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Thanks chickadoodles.

This is my first time raising turkeys. I have raised chickens for 5 years and goats for 3. When do turkeys start to gain their fat layer? I am raising broad breasted. I wanted a turkey for Thanksgiving but don't want it 50lbs and my Tom is already looking pretty big. What week do you...

What is blackhead? How do you know if your turkies have it? Do I have to worm my turkies? I want to try to be as organic as possible. Sorry I know lots of questions but it is the first time raising turkies.

I have one chicken that also has ratty feathers and looks like black stuff in her ratty feathers. None of the other chickens look like this just her. She seems fine except for that.

Do u really have to worm chickens? I am a little new to this and didn't even think about that.

Dogs can in fact get coccidia from chickens if they eat droppings which are infected. This presents a problem if u have more than one dog. The yard must be completely cleaned constantly so the parasite doesn't get into dirt to infect the other dogs. But it is best to treat all your dogs if...