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    squirrel proof feeding method

    I would love to buy a feeder made in the usa that is squirrel proof, but I have not found one. Chukkar are closer to pheasant in size maybe smaller. I have to say that that only being 10 days in I love using the deer feeder to feed my turkeys, I Just sold 10 yesterday so I will need to figure...
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    squirrel proof feeding method

    just worried that those types of feeders will not work well for my chukkar or turkeys. I have installed the deer feeder for now and it seems to work pretty well, today I have my first day of rain so it will be interesting to see if the birds are hungry when I drive by.
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    squirrel proof feeding method

    I Am just got done with a new chicken coup, and I have a pretty good watering system, but my feeding system is a bit lacking, I have used 4 inch pipe and i really like it that you can feed the chickens from the outside, and not have to do it so often. however it does not solve my biggest...
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    Ideas for something similar to plexiglass

    not clear, but I use this siding they sell at home depot, it comes in 18 inches high and 12 feet long, I find it makes a good wind block and is high enough to keep the fowl from acting up when my dogs go by. seem to hold up pretty well to the weather even though it is particle board.
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    Nest box ideas

    I typically use the 150 gallon rubbermaid water tubs that I use for my horses, when they break them I turn them upside down and cut a doorway in the them it works great for them to get out of the weather as well
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    Keeping Turkeys with Chickens in So California

    I have kept chickens and turkey together for almost 10 years near Riverside CA and have never had issues
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    When do you harvest your heritage turkeys?

    I dont really keep to close of calendaring of my turkeys but I start incubating when they start laying, as I dont have them under lights. I personally find that it is hard to get a store bought sized bird by Thanksgiving. So I always keep a couple for more than a year just so when we have the...
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    Question regarding visibility of dark pin feathers on heritage turkeys

    I Agree white birds are the best looking, and take way less time to pluck because while you don't taste the black pin feathers you sure see them.
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    we butchered our turkey today:(

    I actually have gone to putting them in a kill cone and cutting their neck and if that does not seem to do the trick I use long handled hedge pruners to end it pretty quickly, I normally have them handy to remove the head and neck later in the process
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    How to transport chickens

    I use feed sacks, one chicken per sack and tie it with some hay string, the sacks that are like plastic that you can see the weave on are my favorite because they stand up nice. If you like you can use scissors and snip a couple of air holes in the but I dont find it necessary for a couple of...
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    Deep litter questions

    I am not a chicken expert, or for that matter not that familiar with Deep litter, but I use Vigoro wood chips from home depot, they are colored, but if you buy them on sale you can get them for as little as $2 per bag, I like to put a couple in inches in every year and it works pretty well for me.
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    Advice for raising free range turkeys

    I would like some advice for how to have sudo wild turkeys on my 40 acre ranch. I raised 18 turkeys this year in hopes of turning them loose on my 40 acres, they started out in a pen that was fully enclosed and they did great. Then at about 6 months i transitioned 7 of them to a pen that was...
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    What is this sore?

    here is the scab and the turkey afterwards
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    What is this sore?

    so it just came off as one big scab when i tried to poke at it. no blood. I will keep an eye on it and see what happens.
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    What is this sore?

    it is raining here today so I will have to go try and pop the mega pimple tomorrow... I will keep you updated
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