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    Is it safe to process & eat turkeys with puffy cheeks from an URI or possibly MG?

    Hello! I have a couple turkeys I'm raising for meat. They have puffy cheeks from a respiratory infection or MG (not sure which yet). Not overly puffy but still noticeable. Of course I am looking into treatment options, but my question here is- are they safe to process and eat in this condition...
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    Help with swollen turkey face.

    Some of my turkeys have this as well. Are they safe to dispatch and eat in this condition?
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    Need help with my laying hens plz!

    I've never heard that about Oats! Oh my! No, I don't have the nutrition info on the mix I make. I got the recipe from this other lady who has a successful chicken farm so it seemed safe to follow.
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    Need help with my laying hens plz!

    We do have a rooster! And he is very aggressive when mounting sometimes. I've literally seen him RUN across the hard and jump roughly on a hen he wants to mate with! That would make sense that maybe he's causing some of that feather loss then! Is there any way to get the feathers back or is the...
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    Need help with my laying hens plz!

    Oh ok. Valid point. I will get them more protein and see if that helps. And also look into more roosts.
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    Need help with my laying hens plz!

    When they started picking at each other badly they were on a layer pellet with oyster shells on the side. Now I give them a homemade blend of Oats, corn, blackoil seed, etc etc. And I give them crushed egg shell on the side. If they run out of crushed egg shell we still give oyster shell. A...
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    Need help with my laying hens plz!

    I was feeding them layer pellets and oyster shells when this problem started. I make them a mixture now from scratch (Oats, corn, etc etc) and still give oyster shells when they run out of crushed egg shells. They sleep in a coop that is 12x12 and during the day they roam our 1/2 acre so...
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    Need help with my laying hens plz!

    Hello. I have 14 laying hens. Half are about a year old and the other half are about a year and a half old. They are excellent layers. But about 5 mo ago or so they started pecking each other bad. I think it was something in the feed. I switched the feed and free range them now so they are much...
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