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    Late Summer/Early Fall turkey hatching??

    I have 2 Narragansett hens that both had clutches of eggs this spring. One successfully hatched & is raising 3 chicks. The other had her nest destroyed by a fire while she was brooding. Successful mom has been laying eggs for me all summer, almost 1 a day, and since she's been rsising her...
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    Keeping my birds out of the garden!

    I put up a fence last year & they just hopped it. I'm trying dvds & I think I'm going to try to find some kind of wind chime. Hopingthe flashing & sound will deter them... we'll see 🤷‍♀️
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    Keeping my birds out of the garden!

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    Keeping my birds out of the garden!

    This seems like a silly question that probably doesn't have a good answer, but what are some ways you guys have kept your free range birds out of your garden? My turkeys especially have been eating my baby produce! Do scare crows actually work? Thought about getting an owl, but not sure if that...
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    Imprinting

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    Imprinting

    We had a random female turkey show up at our place last week. Not sure what breed. We 1st thought wild turkey, but she isn't afraid of humans at all! In fact she's taken to following me around everytime I'm outside. The turkeys I raised from chicks don't even do this. We called around our...
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    Turkey laying eggs after a clutch already hatched

    So I have a Narragansett female that has successfully hatched 3 chicks from a nest she had laid under a brush pile beside our shop. Afterwards, we kicked everyone else out & moved them into our coop with a small connected yard so the poults would be safe from predator birds. They are about 2 1/2...
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    Hello from one bird person to another

    Hi. I have a small acreage in the middle of nowhere Kansas. I have a mixed breed flock of about 30ish laying hens. I have mainly New Hampshire reds, and white rocks, with some barred rocks, an olive egger or 2, a couole of wyandottes, a few older faverolles, and a couple of mixes that I've...
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