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He is my only Tom. No known health issues. He is a very healthy young man :) I feel that you are exactly right! I have been watching his actions and your right, he thinks they are his and he is protecting them. Proof of that happened last night when we went to move the heat lamp on them...

Hello! I wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this or can tell me if something is wrong. I have 20 hens (all different kinds) and a Brown Bourbon Turkey (Jake). He (the Turkey) is a year and 4 months old. He is kind of my guard dog for my girls. He watches out for them at night...

Will do!

Eggcessive you are the best! Thank you for all your help!

Thanks Kathy!!!

The Turkey is alive and doing magnificent! It is only affecting the chickens and there is bloody stools like what is found in coccidiosis.

I am sorry to be a pain, but we gave eggs away and I wouldn't want those people to be ill.

Thank you for the information. Let me make sure I understand this. The eggs I collected before I realized that some of the flock or all is infected will be ok.

Hello Friends!!! I have a real big problem and I need help please! I started with 43 girls and 2 boys... oh and a Jake Turkey (Brown Bourbon Turkey). In the last month I got rid of my two boys cause I thought they were the cause of the 8 girls that have died (including 2 today). My husband...

Thanks for the hugs!!! I surely needed them! Thank you for your condolences as well. The first time around it could have been several different predators. My Dad who also raised chickens (in his time) says he thought that it could be a weasel or a mink. I agree with you both. Especially...

Hello friends.... I am just beside myself. Last Monday my husband went out to give our 16 (all girls) chickens fresh food and water and found 12 chickens dead. He said it was just terrible, never seen anything like it before. He had a really hard time calling me to even tell me. I was a...