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    Egg Eating Chicken

    I have a RIR hen that has started stealing and eating egg's.. They have a 50 x 100 run ... pleanty of feed water oyster shell Is there anything I can do to stop her or is it freezer camp time?? All my hens are one year old and laying I also have three turkey hens with them also laying...
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    How many turkeys do we have?

    817+5 All bourbon red's And just to lay:lol:
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    HELP 26 wk bourbon red can not stand or walk

    Thank you giving honny and molassas warter and in the housenow.... When he pooped it was very DRY got him to drink when he was out side but seemed to be shivering .. Now on towel in living room Will not put feet and leggs under himself Laying on his side
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    HELP 26 wk bourbon red can not stand or walk

    I have 6 bourbon reds one of my toms can't stand or walk. The other tom's were picking on him last night and would not let him eat. I have moved him in with my broody rhode isl red .. Any idia WHY Thank you
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    Breeding age for bourbon red 19 Wk ???????

    I was watching my birds this morning and thought two tom were danceing arround That is till the hen droped down for the tom to mount Are they getting ready ?? I am not Thank you RACCOON
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    Awww, turkeys are sweet!

    Yes they are. I love mine. They sit on my sholder now later on not sure about that . What is flockier ? HAHA Enjoy your flock mine have me trained
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    Question about Turkeys

    First:welcome I have 8 BR and they do the buddy system. When they are out with my chickens they are in pairs. I have mine for both reasons Pets and meat . Mine are sweethearts they sit on my shoulder and make the rounds with me[ been told this sitting on the sholder thing is not good ]...
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    Are araucanas or ameraucanas good eating birds?

    Quote: Let me get back to you on that . I did 5 from cakle yesterday. They are chilling in the fridg now
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    processing chickens

    Not all that hard . We just came in from doing up 5 of our's. I have not done one in over 30 yrs My wife has never done this . 3 1/2 Hr start to finish. One Q: Should I cut up now or in two days before the freezer Thank you all everyone Maybe there is a member close that will be...
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    bigben 2...raccoons 0(graphic pic)

    Just wanted to say LOOK AT MY NAME I have been friends with and raised Raccoons as a child Now as a chicken lover I find it hard to dispose [kill] a coon But when it comes right down to it my birds are FIRST I just needed to say this raccoons are cute but will destroy any thing for...
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    Small Hen getting "Overmated" by roos, can they kill her

    I have the room . What I do is give the girls the day off I have 13 poults 3 Roo's I put the boy's in one yard and give the girls the run of the place 5 acr They love it sometimes they tease the boy's
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    My roo is dancing for EVERYONE I know what it means but the girls run.

    Mine are 21 wk's old and my girls run also I belive they are not ready yet Mine are just starting to lay Also I have 5 buff rocks hens 5 RIR hens...
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    I think I ruined my turkeys

    My turkeys are 5 wk old and roost as high as they can. I have 8 the other night all I could find were 2 . I could here them then I looked in the rafters and there were the others. As high as they could get. 2 of them like to perch on my shoulder when I am in there yard. Not bad now but what...
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    Who owns this??

    Congrats on your first egg I got mine last night
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    Poults by Mail timeline?! Their here!!!

    I did not get my turkeys from MM but did get my laying hen from them all are doing well 19 wk old today first egg last night My turkeys were orderd from Cakel hatchery Mailed on wensday here in SC friday morning along with the cornish chicks I did have 4 starve outs [ tryed to get...
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