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  1. AmericanMom

    Question on dead chick, picture included

    woke up early this AM to nearly a complete hatch, two eggs left, one had started to zip , an hour later it had made no progress so I decided to watch it. Decided to give it another 30 min and if no progress then I would help, seems I waited to long :( Another chick was in the process of...
  2. AmericanMom

    Hatching Shipped Eggs

    I haven't been on the forum for awhile.. This place was invaluable to me when I first started hatching eggs and five+ years later and many (MANY) hatches under my belt I am finally ready to try hatching shipped eggs! Ordered some Bielefelder's! My order of 10+1 fertile eggs arrived this am...
  3. AmericanMom

    Goose laying question

    We acquired two geese this past fall and due to the beginning of some aggressive behavior we have given them the enclosed garden area (about 25x70) as their own personal space, they also have a secured 6x10 room off the main chicken coop that is theirs. My question, I went out the other day to...
  4. AmericanMom

    Goat question

    I have the opportunity to trade another small farmer, she is taking 15 of my laying hens, I get her Nubian dwarf goat. The girl is due the end of February.. Would it be wise to move her to a new home or wait until after the kid(s) is born.. The lady lives an hour away and she will be bringing...
  5. AmericanMom

    Gonna take the plunge again

    Some might remember me, I hatched out 3 Embden geese about two years ago, at the time I was trying to hatch and raise Bourbon Red Turkeys and the Goose eggs were a bonus thrown in for free... Although I absolutely loved the geese we were trying to focus our small farm on the animals that would...
  6. AmericanMom

    How long do Turkey Hens get off the nest

    BR hen has been sitting for at least two weeks, was sleeping on the nest longer but I didn't count those day, started counting the day she stayed on it.. By my calculations she will hatch sometime between the 15th and 20th, this past week I hardly saw her, she was always on the nest except early...
  7. AmericanMom

    Chicken Math Strikes Again!

    Got 30+ layers, included in the mix is numerous broodys, some with chicks, some about to hatch in the next week and a few getting started, One broody Turkey and one I am trying to entice into laying where I want, not where she wants.. Been incubating and hatching Turkeys since February and...
  8. AmericanMom

    Tom Turkey behavior twords poults

    As many of you know I have a year old BR Tom and two hens. I have collected eggs, incubated and now have 12 Poults ranging in age from 11 weeks -9 weeks in the finishing pen.. Since the babies were a couple weeks old they have been enclosed in a grow out pen within the main run, visible to my...
  9. AmericanMom

    Rooster enticing the hens to lay

    So far this has been the spring of broodys, working on #9 as we speak, or should I say, she is working lol... Out this morning doing chores and noticed our big blue orp rooster in one of the nesting boxes and several hens watching him, he was scratching around and vocalizing to them... I get it...
  10. AmericanMom

    First time I have been unsure in along time!

    Raising chickens en mass like I have done for the last two years I have gotten pretty good at determining whether I have a cockerel or pullet pretty early, sometimes as soon as they hatch, most times before 3-4 weeks... This guy/gal has me stumped.. I will be honest, of course I am hoping for a...
  11. AmericanMom

    Opinion on letting broody chicken hatch partially incubated turkey eggs

    Today it has become obvious I have two broody hens on my hands. One, My Molted java has hatched chicks before, very determined and an attentive momma, The second is a blue Orpington/Leghorn cross who is full on fight to keep her nest sit all day and night broody, but its her first time. I...
  12. AmericanMom

    Chick hatched looking weird

    Broody hatched out 6 chicks between yesterday and last night, checked this morning and five fluffy and fine, saw a small one at the bottom of her nest and figured it had just hatched so I left them all alone. Went and ran errands and came back this afternoon and checked again, although it looks...
  13. AmericanMom

    Fertile eggs and air travel?

    Ok, done some research but having a time getting an answer or if anyone has even tried this.. My sis lives in Oklahoma and just got the most beautiful Blue Auracana (sp) Rooster I think I have ever seen, I have BR Turkeys and we want to trade eggs.. We are going to be flying out to watch...
  14. AmericanMom

    Thoughts for a Saturday moring

    I sit here with my steaming cup of coffee making plans for this spring and summer, I was pleasantly surprised last week when it looked like a Jersey Giant I have was wanting to go broody, sure enough she did and now is on day 5 sitting on 9 eggs. I typically don't candle my broody eggs as I know...
  15. AmericanMom

    BR's mating at 8 Mo

    Was out working on the coop expansion this afternoon, trying to stay a step ahead on this years broody hens when one of my BR's got close to me, mind you she will get close but always bolts if I even try to touch her.. Not today, I took two side steps and down she went, while my Husband and...
  16. AmericanMom

    Need advice

    I am the proud owner of three Bourbon Red Turkeys, One Tom and two hens.. They free range with the chickens (We have separated them three times and they always find a way back and worry and fret the fence line until they do) All three turkeys turned 7 months old on the 5th of this month, the...
  17. AmericanMom

    Monday cuteness...

    One of my broodys hatched out this leghorn/blue orpington cros... long story short, I had a hawk coming and picking off half of the chicks so last week decided to take the remaining four to raise with some feed store chicks... A couple weeks ago I had some in the incubator hatch and last week...
  18. AmericanMom

    Moving chicks from hens for their own safety

    I made a difficult decision tonight, after repeated Hawk attacks and a 50% loss on the last broody chicks DH and I went out and took the last four chicks from the hens.. All are 3+ weeks old but I just cannot allow the hawk to keep harassing these little ones all day, Hens kept them all close to...
  19. AmericanMom

    Homemade Organic ACV

    I have heard many times in my last year of serious chicken farming that Organic ACV is very good for your birds... I am tired of paying $5+ a bottle for the stuff, Have an over abundance of apples that just get tossed so thought I would try it myself.. Mind you, it takes 2-4 months doing it this...
  20. AmericanMom

    Day 14 and the temperaure keeps going north!

    I have incubated enough that I know by day 16 to really be aware of the temperature, its around this time that the little cluckers start generating their own heat and if not watched every couple hours someone new to incubating can find their temps at 105+... I usually start to watch the bator...
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