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    Egg smashed while hatching under broody

    Story goes like this. Broody blrw. Sat on turkey eggs for 30 days. 2 hatched 1 killed. The last baby removed. (it is with 10 other poults atm doing well) I set her on some chicken eggs, she hatched 2/3, again 1 killed. 1 didn't finish hatching, it died. I locked her up to break her. 2nd...
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    Turkey hen hurt while mating

    What can I give a turkey hen for pain? My tom was trying to mate with her, and she wasn't having it. He slid off and his nail ripped open her skin. She is bleeding some, but not too bad. He wasn't even on her right, so she is cut open above the tail and down behind her bum area. I have...
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    Broody turkey hen

    So my turkey hen is just about 9 months old. She has been breeding with our tom. Now it appears that she has gone broody. She has her nest outside in her run under a rose of sharon bush. 2 days 2 nights she's been on there. And got really mad at me when I made her get off to go eat. She...
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    Turkeys moved to new pen, they are lonely

    Well, we had to move our turkeys out of the chicken pen and into their own. The turkey hen was beginning to get aggressive towards some of the smaller sized chickens. In fact, she pecked one on the beak so hard, the poor lil chickens beak cracked. She will heal, but I didn't want to see a...
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    What kind of turkey are we?

    My neighbor gave me a pair of his turkeys. Unfortunately he doesn't remember what kind he got. They are around 12-16 weeks. Any help is much appreciated! Deb
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    pullet limping open mouth breathing

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) EE pullet, 22 weeks old. I haven't noticed her feeling lighter, she is one of the bigger pullets, seems normal weight to me. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. I found her laying...
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    Coop is done, pullets in, eggs no where to be seen

    We finished our coop 3 weeks ago, added the pullets. Its a 8x12 with a divider for two sets of pullets. The small girls( 6- 16 week pullets, 3 ee and 3 white chickens not sure what they are) get 4x8 and the big girls (9- 20 weeks pullets, 5 ba, 2 ee, 2 blrw) get 8x8. We locked all the girls...
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    What % protein feed for layer chicks

    OK question for all of you. I started feeding my chicks Dumor poultry chick starter. Fed them maybe 20lbs. Went back to get a 50 lb bag and when I opened it I noticed it was darker. So I started looking at the packaging. What I bought is actually Dumor chick starter/grower. The poultry...
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    Can you tell me gender of my 5 week olds?

    Hi! Just wondering if the chicken experts here can give me an idea of gender. Al chicks are 5 weeks old. All tho the two blrw were larger and had more feathers thinking a week older, as we picked up chicks rather than having them shipped. Thanks for any help! This is the least...
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    Local Rural King has baby chicks in stock!

    Niles, Michigan Rural King has their baby chicks in stock. Phoned them to find out. They said they have 8 different breeds, but she wasn't sure which, she only remembered RIR's. Off to find out! Deb
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    Hello from Indiana!

    Hello, my name is Deb, and my husband and I have started raising layer chicks. We have 5 Black Australorp, 2 Easter Eggers and 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. They are 4 weeks old. Man, they have changed so much in 4 weeks. We have never had chicks, both city raised folks here lol. This is a...
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