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    Green Breast Meat

    I had the same problem it is called deep pectoral myopathy, and happens in large meat birds--there is lots of good info on the net. The info below is from an old post on backyard chickens: The condition is caused by intense exercise of this muscle in meat birds ( flapping hard, trying to fly...
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    What is your plan when tornado is happening???

    Sorry to hear about the loss of your coops. Obviously if you know it is coming keep them in, but I think you also have to plan ahead for afterward--have some sort of generator during chick season. I was hit April 27--wind storm not Tornado--but 4 trees were ripped out by the roots (two were over...
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    Trying to gather all the info I can on mites. Please advise

    I have been struggling with mites on and off for a couple of years, and don"t like to use ivomectin. I use spray on vegetable oil (Pam) on their legs and it seems to help--I spray in the evening when they are about to go to sleep. Also Last summer I painted all the roosts in the coop with a...
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    Introduction

    Welcome. I'm a new member too. My children love the chickens. They have taken them to local fairs and love to raise chicks. I told my daughter I bought a 30 lb turkey for easter, and she said oh that's one and a half Toms (he's her pet) then she said...is it down at the coop...lol...she didn't...
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    Hello from Ontario

    Hi Everyone. I joined today in a panic over my hatching turkey poults after the hen left the eggs. She's very young. however I moved her and the chicks to a smaller cage and one more has hatched--two eggs left --and I think she'll be OK. I live near Kingston Ontario, Canada. I have too many...
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    Hen let eggs get cold

    Thanks. I've been watching for years. Tina is barely a year old. She adopted my meat poults and raised them when she was only 4 months, so we are very excited that she finally has her own chicks.
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    Hen let eggs get cold

    Another chick hatched this afternoon, so hopefully I moved her in time. Two eggs left....
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    Hen let eggs get cold

    Hey I'm a new member. I have a young turkey hen who is in the process of hatching eggs. We only let her sit on 7, because we didn't expect her to get it right first time out (some of the eggs are a couple of days behind, because she hid them and did not sit on them at first). Anyway, 4 hatched...
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