Out of curiosity do you still have your tom? My heart is breaking reading this thread because up until 30 minutes ago, i thought my 4 week old turkey was a royal palm....
Thank you! Hes a funny little guy who lives up to his funny name, he follows me like a dog, he sleeps in my lap, he's seriously my most favourite bird I've ever had.
Apparently theres a process here called debeaking? This is a royal palm turkey poult that came from a large hatchery, im waiting for an answer from them to see if thats what this is... again - ive never had a turkey, and 95% of my chickens are hatched here so i know nothing of this process... im...
thats just it... I have no idea what could have caused it, he eats normally, drinks normally, and its been this way ever since i got him at 1-2 days old, its just progressively getting worst :( i dont see him rubbing his beak on anything, hitting anything, unless it could be caused from hitting...
So, I have this new pet turkey, and I'm kind of in love with him... (her? who knows)
His name is Sandwich, hes 2 weeks old, and hes legit stolen my heart.
Onto the point - since i got him i noticed the tip of his beak was a bit off in color compared to the rest of his beak.
Now, 2 weeks post...
Hey all, I would love to see your button quail set ups! I want to create something "pretty" and functional for my little ones! Id love to include live house plants so bonus if you can show me your enclosures with plants! 🥰
So, my ladies have lice. My skin crawls and head itches just thinking about it. I have DE, I sprinkled it in their food and made them a dust bath with it. I will tear the whole coop apart tomorrow.
I want to get rid of the lice, even if it means throwing out eggs for a while. I would ideally...
So, I gave her warm water through an eye dropper, and i forcefed her some chick starter that i mushed also using warm water. I put her in the incubator for about 30 minutes. She was close to dead. She seems to be picking back up now! BUT and this is a big one, she still cant get her feet under...
Thank you! I thought the fruit and veggies would be beneficial for the vitamins. I wont give them more. The chick starter is what ive used on all other chicks without issue, but this one seems runty, and i feel no food in the crop at all :(