the double-check. It looks like I'm using the correct dose. This is the current heartbreaker. Still alive this morning, barely. If the brooder plate seems low, this one and the last used it as a roost sometimes and kept falling off in their stupors. I couldn't stand to watch so I...
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    Turkey Poults Dying

    Hey all, I hatched 8 midget white turkey poults from an NPIP certified farm. At 11 days old we had one droop and die. Now a second is exhibiting symptoms. Here are the details: Birds go from rowdy to drooped and hunched within hours. Dead by Day 2 of illness. Droppings became odd--Sometimes...
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    Congrats on your new crew!!! Had an early wake-up of turkeys unzipping here--hope your early morning cuppa was as black as mine.
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    In case anyone is having a rough day today, here are some fresh chick pics!
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    I took some PTO to do gardening work and it aligned with lockdown for some new chicks! I didn't realize that would just result in me hovering constantly, fidgeting over the tiniest wobble from an egg. So today I took my 3 old hens out for a forage to get away from the incubator for a minute. Did...
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    I was thinking the same thing. Troll be trolling.
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    LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

    I feel this! Bought an NR360 this year (haven't hatched in years). I intended to do a small, staggered hatch of Jubilee Orpingtons and Olive Eggers, followed much later by Midget White turkeys. Well...now there's two incubators and it's happening all at once, starting two days ago. 6 eggs...
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