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Nesting Box or No Nesting Box
I didn't block my chicks from the nest boxes. When you got hens and non laying pullets around though it is kinda hard to do that. Doesn't matter because the pine shavings in my nest boxes gets removed and fresh pine shavings put in.- pkw
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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Chick with Broken or Dislocated Wing
Yeah, I had a young cockerel that had a dislocated wing this past spring and I taped the one wing to his body and left the good wing out and it only took him about 4 or 5 days to heal and he had full use of his wing. He was a loner after that experience though which was sad because he such a...- pkw
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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What kind of snake is this? (*PICS*)
I have been fortunate not to have been bitten by a snake and I hope it stays that way- pkw
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- Forum: Predators and Pests
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coyotes?
Back in the 1990's I was given a hybrid dog that was part coyote part some breed of dog and it was brindle with a very rough coat. We only kept it a short time because of the coyote in it it didn't want to be contained to our property. It wanted to be free to roam. I live in the Mojave Desert...- pkw
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- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Missing eggs
I was having that problem this spring. I made a big enough stink about it around the neighborhood that no one had better be caught in my chicken house stealing eggs and then all of a sudden eggs wasn't missing anymore. My dog was doing a lot of barking during that time too. So I am pretty...- pkw
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Rats!!! hurrry help!!!
Kill them!!!!!!!!! And kill any rat or mouse you see. I had a mouse kill one of my baby chicks (the first chick hatched last year). I used to live in Columbus Ohio and we lived in basement apartments when I was really young and we had rats bigger than kittens crawling over us and thank...- pkw
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- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Rooster? or aggresive Hen?
It sounds like you could have a rooster. I know that even from chicks my males always grew faster then the females.- pkw
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NOOOO!!!!!! (rant)
Last year and over the winter we had the same coyote come back every day around the same time (usually between 7 am- 8:30am) and it would sit in the desert in front of us waiting for us to let our chickens out. That coyote and the hawks managed to wipe out over half of our flock. I started... -
I know this is back yard chickens, but I hope a turkey ? is ok.
I don't know where MsMoss lives but here in Southern California it is very warm/hot . It was 99 yesterday and today is supposed to be hotter. Whenever I get down on the floor with my poults they love to climb all over me and get up on my shoulders and the bbw poults will even get up on top of... -
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Turkey sitting on eggs.... lots
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when can you tell if a turkey is a girl or boy?
The people that I bought my turkeys from told me that the knob at the top of their beak is how to tell the difference in poults. If It is bigger then it will be a boy and if it is small it will be a girl. These people are a local hatchery type business so I picked out my turkeys based on that... -
Are Turkeys easy to care for??
I just started with turkey poults last Friday and I absolutely love them. They are so easy. -
Slate cross poults
Sorry I just got poults this past Friday so I have had mine a week. I have blue slate poults , royal palms and just picked up a few broad breasted whites today. -
I got a turkey poult today with an eye injury
It is a week old and seems to be decent weight. I just got it today and I haven't seen it eat or drink yet. The other eye is good but the injured eye is bulged like the eye itself is swollen. The little chick in with it eats and drinks and the poult sees the chick eating and drinking plus I... -
I got a turkey poult today with an eye injury
I was given a turkey poult today (free of charge) and the people didn't know what happened to its eye. It has crusty eyes and they don't appear to be fully open meaning the lens that opens to the eye ball is not fully opening and the eye itself is bulged out. I went ahead and brought it home... -
Little Giant still air incubator (no fan or turner) shipping included
This is a little giant still air incubator. It does NOT have a fan or any egg turner. I am including a digital thermometer/humidity checker with it. Shipping is included in the price. Shipping in the lower 48 states. I just got finished with my 3rd hatch in this incubator and since I have a...- pkw
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Kinda Desperate... any help appreciated.
I don't have any turkeys yet but I was wondering if you could keep your turkey in while it is raining? Hopefully someone with more knowledge will answer you. Poor guy I hope he gets better -
6 week old turkey with bubbles under wing? Has anyone ever seen this?
Is his wing drooping? I have a white turken that had one of his wings bruised and a swollen hard bump where his wing bend is and I had to wrap it and about two days the bruising went away and the bump got softer and it took him every bit of 4 days for his wing to be 100% better. I thought...