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    Raising Turkeys with Chickens longterm, blackleg or blackhead disease inevitable? Can it be done suc

    Oh it almost got to that point again today and my 12 year old caught it and picked it up and started rubbing it's throat and it swallowed HARD and then she put it down and it got a drink. LOL. Silly turkey! I hope they figure it out before long. One of these times we might not see it in...
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    Raising Turkeys with Chickens longterm, blackleg or blackhead disease inevitable? Can it be done suc

    Wow, what an informative post and I SO appreciate it! Thank you!!!
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    Raising Turkeys with Chickens longterm, blackleg or blackhead disease inevitable? Can it be done suc

    Thank you! Had a little scare today with one of the turkeys. They are still pretty young but old enough to be outside. It's hot here and they are feathered and are as big as the chickens and as tall as the ducks and they have been fine. Until today. ONE of them was acting weird and seemed...
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    Raising Turkeys with Chickens longterm, blackleg or blackhead disease inevitable? Can it be done suc

    Thank you! VERY informative. We live not too far from you I'd imagine. North of B-town, MO. I will do what you said and see how it goes. Thanks again! Sharlene
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    Raising Turkeys with Chickens longterm, blackleg or blackhead disease inevitable? Can it be done suc

    We bought 4 of the broad breasted white turkeys and they are about 8 weeks old now and are doing fine. I put them in with the chickens and ducks yesterday and they are in the tractor now, too and are adjusting well. I've heard that they will be ok for about a year and THEN would get blackleg...
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    Cornish Cross Culling Question

    I have heard conflicting stories and when we got our meat chickens I went with barred sexlink cockerels and they were great. Only lost two, very early on, out of 15. Since everyone that I talked to said that the CornishX weren't worth trying, we didn't. I didn't want to spend that much on...
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    Comment by 'therisingers' in article 'Buff Orpingtons Chicken Breed Information Pictures'

    We only lost one of our babies. We have 8 hens and 4 roosters so far. We have picked out our "guy" to keep and as soon as the others are old and big enough (including our sexlinks) we will be adding to the freezer. We have also just gotten a few banties from Orschelns. I'm surprised that my son...
  8. Supposed to be a "buff" rooster but his legs are WAY too yellow....

    Supposed to be a "buff" rooster but his legs are WAY too yellow....

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  9. Madea (Pekin), Chilly (Mallard female), Muscovy babies and some chickies.

    Madea (Pekin), Chilly (Mallard female), Muscovy babies and some chickies.

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    Just got 4 "white" turkeys and 2 Pekin ducks from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, MO

    No problem, I was just joking. You have a good day as well. Sharlene
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    Just got 4 "white" turkeys and 2 Pekin ducks from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, MO

    Sorry didn't mean to "be a mess". LOL. I'm still a newbie here....But on the bright side, my thoughts WERE random. :) I appreciate the info on the meat birds, etc. Thanks and God bless. Sharlene
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    Just got 4 "white" turkeys and 2 Pekin ducks from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, MO

    So far I'm loving their birds. Our FIRST birds we got from Nixa Hardware's "chick days" and not sure WHO they use but it's not Este's. I will buy exclusively from Este's from now on. I loved their facility and the birds are strong and healthy. And since Orscheln's has their birds, it works...
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    pekin ducks?

    I went on Google to check this out and sure enough I found out JUST what I wanted and needed to know HERE on my BYC! I will always look HERE before Google from now on when it comes to my poultry. I was reading a book last night and it said that Pekins WON'T brood and we had just bought four...
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    Just got 4 "white" turkeys and 2 Pekin ducks from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, MO

    Here is the link to the hatchery and what they say about these particular turkeys. So far they are doing awesome. They are friendly and seem strong and are eating and drinking well and are in there with the two other Pekins we JUST got at Orscheln's this evening. From that same hatchery. We...
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    Just got 4 "white" turkeys and 2 Pekin ducks from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, MO

    And they are AMAZING. I guess Orscheln's uses them exclusively and I am VERY happy with my birds. I have a few Banties from them that I got at Orschelns, too. So far so good. They will fit right in with our "motley crew" once they are able to. We have a female mallard that was supposed to...
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