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    Adding 3-day-old chicks to a 2-week-old batch?

    My experience is that I have success with it if the chicks accept the mama and they will if they are tiny and don't know any better. Generally if they are very young she will take them when she has eggs or golf balls. (we frequently trick a broody!) But she won't take meat birds and I doubt...
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    Chick lost back feathers while hatching

    We had a hen sitting. It was her first time, the eggs were abandoned once or twice and they got cold. I assumed none would make it but on hatch day, there were 3 pips. After an entire day I ended up helping a tiny bit. I just broke a tiny piece of each shell and noticed the membrane was very...
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    Hen normal but having "spells" or "seizures" randomly

    Hello, I have a 3 yr old hen that I raised from an incubator. she always has been a bit special to us. We call her red, she is a rir mix. when born she had spraddle leg which I successfully fixed with bandaids. She is normal except that she lays just a tiny egg about once every 3 or 4 weeks...
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    Energetic hen won't walk, husband wants to put her down tomorrow

    Hennie is doing better tonight. we took away her food besides 1.5 hardboiled eggs with about 4 tbsp full fat greek yogurt and 2 tbsp olive oil. Her crop is now half the size. Her crop feels squishy. You know those stress balls that you squeeze and it holds its shape for a moment.... like...
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    Energetic hen won't walk, husband wants to put her down tomorrow

    I gotta tell you..... in our colder climate, I don't think worms are a problem here. I have gone to the feed stores and the vets around here and when I ask for dewormer, people look like I have 3 heads. I am not neive, I bet we do have worms but likely to less of an extend to you guys in the...
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    My old dog passed away today.

    Awww!! He was a nice looking fella! After some time, happy memories will replace some of your sadness. "Don't be sad it is over, just be glad it happened." This is a quote I have printed on my dogs box of ashes. Just a reminder that it is so nice to have them when we have them! When they...
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    Energetic hen won't walk, husband wants to put her down tomorrow

    I have a regular brown egg laying hen (Hennie) that just suddenly took ill yesterday morning. Here is some info.... Housing... insulated coop with access to outdoors on decent days, which is about 5 or 6 days per week. bedding... shavings and straw, straw mostly for nesting boxes. cleaned...
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    How long do heritage breed turkeys remain reproductive?

    Thanks for that info! It is great!
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    How easy are Pheasants?

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    How long do heritage breed turkeys remain reproductive?

    Hello! I am going to try raising heritage turkeys this time. I sometimes see ads where someone is selling a breeding pr of turkeys that are 3 yrs old. Will a turkey hen go broody at that age? At what age does she "retire"? Are there any signs that they are old?Are old, "retired" hens and...
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    How easy are Pheasants?

    Hello, How easy are pheasants to raise? Do they breed and raise young ones well? At what age will the pheasant begin to breed? Do they need a large area in the barn and a large area outside? Is it practical to raise them for meat or do people usually just have them for ornamental appeal?
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    First butcher of big bbw turkeys!

    Today we butchered our first big turkeys. (we did 1 a few weeks ago due to leg problems but he was small) I had a bright idea of washing them in cool water before scalding them because I wanted them to be cleaner. NOT A GOOD IDEA! The feathers all seized up and it was much more difficult to...
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    Black, prickley growth on bbw turkey necks.. looks like a burr

    I just googled turkey beard broad breasted white and on their white chest is a black patch, so yup! I guess it is a beard! Thanks everyone!
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    Do Turkeys Play?

    Mine played kickball with a empty gallon jug in the yard. There wasn't a lot of umm... structure to the game.... but it was some sort of a game. When they were small in their little pen, I suspended a small pop bottle from the screened ceiling and they would poke it, just to see it bounce...
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    Too cold?

    Oh my God! I can't believe you have snakes that kill turkeys!
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    A few questions on raising turkeys?

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    Black, prickley growth on bbw turkey necks.. looks like a burr

    I have 5 bbw turkeys and 3 have this burr like thing growing on their necks. I have slaughtered turkey number 6 a couple weeks ago and he had one too. It really, really looks like a burr but it seems to be part of the skin. We cut the neck completely off and discarded, so it isn't really a...
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    Six days too long to rest a freshly slaughtered pullet?

    I think too long, especially since you are feeding it to a group of people likely with a wide range of immune systems. Elderly, nursing moms and small children likely can't handle it. Nor can anyone else with compromised immunes for other reasons. But don't waste them! Stick them in the...
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    Really great skinning butchering experience!!! Yay!!!

    Today we killed 2 cockerels. We were tempted to just bury them because in the past we have struggled with butchering. But I decided that we would go ahead because I have to waste. These birds were only about 3 mos, amerucana roosters. After my husband killed them by chopping their heads off, I...
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    Are my turkeys growing too fast?

    I have 5 bbw that I received at 2 weeks of age. They are now 10-11 weeks and one hen is 7-8 lb, one tom is likely 10 lb and the other 3 are 12-14 lb. I have read that they need food and water all of the time and I have read they need food and water 24 hrs. (they have a night light so they...
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