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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Like everybody was saying, one reason I got them is I like the way they look. They're also a little smaller than others, which makes them easier for me to pick up and handle. I also like that they raise their own babies; in fact they get so set on brooding that sometimes I give them chicken...
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    Neighbour complaint

    Thanks, maybe I can find something, if not here, on a buyer review. I try to keep from getting the neighbors started even though this is zoned agriculture.
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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I'm biased. Royal Palms is what I have too. About longevity, I got my first tom as an adult, don't know for sure how old but probably only 1 or 2. I had him 13 years, he was fertile until the last year. I have no idea how common that is. He was still healthy and active but not fertile. I...
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    Neighbour complaint

    Do you know what the problem was? I've thought about trying one on my loud rooster. thanks!
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    Raising Chickens Organically

    because one of those is from the USDA's own publication, and the rest are from newspapers; one of which is the Los Angeles Times. I did not write these or make them up, or edit them in any way, and they are from 2003. You can find all of them in the newspapers' archives.
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    Raising Chickens Organically

    Are you saying the ones I just gave you are not reputable?
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    My new flock -what I love and why I am panicing

    Yes, I've heard that the only way you can be absolutely sure who fathered a squab is if you put the pair in a cage by themselves. Pigeons are fascinating. I've had them since I was 12, still have the breed I got back then, but I have a couple more now as well. Actually, I nearly always have...
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    Raising Chickens Organically

    Caution-There is a really gruesome account in one of the news stories copied here. The incident I referred to happened in 1972. The killing of pet birds in the owner's house in front of the owner was protested in articles in bird fancier magazines including American CageBird Magazine. In...
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    Neighbour complaint

    Yes, a friend of mine had one pet sheep in a large lot in a town where it was allowed, and a neighbor across the street and down a house who complained and complained (claimed the sheep baaing kept her up at night!) until the town finally changed the law to make the pet sheep illegal. After...
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    Raising Chickens Organically

    Which particular statement? Because I give you my word, and I am known as a very honest person, that everything that I said is true.
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    Possible beat 34 cents per pound (store prices on quarters) at home? Brainstorming here...

    P.S. The fancy restaurants are often willing to pay enough for you to may a profit on this kind of thing, but the big, big issue in most areas is you have to either become, or have access to, a poultry processor who is licensed to process birds for resale. In Ohio, for example, I only know of...
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    Possible beat 34 cents per pound (store prices on quarters) at home? Brainstorming here...

    somewhere here there's a current discussion of the feasibility of raising meat bird through the summer months without supplying feed. Centrarchid has some experience and is involved in that discussion, so you could maybe find it through searching for those posts. The birds they are talking...
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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Hello, Memphis, from my experience moving my turkeys to a place with blackhead, the answer to your question about does it show up quickly would be, Yes. . . and No. I think if you put poults, young stock out on infested ground it would show up real quick probably as sudden death of poults. My...
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    Raising Chickens Organically

    All of the feeds available to me state they are all vegetable derived on the label. I'm a habitual fine print label reader, and I haven't seen any poultry feed with animal protein in it at my feed suppliers for many, many years. Since I've been using the Kalmbach 20% for years now without a...
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    Best Treatment for Blackhead Disease (Histomoniasis)

    Treatment with dimetridazole for pigeon canker is 5-7 days, that's on the labels. Treatment of blackhead in a turkey needs 14 days per the avian specialist vet here. In the US, 100 30 mg tablets of ronidazole is around $30-$35. The dimetridazole is similar range. I haven't looked for it, but...
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