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Feathers Not Growing Back?
I have a ChocolateTom Turkey who seems to be having trouble with feather growth. He lost most of his chest feathers from fighting with his 2 rival Toms in the Spring. We have had bad luck in the female to male ratio in all of our types of birds as we have ended up with an over abundance of... -
Bad luck with birds, What can I do?
Back in April a friend of mine hatched out some turkey eggs. he believed there was some parent/offspring breeding but I knew it wasnt possible as I had butchered all my first year second year toms. We ended up with a small hatch, 2 of the birds with birth defects out of 4 poults. he gave me a... -
My turkey seems dizzy
I have a turkey hen who seems to be dizzy. She's usually an energetic bird but she is shuffling her feet awkwardly and she almost face planted after I let them out. I looked it up and strangely enough the people saying they experienced similar things with there birds all had Narragansett's. My... -
Help with Poults
Well I had a bit of a wierd year with the Birds, I picked up a Goose and some Ducks last summer along with more chickens and its been a bit rough. Well the hatch was going wonderful this year, we had lots of egg production and we were thrilled. then we put our eggs in the incubator, and let the... -
Is my hen broody? Help please ASAP
I have four turkey hens laying right now, two of which are Acting strange. What are some of the traits of broodyness should I let them sit? Help would be nice -
Can you walk a turkey on a leash?
I heard of this rumor that turkeys could be walked by leash and. Harness . Is it true? If so how do you do it -
Which Turkey breed makes the best mothers?
Hello... my name is Josh and I have three Chocolate Jakes all nine months old, a Bourbon Red Hen ten months old, two Blue Slates one eight months old the other one years old and last but not least a Naragansett Hen at 9 months old. Everyone gets along. I was curious if all of these breeds would... -
How to make your poultry friendly.
I have four turkeys. Three Chocolate Jakes and one Bourbon Red Hen. The Chocolates enjoy my company and love to be held and pet but my Bourbon is deathly afraid of me. My Chocolates enjoy other people too, even complete strangers. They make course yelps and then resume normal behavior. The... -
Has any one ever Potty trained ther poulrty?
Chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese... have you ever tried to potty train them. if not do you know of anyone who has. and if you answered yes how -
How t6o get my Turkeys to breed
I plan to have a hatch about 1/2 way through April because then it will be in the high 80's around here.... The turkeys can't see outside the coop do to that we have to put in windows still. How do I get my hen to breed and think it is late spring with out cooking her? -
Turkeys Help! ASAP!!!!!!!
I have 4 turkeys 3 males 1 female, The jenny is pre maturely laying eggs first 1 on DEC, 28 last one FEB,1. I found out it was because of the heat lamp I had on them. It wasd making them think it was spring but now I can't get more eggs... I want to hatch turkey poults but I can't. Can I trick... -
Getting ready for Spring chicks(Brooder Ideas)??
It's January now and I want to be prepared for this years chicks. Last year I raised 3 Mottled Chocolate Turkeys and we now own 2 hens and 2 males. Both hens strangely have already started to produce eggs once in a while but I'm thinking its hopefully normal. I have ordered my gear early because... -
Raising turkeys help ASAP
Hi my name is josh. I currently own three, 4 month old Chocolate turkeys and one, 5 month old Bourbon red turkey. I was offered to help a man work with turkeys. His original plan was to send me home with some birds to raise, or so he said... I spoke with him on the phone later into the week and... -
Breeding turkeys this spring? please reply
Hi I reasently got a new hen and added her to my flock. she is getting along nicely with the other hen and 2 jakes. these birds are 3 and 4 months old. will they breed this spring? if so will they raise their young naturally? do I have to take the jakes and toms out of the pen? Please help me... -
How to sex turkeys help ASAP
I know I have two males because they have gobbled acouple times but is my third bird a hen? this third bird has a shorter snood a smaller dewalp smaller Carnuncles and thinks before it does any thing. Please If you know or can tell me how to find out soon respond because this is my basis on... -
is my turkey depressed or sick?
Hi I have three chocolate turkey poults now at 14 weeks old. 2 jakes and one jenny ( two boys and one girl). when they were little I was very close to them and strangly enough they used to keep warm from my body heat. now I dont go out side any more when they are let out. into the pen. today I... -
My 10 week old turkey swallowed a bolt help
my turkey just swallowed a Bolt. It came from my mulch pile because I was cleaning the coop what do I do because we can't afford any thing- joshm97
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chocolate Turkey sick? help fast
I have 3 chocolate turkey poults and one of them is not as healthy as the others currently 9 weeks old they forage on 2 acres of land every one of them are drinking but I don't think the bird that is "sick" is eating as much. also I put all three of them in there coop the other day and the...