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    Royal Palm Turkeys

    Can anyone tell me the sex of these turkey poults? The larger one is from a different farm and is older. Sorry for the really crappy, blurry picture. :(
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    Mareks? What to do?

    We had a BCM cockerel that I thought had a broken leg. This started a week or so age, just all of a sudden he couldn't use one leg, but still could get around to eat and drink, etc. and aside from the leg thing he seemed perfectly fine. Then the night before last he was laying on one side and...
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    Vaccinate chicks hatched by broody hen??

    I just vaccinated (Mareks) several chicks that I hatched in the incubator, and I'm wondering, before I dispose if the rest of the unused vaccine, if I should vaccinate 8 chicks that a hen (actually two hens tag-teamed that little project) hatched about 2 weeks ago? Also, I have the...
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    Chickens dyng every day now - where to send in GA for necropsy?

    I'm losing chickens just about every day now. The latest one (cochin) is still alive but only BARELY, she can not hold her head up at all. She seems to still have strength in her legs and she's been like this since yesterday. I've given her vitamins and electrolytes but I don't know what else...
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    combs

    what's the best way to help develop nice combs? Are there foods that you can add that have the nutrients needed to enhance combs? i know tractor supply has some food that's supposed to help so, i'll check there in addition to any other suggestions. thanks, David
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    My peachicks are dying!

    I started with 6 peachicks that I hatched from a neighbor's eggs, and now I'm down to 2. They are dying, one at a time, over the past 2 or 3 weeks. I had given 2 back to my neighbor after the 1st one dies, and since then both of those have died, 1 that I kept died and now one of the last two...
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    new and need help!

    hi, and thanks to anyone that will take time to help me out. Primdawg from Bolingbroke, GA. My wife has decided to add chickens to our list of animals. Great! Fun! and i'm enjoying them with her much more than i anticipated. i have several questions: 1st, we built a cool coop and run from...
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    Peachick with a bad leg?

    I'm very new at this. (So new I posted this in the wrong forum first time around - I'm a dummy). My neighbor has given me a few peachicks and eggs for the incubator - I've hatched three babies already! However, he also gave me a 5 day old peachick that can't use his left leg. The hock area...
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    5 Day old Peachick can't use his left leg

    I have a new peachick that can't use his left leg. The hock area seems swollen and he just lays down mostly. Is there anything I can do to help him?
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    EMERGENCY! New Hovabator Genesis PROBLEM

    Help! I'm totally new at this - I ordered a genesis incubator (well, my husband did). It came in Thursday, but didn't include any real instructions, just a glossy 4 page insert. It shows nothing about how to adjust the temo, other than to tell me to hold down the up or down button for 3...
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