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    New chick can't poop?

    I have a new chick (turkey actually) about a week old. It seems very uncomfortable, pecking at its hind end, which looks very red & sore. It looks almost like its anus area is poking out ... The best way I can describe it. It's not pasty butt bc there is nothing stuck to it. I tried...
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    3-4 day old wild turkey chicks hatched by broody Silkie - now what?

    We found an abandoned turkey nest after mowing. I gave the eggs to my broody Silkie and 2 of 5 hatched. I separated the "mom" and chicks and for now they are in a large dog crate inside the chicken coop. I'm afraid to let them out! My chickens free range during the day, so I'm afraid if I let...
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    HELP! Broody hen hatching wild turkey eggs - it's hatching! What do I do?!?!

    So I found an abandoned turkey nest after we mowed a spot in the field. I've always wanted turkeys, so i thought for the fun of it I would give my broody Silkie hen the eggs and see what happened. Well, today is 25 days later and one of the eggs is hatching! I heard peeps when I went in to...
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    Suggestions! How to feed my emus without the goats eating all their food

    I'm asking for some creative ideas here! I have three emu chicks that are about 2 months old. In the beginning they stayed in a stall in the barn and I walked them out to the corral every morning. Well that became a nightmare! Sometimes it took me 45 minutes to get them to the corral...
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    Electric poly rope fence okay for emus?

    Hello! I just got 3 emu chicks that are 3-4 weeks old. I am trying to plan ahead for where i will keep them when they are bigger. I would LOVE to keep them in the fenced area shared with my goats, which is a 6 strand poly rope electric fence about 6 feet tall. If it will keep my Houdini...
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    HELP! New Emu chick questions

    Hello! We just picked up 3 emu chicks today. One DNA tested male and two unknowns. We will have those 2 tested soon. They are approximately 3-4 weeks old. I have done research, but I am confused about some things. I can't get them to eat or drink. We just got them home a couple hours...
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