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    Injured Turkey.. When should I take stitch out and let him free range?

    Thank you!
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    Integrating Turkeys with Free-Range chicken flock

    How can you tell if chickens have blackhead?
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    Injured Turkey.. When should I take stitch out and let him free range?

    Oct 18th my Turkey was injured in its own cage.. got his leg caught and ripped a large hole in his upper thigh area. The vet had no time and I had no time to waste, so I stitched it.. he's doing quite well as far as I can tell.. its scabbed over and hes calling to get out of his "sick" cage to...
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    Need either NEW Home or babysitter for a week in July for adult Rooster who is hurt but totally self sufficient in Lutz (Tampa Bay) Florida

    Great Idea! I totally forgot about them.. TYTYTY!
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    Need either NEW Home or babysitter for a week in July for adult Rooster who is hurt but totally self sufficient in Lutz (Tampa Bay) Florida

    I have a Rooster that was taken "off duty" by a younger rooster and has a hurt leg. We have been keeping him in a small cage overnight and seperate from the free ranging crew during the day in the large cage. He has a few hens that stay (by choice) with him. It works great except that we are...
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    Need either NEW Home or babysitter for a week in July for adult Rooster who is hurt but totally...

    Need either NEW Home or babysitter for a week in July for adult Rooster who is hurt but totally self sufficient in Lutz (Tampa Bay) Florida
  7. Our White turkey

    Our White turkey

    Passed away
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    Our White Turkey passed away..He lived happily far beyond what anyone expected. I believe he was...

    Our White Turkey passed away..He lived happily far beyond what anyone expected. I believe he was around 7 or 8 years old..See pics
  9. Chicken has no beak

    Chicken has no beak

    I thought I'd share this with the community. Sometimes the chickens don't go into their nests at night and they roost up in the trees, which makes for some pretty interesting nights, running around in the dark, chasing off raccoons or whatever. One night, we heard a ruckus and blasted into the...
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    Rescued Chicken couped up in a small box cage for 2 years

    Update... My rescue chicken, or rooster is very happy in his/her new home :) Thank you for the kind remarks... and information :thumbsup:thumbsup
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    Rescued Chicken couped up in a small box cage for 2 years

    I came across a chicken that had been kept in a small box cage with no perch, no constant food/water and no way to scratch. This bird is beautiful! It took me along time to convince the owner to let me have the bird. The talons were so caked with it's own droppings that it was like cement on...
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    Will a Broody hen take another Broody's eggs that are ready to hatch?

    UPDATE: Wellllllll... Ive been BUSY, WORRIED, STRESSED, CONFUSED and Ultimately VICTORIOUS all weekend... Sorry to leave you hanging...She hadnt gone back by almost dusk (7:30pm) on Saturday so I put the eggs in the incubator.. I had a Miller's Still Air Little Giant 9200 that WOULD NOT keep...
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    Will a Broody hen take another Broody's eggs that are ready to hatch?

    Ok... A storm blew her cover..so when I tried to put the cover back in place, she blew outta there quick.. Still hasnt settled back on them.. its been about 45 minutes.. I put all her eggs back that I had taken...The others are still in the bator..ready to hatch any minute...
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    Will a Broody hen take another Broody's eggs that are ready to hatch?

    One of our precious (Broody) hens was killed last night. Will another Broody that's sitting on new eggs take the ones ready to hatch? One more question.. When I "found" the (second Broody's) newer nest this morning after last nights horrible drama, She wasn't on the nest so I took 10 of the 16...
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