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    Reintroducing poults to hen?

    We had one of our Royal Palm turkey hens surprise us and hatch 15 poults! but where she set up the nest was not a safe place on our property. We had hoped to move her (bad mistake on our part really). It didn’t go so well. I wanted to do it at dusk, but my husband was impatient. Long...
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    Turkey sick?? - Green/Yellow poop/lethargic

    I noticed my tom turkey (royal palm) is acting odd today. Mind you, the heat is high - 93-94 degrees with heat index of 102-104. He is sitting in the corner of his small run area, back to the door, breathing/panting. That in itself isn't so unusual given the heat I guess...they are all...
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    Introducing a poult back to its mom

    I have a new poult that I had to rescue from certain death after it was born. One had already died....I think trampled. This one was close, and the third was ok. Mom was fighting off some male guineas who were in her space. We got mom and baby in it’s own space and rescued the little one...
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    2-wk old chick - lazy wing?

    I have two chicks, 2 weeks old. (Mixed Americauna...home grown and born). We noticed today that one of the chicks, when he is sitting and relaxed, his right wing "sags". When he is up and around, he's fine with it and holds it normal. Flaps around their brooder pen (which right now, is a...
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    Broody hens, more than 4 weeks

    I have four broody guinea hens sitting on a "group clutch" of eggs....I think one acts more of the guard than anything. My question is that I think they are passed the 28 day mark, by a few. They started sitting early June. I didnt note which day, but I remember calculating that it would...
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    6 day old chick-trouble walking?

    I bought day-old chicks last week from our local farm store...so they are about 6-days old. They were adopted by our broody hen...although she hasn't gotten the message to stop being broody I think. She's still sitting, but she at least lets the chicks lay under her and doesn't bother them...
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    Moving young chicks & momma in with rest of flock?

    So I'm thinking maybe we waited way too long. We have a flock of 12 mixed breeds...11 hens, 1 cantankerous young Frizzle rooster. Our small frizzle Bantam (I think that is what she is-pictured below) went broody, and hatched 3 young chicks. We decided to let her do so, partly out of...
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    Mama hen keeps dumping chicks food?

    Our Bantam Frizzle has hatched three chicks in the last week, and a fourth one was breaking through today, so hope to see it tomorrow. One more egg remains. My question is about the chick feed. All of them are in a dog kennel in the coop, protected from the rest of the flock. They hve...
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    Pecking order??

    I understand about the pecking order and such. We arent sure if that is what is going on now or not, but we have three adult males. One has acted odd for the last few weeks.....sometimes stays in the coop (but the bickering back and forth between him and the two others outside is crazy! )...
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    Male guineas protective of keets??

    We're new at this...learning as we go along. We moved our keets into a protective area within our coop...6 keets- now about 6 weeks old. They have a space 4'x4'. They seem to be doing great with the older birds (3 males- about 4-5 yrs old). They only get skiddish when we come in. When the...
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    Guineas & chickens

    We are new to country life and to raising birds. We "inherited" 3 male guineas (previous owner said they are about 4 years old). We've got six 3 week old keets in a brooder right now, and will transfer to their own area of our coop in the coming weeks. I was planning on keeping them separate...
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