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    Why is my chicken all fluffed up and making this noise?

    From what I can tell, she only appears to be annoyed at being followed around by you, and she sounds normal to me, nothing odd. Also, the only part of her that appeared fluffed out are the feathers towards her rear, which looks normal to me as well. Some girls are more fluffy in that department...
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    How Many Eggs did y'all get to day?

    6/10
  3. Outhouser

    New chicks are dying

    Update: He hasn't lost any more chicks. The only change he has made was the removal of the bedding. It was pine shavings from a commercially available source. I told him that it was possible they could be eating the small bits of that instead of their food. Or that it could be tainted bedding...
  4. Outhouser

    New chicks are dying

    He didn't mention if they were vaccinated or not. I'll check with him on that. Thanks for the new lead!
  5. Outhouser

    New chicks are dying

    yep, know all that, the temp has not been the issue, beaks were dipped and he's seen them all drink and eat. They don't show any symptoms up until about an hour before dying. It started with what appeared a similar breed and has now spread to other breeds.
  6. Outhouser

    New chicks are dying

    He has two brooder lamps set at different heights for varying temps underneath plus plenty of area for them to get away from the heat. He's taking out the bedding now, which was pine shavings, in case that was tainted or in case they were eating the small bits instead of their food. I've used...
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    Any experienced heritage turkey keepers willing to give tips to a beginner?

    I raise my young poults with my mature turkeys now, starting at three weeks of age. I start them out by keeping them separated by hardware cloth so that they can see and get used to each other. They all tend to get along just fine. Turkeys in my experience are more laid back than chickens and...
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    New chicks are dying

    A internetless friend of mine has week old rare breed chicks he ordered from a reputable hatchery that are dying. He has lost 4 so far in the past two days. None of the birds appeared to have had a rough shipping experience and all seemed fine and healthy for the first three or four days. From...
  9. Outhouser

    Butchered price for turkeys?

    And they are 7 months old.
  10. Outhouser

    Butchered price for turkeys?

    Double breasted bronze, roughly 17lb +/- butchered. They are pastured, non-organic feed but from a local feed store that makes their own. Just butchered one for myself for thanksgiving and it was amazing.
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    White Pekings growth rate

    Thank you all so much, that was just the kind of feedback I was looking for. I already have two mature pekings and love them, so I leaped into the duckling world. Here we go!
  12. Outhouser

    Butchered price for turkeys?

    First time seller of farm-raised turkeys and I'm not sure how much to ask for them. Anyone here have experience with this? I'm the butcher too. Turkeys are roughly 20lb.
  13. Outhouser

    White Pekings growth rate

    Any info as to the growth rates of White Peking ducks? Basically seeking from 3 day old ducklings to adult. Any help is appreciated.
  14. Outhouser

    Snakes - Waaaaaay Too Many Snakes

    My week old turkeys are mysteriously disappearing during the day and the only thing I can figure is that a snake is getting them.
  15. Outhouser

    A video of our chickens and our new coop

    I never knew who sang that song or what it was called...now I know! Great video and I love the coop.
  16. Outhouser

    Converting a playhouse - post pictures of yours too!

    That looks wonderful!
  17. Outhouser

    Coop growing!

    Good Golly! I thought I'd post and boast about my plans for adding another 45 sq ft onto my existing coop, but I've been upstaged! I'll not tell my birds about this, seeing as how there's 19 of them now in what I've already got, wouldn't want them to know about your palace! I think your coop...
  18. Outhouser

    Time to process but birds are sick

    I'm not going to butcher any now. They all seem to be on the mend. None of them were lethargic today and a noticeable decrease in the congested sounds and sneezing. Thanks everyone.
  19. Outhouser

    Time to process but birds are sick

    Thank you for clearing CHF up for me. I may take the one that seems the worst and see what I might find inside him, but I'll probably wait on the others. If I have one die on me then I'll really reconsider. I wouldn't think that CHF would happen to multiple birds all at once, but then again, I'm...
  20. Outhouser

    Um, the BBB turkey poults are not honoring their end of the deal.

    We have one midget white turkey and she is a doll! We've become so attached to her that we ordered 11 BBB's to take her place on the table. Hopefully at least one of them will be a big jerk and not make it so hard us!
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