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    Meat turkey crop extended - help?

    I have a meat turkey with a really extended crop. In chickens you tip them over, get that out if you can, rest their gut for a day or so and then start with cooked pumpkin slowly. She's inside since yesterday afternoon. Same for turkeys? She doesn't smell sour. It feels super soft when I...
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    Game bird feed + ?? extra protein to get to 26%?

    I will have non-GMO soy-free game bird feed for my poults that arrive this week but it's 23% protein. What can I add to it to raise the protein content enough for the first 8w? I have wild-sourced bone meal but not sure that's the best idea. Also considering fish meal or bug-powder? Those more...
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    Starting deep litter - can I use store bought compost

    As a base layer beneath my shavings/straw to kick composting off well or is that a bad idea? (I've read people leave a little bit of composted litter in the bottom of their coop after they clean things out, in prep for their new deep litter - but I have a brand new coop so I'm wondering if this...
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    Sick birds from new farm? Awful smell/poop

    I got some additional chicks and a couple 6+ week birds from a farm. I have 3 chicks already. I kept the new birds in a different room/brooder and the original chicks in a different one. Was going to keep them this way for two week quarantine. The newer birds smell horrible. They may have the...
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    Is it because of the age or... (different farm chicks)

    I got some additional birds from a different farm than my almost-2w-olds and some of them are bigger/older and some are the same age as the ones I have had already. But holy cow do they smell bad. And they poop way different (more b/c bigger of course but different shades, etc). Is it a gut...
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    Is it possible to raise all of your shipped chicks?

    And not lose any of them to sickness or what not? I'm freaked I'm going to make a mistake! 13 little chirpy heads are in my other room... and I am an anxious birdie mum.
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