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my dog got ahold of one of my turkeys buy one of her hips punchered a hole she has a lot of skin missing she is alive not too sure what to do. i have washed it with warm soapy water, rubbed some triple antibiotic ointment on if as well as spray some poultry spray on her is there anything else i...

Help a dog got ahold of one of my turkeys.tore all skin off one side of her hip she also has a bad puncher she can hobble but is badly hurt.i cleaned the wound with warm soapy water put a triple antibiotic on it .separated her from the flock is there something else I can do I don't want to put...

i was reading your post about the air cell detatched i just recieved some eggs that also was shipped and half had detatched air cells i to have left them alone and not touched to much i was wondering how your hatch turned out

did the cyanne work on your turkeys

i heard add Cayenne pepper 1 tbl per cup feed and that will help out

thank you i will take out heat lamp and do a regulate light on the same timer,5.0 0 a.m to 7.30.am and then at 5.30 pm to 9 pm off all night

so your saying take the heat lamp out ,should i just put in a regular light then i thought they needed a heat lamp to help keep them warm it isn't a big one just a small one and only to one side of the coop so if they are cold they can get warm if not well they can move o the other side where...

i was told give cayenne pepper 1 tbs per cup and that will help them start laying eggs again

this fall we insulated our chicken coop,,made the door smaller put a heat lamp in there coop at turns on at 5 a,m and off at 7.30 a.m then turns back on at 5.30 p,m and off again at 9.p.m i make sure they have fresh water every day and enough oyster shell as food,but with all this my chickens...

OK so my chickens are 1,1/2 yrs old and was laying pretty of then well things slowed down out of 7 hens i may get 2 eggs some days 4 the next then 1 i have them a very nice coop clean straw,fresh water ,some days i let them roam some days not ,i give them lettuce some times mostly 16 percent...

does any one know at what age turkeys stop laying eggs i have a female turkey that is like 4 yrs old and im just not to sure at what age she will stop laying,right now she dont seem consistant ,she has a high pro laying mesh feed and oyster shell as well just knot to sure what is up with her...

i work at a school and one of the teachers bought a little giant incubator with egg turner an little fan the whole nine yards,he had like 27 eggs but the bator would run out of water very quickly hard to keep humidity right,any way one egg is chirping an pips but it couldn't get past a large...

ok so i went home an did some changing in my coop i have the light on a timer ,goes on at 5.30 am off at 7,am then on again at 5.30 pm and off again at 8.30 pm i have put a heated water system in the coop an the chickens now have fresh water threw the day,I'm still giving oyster shell,as well as...

wow what a good idea,i have the water nipples on a water line on p.v.c for summer use but this is great for the winter,thank you

what do you use to keep water from freezing ,in summer i have them on a water line an it works great but in the winter well that has been a different story