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  1. Popcorn Mcgee

    Is it Wry Neck?

    One of my son's turkeys he's thinking about talking to fair we noticed has a little crookedness at the base. We've never noticed it before. Is this a market turkey disqualification? Should he pick another turkey?
  2. Popcorn Mcgee

    What Gender Are These Two?

    My son recently purchased 6 (received 7 through shipping) Golden Duckwing Phoenix Standard chicks for his 4-H project, only came straight run. We've never used this hatchery and all but 2 died in the shipping process. It was terribly sad opening up that box. He needs to have one hen and one...
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    New geese only laid 2 eggs each then stopped

    The spring of 2022 we purchased two female baby geese for our 3 year old male goose. They were introduced last summer and they have become great companions. About a month ago we found their first eggs. We found four. I don't know if they're all 4 from one goose, or if the two started to lay...
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    Turkey ripped open by raccoon

    My husband and I have been fighting with a raccoon and fox all spring. He finally got the raccoon, but not until after it killed 2 ducks and mangled 2 turkeys of my sons for fair this year. He has back up turkeys to take, but I'd hate to lose more birds. One turkey has his skin hanging off the...
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    My Sweet Goose Turned into a Psycho

    Hello. After losing too many chickens to hawks we decided on getting a "guard goose". We purchased an American buff last spring and hand raised him. Goostav grew to be a beautiful, sweet, kind and affectionate young goose. He bonded to our flock of chickens and ducks very well and spent much of...
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    What happened to our ducks?

    Hello. My 10 year old son raises Cayuga ducks for 4-H. This year we hatched out his first ducklings from last year's fair ducks. They refuse to be put into the coop at night so we allow them to stay out with our guard goose. This has worked for over a year without any problems. Late two nights...
  7. Popcorn Mcgee

    What took out ducks?

    Hello. My 10 year old son raises Cayuga ducks for 4-H. This year we hatched out his first ducklings from last year's fair ducks. They refuse to be put into the coop at night so we allow them to stay out with our guard goose. This has worked for over a year without any problems. Late two nights...
  8. Popcorn Mcgee

    Duckling Hatching Wrong End, and Yolk Broken

    Good morning! So we're on day 29 of our Cayuga ducks hatching. One duck tried coming out of the wrong end, pipped and began zip. I made sure he could breathe since the air cell was at the opposite end. I noticed he broke his yolk sack open. I know this scenario doesn't seem promising, but is...
  9. Popcorn Mcgee

    4H Buff Silkie Bantam Standards

    My daughter is a 1st year 4H'er and she is taking a breed we have never owned before, buff silkie bantam. They are very friendly and small which works well for her size. We have 13 for her to choose one rooster and one hen from for fair. The hens are easy to choose from, but the roosters are all...
  10. Popcorn Mcgee

    Hen Has A Bad Limp, Won't Leave Coop

    Hello. My Buff Brahma started limping on her right leg three days ago, but she still managed to leave the coop for the day and go back inside at night. Then yesterday she stopped coming out of the coop, remaining in their all day long. She limps around and then lays down after a few steps...
  11. Popcorn Mcgee

    What takes a chicken during the day and leaves no feathers or blood behind?

    We let our free rangers out yesterday morning and our smallest, a polish hen, never came back to the roost last night. My husband looked all over our property in the rain last night. He looked everywhere they roam and found no evidence of an attack. No body, no feathers, no blood. We did see...
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    Crazy Chicken Lady from New England

    Someone emailed me a story about three months ago about a woman from New England who never married and after her parents passed away all she had was her chickens that she named elaborate names. I guess she became a tourist attraction until she died and now her headstone has chicken statues...
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    7 Months Old and NO MORE EGGS!

    My three 7 month old hens have all stopped laying within a two week time span. I cleaned the coop, cleaned water and food dishes out and disinfected them. I also have been adding extra protein,(worms), and we have added a light to make up for the loss of day light. They are all looking great...
  14. Popcorn Mcgee

    Newest Chickens Not Going Into Coop at Night with Older Chickens

    I have two 2 month old hens who haven't been accepted into the flock, (3 six month old hens). During the day I keep them all in the run together until my three older lay. During this time my 2 month old chicks mostly hide or keep their distance from the older three because my older three hens...
  15. Popcorn Mcgee

    At what age is it safe to put my 6 week chicks in with my 4.5 month olds???

    We have two six week old chicks, a wyandot and a polish, and three four and a half month old chickens. The chicks are outgrowing their brooder and have been spending the days outside, but I've been bringing them in at night. Yesterday I put them in the big run with our three older hens and...
  16. Popcorn Mcgee

    Young rooster trying to attack me

    Hello. I have four almost 4 month old chickens. This is our first run at chickens and so far so good, they have been really great/simple. Our 3 year old is around them almost every time I am. A couple of weeks ago we started to open their run in the morning so they can have free range of our...
  17. Popcorn Mcgee

    When can I put my chicks outside?

    I have four chicks that are all 6.5 weeks old. We have two brahmas, one cochin and one golden buff. They have about 98% of their feathers and look like miniture versions of their adult selfs. They have outgrown their brooding box and are now living in a rabbit hutch in our house. This...
  18. Popcorn Mcgee

    2 Buff Brahmas, Male or Female???

    I have two 3 week old Buff Brahmas. One is supposed to be a male and one a female. I have read a little online that their feathers start to give away whether they are cockerel or pullet. Does anyone know how to tell the difference? One is lighter in color, has more feathers and longer tail...
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