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    Turkeys Not Eating

    I just bought a pair of year old turkeys that have been free ranges all their lives but I have them in a run for now while they get used to me. I’ve been feeding them a mixture of hen scratch(milo,cracked corn, etc), layer pellets, and even sweet feed, but it doesn’t seem like they care much for...
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    New To Turkeys.. Question about egg laying

    Thanks for all the input guys. She ended up laying another egg in the spot o lit the first one. She has even covered them up. Hoping she decides to lay more. Thanks again!
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    New To Turkeys.. Question about egg laying

    so I just bought a pair of adult bronze turkeys a couple of days ago and have them in a medium-sized holding pen until I get there big run finished. I knew that the hen would start laying soon, but I went out today and found an egg in the middle of the pen. I had a nesting area in the pen for...
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    Humidity Issues

    Just wanted to update that I went and bought another humidity gauge and my other 2 were wrong. I'm running 55% humidity now. Much better. Also, were you able to successfully sex your ayems?
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    Humidity Issues

    Yeah I just hate to risk it. These are ayem cemani eggs that cost $80/dozen. And they are a friend's so I'm hoping it all works out. Thanks for the help
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    Humidity Issues

    It's an off brand that I've borrowed from some friends. Seems to be pretty close to secondary readings that I have put in. No water is in the incubator. I just went out to candle the egg so and my humidity was down to around 63. Maybe it's dropping my at night.
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    Humidity Issues

    So I live in Louisiana and the humidity has been terrible so far this summer. I've got eggs in the incubator that are on day 8 but I can't get my humidity down. I've got rice in with them. I've put card board in with them. And they are in an air conditioned shed. I was able to hatch 18 of 22...
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    Sick Bitties

    So as far as this bird goes, I think it's just an eye infection. Got some tylen50 to give it. Hopefully it helps. As far as the bitties, I think they got too cold. It's like 85 degrees during the day her in Louisiana but drops down to 50s at night. Put a heat lamp on them now. Hopefully it...
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    Sick Bitties

    This is one of my 6 week old pullets. I noticed a week ago that her left eye was bleeding so I isolated her and started her in tetracycline. I also started putting antibiotic ointment on her eye. It's not really getting worse but it's not getting better. I can't keep her from scratching at it...
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    Got Some Sick Bitties

    Forgot to mention it's only in the left eye
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    Got Some Sick Bitties

    What do you think? I've had her in isolation for a week and I'm giving her antibiotics and putting triple antibiotic ointment on the eye. I just can't keep her from clawing at it. I've had 2 littles die in the lady 4 days and another acting sick. I'm afraid I might have some issues.
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    RIR x White Leghorn

    That's hilarious! Probably so. It was my first time hatching and I thought I'd be able to keep track of which chicks came from which eggs but I failed. My real issue is that the black ones look like black sex link and I do have a barred rock gen but I don't think any were her eggs. I thought my...
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    RIR x White Leghorn

    I actually think he leghorn was a cross between the same "RIRxLeghorn". I got them from the leghorns from an old man and I think that's what he said. but I still didn't think it would end up with a black chick.
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    RIR x White Leghorn

    I bred my RIR over all my hens, and I am having trouble figuring out which chicks came from which eggs. I do know that one of the black chicks came from one of the leghorn eggs. Is this possible?
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    First Hatch

    Yeah that's my only concern. I've got a heating pad setup I use but figured they might need the heat lamp for a couple of days at at least.
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