Hi Everyone!
I too am having a problem defining guinea keet colors. The parents are all pied guineas (we have 4) or a white (we had 1). The guinea who hatched the clutch of eggs they layed was pied and she hatched 11 with 1 not surviving. We collected the remaining eggs and put the in the...
Sadly, baby passed sometime in the night. He/ she was a fighter but whatever was making her/ him sick just had a hold that wasn't letting go. From 4 days to last night we gave extra time, care, and love. Short as this little life was it was a spoiled life. Just really sad to lose this little one.
I have set up a small fenced area near our chicken run with food and water and a "bed". Seeing thdthe others made the baby more vocal (I believe this is a good sign). This evening I made a fenced in area with another waterer and feeder and a nesting box for sleeping. The fence is to protect my...
Baby is in a brooder that has the walls and floor with the light.
I will see what I can come up with for moving it to the coop area. I just don't want the lil one to get pecked and beat up by the chickens and the other turkeys.
Our flock is fairly young.
Chickens are about 4 months old ( I really think this is right)
Turkeys are 1 month old (June 30 / July 1; dates they hatched)
Hello Everyone!
I'm a first time chicken and turkey owner and my husband is not. He has done 4H and AG back in high school. Me, I've had cats and dogs my whole life. We have 20 chickens (hens and roosters) an we have 4 turkeys who are funny and love to follow us everywhere.
Any advice is...
Hello Everyone! First time having turkeys and I'm at a lose with one of them. We have 4 that we hatched from eggs (June 30/ July 1) and 3 are already in the coop while the other is still in the brooder. The turkeys in the coop have 20 chickens and they are all living well together. They are...