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    Heritage Bronze Turkeys are laying - what now!?

    I have a small flock of heritage bronze turkeys (1 tom, 4 hens). The hens are laying now and have been for about 14 days (an egg a day/nest is pretty much the pattern). I have 26 total eggs in two nests right now - they laid yesterday. I do have an incubator, but would prefer to have the...
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    Heritage Bronze Turkeys are laying - what now!?

    I have a small flock of heritage bronze turkeys (1 tom, 4 hens). The hens are laying now and have been for about 11 days (an egg a day/nest is pretty much the pattern). I have 19 total eggs in two nests right now - they laid yesterday. I do have an incubator, but would prefer to have the...
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    Turkey w/ blckhd - 5 days Metronid. still yellow poop?

    I just completed a 5 day (500mg/day) course of Metronidazole for my turkey with blackhead. The bird is MUCH improved (color returned to its head, not droopy, solid poop, etc.) - but its poop is still somewhat yellow. It isn't the BRIGHT yellow that it was - it is more like a yellow chalk dust...
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    Blackhead in older turkey

    I have a small flock (1 tom, 4 hens) of heritage bronze turkeys. One of the hens has come down with blackhead. I have her isolated. They are older birds - almost 1 year old. Can anyone tell me the dosage for metronidazole for the older bird? Or have any other possible treatments. I tried...
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    losing chickens 1-2/week

    Over the past few weeks, I have been losing birds. Most are young (between 18 and 24 weeks - almost ready to lay). The pattern has been the same. I find a bird in the coop that is VERY lethargic, it won't eat or drink and by the end of the day it is dead. There doesn't seem to be any gradual...
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    Probably owl problem

    I have been losing chickens a a fairly consistent clip now for the past few weeks (maybe 2-4/week). I am beginning to suspect an owl. I have a mixed age/breed flock - some young, some older birds. I let them out in the morning. I can keep tabs on them during the day pretty well. They coop...
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