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Rocky Mount, MO here. Is anyone nearby looking to get rid of some turkeys or know of a poultry swap in the area? I'm looking to expand our flock and the one lady I know that raises them (and sold us the ones we have now) doesn't currently have any extras.

Thank you!

This might be a stupid question, but how do you catch them and do physical exams without freaking them out? I'm not very good at catching them, and the whole process really stresses them out. Is there anything I can do to make it less stressful or to get them more comfortable with me touching them?

I didn't notice her feet until you said that, but they do look funky. Since she died I've done more research on illness and disease in chickens and I've started paying more attention to looking over the others, so far no one else has had any problems that I've noticed, Though I do have a pair of...

I bought full grown birds - 7 hens, 1 rooster, pair of turkeys - from my grandma-in-law's neighbor. She did not know what breeds they were. On their second day in their new home, I noticed one of the laying hens was sleeping a lot. She would just stand or sit on the ground in the coop and sleep...

I don't know the breeds as the lady I bought them from didn't know their breeds.

I am completely new to owning chickens. I've been working on becoming more self-sufficient - learning to garden, tan hides, forage, hunt, raise chickens, etc. My soon to be grandma-in-law, Darlene, loves chickens and has been my main guide in learning about them, with my only other source being...