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  1. Dragon Lady

    I just culled a Hen with pecked bleeding vent. :-(

    Last week I discovered my 6 red sex links had taken to pecking each others vents, 3 of them were bleeding. I seperated them, cleaned them up the best I could and sprayed all six bottoms with blu-kote. after a couple of days I was able to re-introduce 2 back with the others, but had to keep the...
  2. Dragon Lady

    Autopsy photos - what is it? Graphic warning!!!!

    Firstly, I apologise that this is cross posted on the turkey forum but I wanted to get more general help with this https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/incubator-confession-poults-sick-and-dying.1189504/ graphic photos to follow.....
  3. Dragon Lady

    Incubator confession - poults sick and dying

    This is a bit long winded but here goes... I retrieved an abandoned nest from my standard bronze hen - she hasn't been having much success. I put the eggs in the incubator and waited for them to hatch 3 weeks later. I should have followed my gut instincts to throw out the eggs as the hen had...
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    would a strong scent deter racoon?

    A racoon is eating his way through my guinea flock at a fast rate. They insist on roosting in the same maple tree every night.I saw racoon on my trail cam overnight and another guinea is missing this morning :-( My guineas free range on 40 acres, capturing them to put them in a safe coop...
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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis - cull or cure?

    I posted this over in the emergencies thread and was suggested to post my enquiry with fellow turkey folks. 3 year old Rachel (narrigansett hen) has a swollen abdomen. Lost her appetite but acting normal. Wings are droopy and she is very quiet compared to her usual vocal self. At first I...
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    turkey hen - egg yolk peritonitis - cull or cure?

    3 year old Rachel (narrigansett hen) has a swollen abdomen. Lost her appetite but acting normal. Wings are droopy and she is very quiet compared to her usual vocal self. At first I thought she was egg bound but 2 baths later and no egg and her swelling got quite bad. I noticed her legs had...
  7. Dragon Lady

    Moving Guinea Keets

    I need to move my 14 adolescent (2 months old) Guinea keets from their brooder coop to a coop that will be more suited for winter. The keets are wild little things, not tame at all. Does anyone have best tips on how to capture the little buggers so that I can move them?
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    Black Orpington or Australorp pullet ?

    I got 3 mystery eggs from a friend who has several heritage breeds. they hatched into cute black fuzzballs with white bibs and pink and black feet/legs. One became a cockerel of mixed breeding that doesn't win prizes in the looks department, but the 2 pullets are lovely looking pullets with...
  9. Dragon Lady

    the naked turkey thread - share your moulting photos

    Here is one year old "Queenies sister". she was broody until a couple of weeks ago. I took these pics this morning. Her back and front are completely covered in new spikes to cover her nakedness but I cant get near her to show them. She doesn't look happy.
  10. Dragon Lady

    sinus?

    Hey everyone, I got my first guineas a couple of weeks ago. Two of them seemed to react to their new environment straight away with frothy eyes, sneezing and shaking heads. I thought it was a reaction to ammonia and tok steps to correct that. Right away I put them on an antibiotic and...
  11. Dragon Lady

    Aggressive Tom?

    Our first two young hens (Standard bronze) arrived in February and we picked up a young tom (Royal palm x Eastern Wild) with intentions to keep them all as pets but any off-spring would be for the table. They all bonded really well. We incubated and raised 3 poults from their eggs. One was...
  12. Dragon Lady

    Naked turkey hen with abcess

    One of my hens (1 year old) is almost bald on her front from her broody stint, Now she is also quite bald on her back. I've been observing her for a few days and she is not as chirpy as usual. I just watched her wash herself and noticed a huge scabby area under her wing. I'm guessing that it...
  13. Dragon Lady

    My Tom has possible impacted crop

    I have a Royal Palm x tom. he is less than one year old. His crop has been visible for some time and I thought this was normal. Lately he seems to be taking gulps to swallow hard. Today I noticed he has what looks like air puffing up in his throat/side of his neck. His appetite is still...
  14. Dragon Lady

    10 days old and new coop pics

    our 3 cheeky poults at 10 days old new coop made from wooden pallets. full sized Human access on the side. slider hatch door for the birds to come and go. meet the parents. finished coop behind them now painted green. cozy coop interior where the poults are now housed with a heat lamp...
  15. Dragon Lady

    mixing poults with adults

    At what age can I add my poults to my adult flock? I'm guessing no sooner than when they are fully feathered out, but what about on a social level?
  16. Dragon Lady

    Greens for Poults - how soon?

    My 3 poults are just 2 days old and I would like to give them some greens (we have oodles of grass!) how soon can I give them greens?
  17. Dragon Lady

    Egg-citement!

    OOOH I couldn't wait to share our news...... We have 2 bronze hens and a royal palm tom that we got as pets early March this year. They are all from last years hatches and so are maturing very nicely. We collected 8 eggs from them, the hens are not nest making and just drop their eggs...
  18. Dragon Lady

    just for fun - videos and pics of your turkeys

    I am new to turkeys but love them already! Our Tom is a Royal palm x Bronze breasted x eastern wild and the 2 girls are both bronze breasted. couldnt resist sharing this video of them
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