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    Three NarragansettTurkey Poults - $20 for all three

    I have three Narragansett turkey poults for sale. They are a month old and I am asking $20 for all three babies. I have too many birds and I'm thinning out my flock. Local pick up only, please.
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    Suggestions for getting my turkeys to go inside at night?

    Thanks everybody! I will give the lighting a try and see what happens. I got home late from work tonight and the turkeys decided it would be a good idea to roost on top of the turkey house. Getting them down was NOT fun. They also manged to disconnect some of my polywire fencing and ground it...
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    Suggestions for getting my turkeys to go inside at night?

    I have a enclosure that I recently built along with a turkey house out that I made out of recycled shipping pallets. I put some roosts inside the house in the hopes that the turkeys would go inside at night. The front of the house is kept entirely open during the day but I need to lock them up...
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    Something getting my chickens, please help!

    I had the same problem with something grabbing my turkey poults this past spring. It was a racoon getting its paws through the wire. The babies would be sleeping right near the wire and the coon would just reach right through and snatch them. Is it happening during the day or at night?
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    My spoiled brats got Kraft Macaroni and Cheese for dinner. We had an old box lying around and we decided to cook it up for them. They LOVED it!
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    Do you eat Turkey eggs?

    I love turkey eggs and eat them all the time! My friends thought I was weird when I told them I frequently ate turkey egg omelets for breakfast. They came over and tried the eggs and now they don't think I'm weird anymore. :-)
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    The mean rooster gets the ax. And do you thin down your flock before winter?

    I'm faced with having to thin out my flock as well. One of my hens hatched out a bunch of roos and I don't want to keep them all. What kind of knife do you prefer to use?
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    distress before laying?

    Mine do that ALL the time. It's completely normal. I sometimes think that hens make more noise than roosters. :-)
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    Hen that looks like a rooster?

    Anybody want a free rooster? :-)
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    Hen that looks like a rooster?

    I had a feeling. :/ I guess it was more wishful thinking on my part. Thanks everybody!
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    Hen that looks like a rooster?

    I have an EE hen (or what I hope is a hen) that resembles a rooster. Facially she looks like a hen, but she has a rooster-like tail and large feet. She doesn't exhibit any rooster behavior and does not crow. She also doesn't strut or walk upright like a rooster. She's about 4.5 - 5 months old...
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    ??? Any ideas for helping the birds beat the heat???

    I feed my birds cold watermelon along frozen peas and corn. I just recently discovered that the girls enjoy orange sherbet. I don't like to give them a lot of it because I don't want them consuming all that sugar, but its so cute to see them eating the sherbet. They get it ALL over their faces.
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    A Chicken Shaped Cake and Other Creative Ideas

    I think I'm going to continue the bird theme and make a turkey cake for Thanksgiving!
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    A Chicken Shaped Cake and Other Creative Ideas

    Thanks everyone! I think I've been watching too many baking shows. :D
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    Things you never said until you had chickens.......

    My labrador put a hole in the screen door to our kitchen. One of my hens, Vanna White, learned that she could sneak into the house using the hole. One day my mother walked into the kitchen and suddenly called down the hall to me: "Why is there a *LIVE* chicken in the kitchen!" Another...
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