they are afraid of birds that eat birds-hawks, falcons. Maybe play some raptor noises when they come around, get an owl or hawk statue for the top of your coop?
I have some young (5mo old) roosters. I will be culling soon. I have noticed that some have combs that are tall and flop over, some have what I think of as the rose comb (kinda flat and rose looking) and a few have extra long "hairs" starting to grow out of their heads. Which should be culled first?
I hope you all had a great Valentines day. I am glad that I found this thread with the top turkey people, quite by accident.
Here's what is going on. I have a small flock of 3yr old bourbon reds. 1 Tom, 4 hens. My partner and I have decided to get out of the turkey "business " Now I have a...
I had a broody hen sitting on eggs for aver a month. I took some eggs out from under her and candled them. Nothing. So I took the rest away and replaced them with 3 newer laid eggs, waited a week and candled those. Again nothing. So I ended that experiment. I suspect that 2 toms spend more time...
Ok...so for the last 3 days there has been a hen on each nest-at least when I am looking lol. I have left all the eggs in each nest and am not expecting a huge hatch out, but am wondering if any will hatch. There are still eggs being laid somewhat close to each nest and if they have not been...