...traumatized. He also chases the dogs now and peaks at them. I am thinking I either need to get him a new companion or rehome him. I really do not understand turkey behavior but have enough sense to know he is ******.
Any advise or information about his behavior would be very much appreciated!
Thank you Micheal for the response. I hate to think that I got this from my birds. I have become lax with handling them though. This has been a wake up call for me. Hopefully this will pass soon
I came down with severe diarrhea, stomach cramps, vomiting, fever and muscle craps on Tuesday. I have never had diarrhea like this in my life. I thought I had a stomach virus and by Thursday evening I was much better. I woke up this morning with the same thing all over again.
I have two turkey...
I raised the baby chicks next to the outside yard of the coop. The adults could see them and hear them. When the chicks were about 4 weeks old, I put them in with my hens and roo. No problem :)
I have read that but in my experience, I have added young chicks to the flock twice with very little problem and added to baby turkeys with the same results. I think it depends mostly on the breed of chicken :)
My girls are still on Chick Starter/Grower and they free range daily. They are all laying beautiful hard shelled eggs and are very healthy. I don't plan to change their food anytime soon.
I just ordered 10 from http://www.idealpoultry.com I think you can order as few as 8 from them and shipping is very cheap compared to other hatcheries.
I was TERRIFIED to let my chickens and turkeys out of their coop and yard. I was sure the young turkeys would fly away and the chickens would run into the woods never to be seen again! I got my courage up a few weeks back and just opened the gate. They all ran and foraged happily for a few...
I went ahead and placed my order last week due to the unseasonably cool weather we have been having. 10 baby chicks. They are due here on the 22nd. I will let you all know how they do. I have to agree with the poster above me.The post office has everything to do with the chicks arriving safely.
I tried it again yesterday with the same results, I am happy to say! I started the water boiling, added cold eggs from frig, boiled for 10 minutes and immediately ran under cold water for about 2 minutes and the shells come right off! No problems. This was a wonderful thread to find because I...
I just ordered 10 chicks yesterday from Ideal Poultry. They have a pretty good reputation and their shipping rates are very reasonable.
http://www.idealpoultry.com/
Good Luck!!