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    A Turkey Tale. Poults are here. Advice?

    Our turkey hen, Penelope, is a Narragansett. She hangs in the chicken coop her mate, Benjamin Franklin, and the laying hens only at night. Our coop is designed with two separate inside areas and two separate yards. She free ranges during the day. When she first tried to raise a clutch, we...
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    An Old Horse's Dream

    (I wrote this for my blog but thought you guys might enjoy it here): He was a working horse. His grey coat was white from age as he was saddled up every morning and tied to the hitching post to await passengers at a resort up north. His job was long and hard. He endured the annoying clumsy...
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    Who dumps poultry?

    I mean, really. A stray rooster showed up a few days ago when I was locking up our layers. It was dark and I couldn't figure out why our black hen 'forgot' her way into the coop. I finally just scooped her up and shoved her in. Then, a brief pause. Wait a minute, she's not normally that...
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    Our Thanksgiving turkey has a cold.

    We were supposed to do her in next week so we wouldn't have to freeze and then thaw, however, she was sneezing yesterday and her eyes were swollen (upper respiratory something or other, obviously). She has a nice big run and very clean bedding, feed and water. No molds or outside birds. No...
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    Just picked up two turkey poults!

    Long drive to buy two young turkeys from a 9 year old kid that is raising them. That was cool! They are supposed to be Narragansett. Can anyone tell me the age? Thank you very much. I thought I'd make food and water easy at first because it's very hot today and I have heard turkeys aren't...
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    She did it!

    We have 6 free range guineas. We started with ten but lost four females due to predation. The last female, now named Penny, disappeared three weeks ago and we were down to five. But, wait! She showed up yesterday with 23 keets! Her nest was cleverly made in the wooded area in our donkey's...
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    Questions about showing chickens and about show quality chickens.

    Hi there, I have never shown chickens before but I have three hens that I would love to get an opinion on. I also would love to get any thoughts as to preparing them for a show. We had to replace our laying hens last year so we ordered six different breeds from My Pet Chicken. Any answers...
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    I need to make a homemade incubator right now!

    Ugh! I have lost two clutches of guinea eggs because the hens pick the worst spots. I tried to move her without success (I didn't know you couldn't move a guinea). So, I placed two dozen eggs in an old ice chest under a light. I'm trying to get them back up to the hot temp they were when...
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    Live food!

    I bought twenty baby crickets for our seven future laying hens (about six weeks old now) and the result was quite amusing! Hop, hop, hop, nom, nom, hop, nom, hop, nom..... Off to the bait shop today for more live prey/treats! I'll try the video camera with the next batch.
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    I have another broody guinea! Need advice on how to catch her.

    So, one of our free range guineas started a nest by our pump house and just started setting on Sunday. She was close enough to the wall of the pump house for me to wrap a length of 48 inch wire fence around her and anchor it the the pump house. She gave me a wary eye but stayed put. She has...
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    Toys and baby chicks, the pictures!

    I promised pictures but didn't get any until the topic faded back too many pages, so, without further ado, PICTURES! The chicks are Wilma, the Delaware; Cricket, the Sussex; Alice, the Australorp; Sophie, the Welsummer; Isabel, the Blue Andalusian; Faith and Grace, the Easter Eggers.
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    Toys? Anyone else do this?

    I have a theory about baby animals and mental stimulation. Puppies, kittens, calves and foals all seem to be better problem solvers as adults if exposed to a variety of stimuli as babies. Toys play an important role in mental growth. So, um, my baby chicks have had toys in their brooder...
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    New chicks! Help Identifying?

    My order from My Pet Chicken arrived this afternoon. I ordered seven chicks total: 1 Blue Andalusian, 1 Australorp, 1 Sussex, 1 Welsummer, 1 Delaware, and 2 Easter Eggers. I can tell which are the Delaware (yellow with tan spot on head), Andalusian (light gray), Australorp (black with yellow...
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    Looking to buy chicken and turkey chicks

    I am in northern Florida and very happy to pick up if you are in my area. Otherwise, if you can ship from somewhere else, that works for me, too. Let me know estimated shipping costs plus cost of chicks. I need a few more laying hens so I asked hubby to pick what chicken breed he wanted...
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    Two little babies with feathers on their feet. Cochins?

    What breed and color do you think these little chicks will be? These chicks are to replace two laying hens we gave away with our rooster. Our rooster had to leave because he attacked our son. You can see the scratch on his face in the first picture. We got these little unknown chicks from...
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    Not good!! Free range guinea holding up it's leg....

    I shooed it into the chicken yard. It let me touch the leg briefly and it can pull it up to it's body. Hopefully, it will stay in the chicken yard long enough for me to coax it into the coop. Better chance of catching it there. I'll listen later to determine if it's a male or female. Poor...
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    Rooster attacked our toddler

    Peter, the Orpington rooster, flew at our toddler while he was throwing scratch to the hens. I am always so careful to keep the rooster away from our 19 month old son, John, but this time, even though I was standing right next to our son and the rooster was 20 feet away, my estimated "safe"...
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    My guineas are chicken

    How do I get them to leave the coop and explore the lovely yard? I've opened the door every day for a week now but they act as if it is a portal to he**. I am afraid I would offend them if I tried shooing them out and they would never return. Are all guineas this silly or did I just get the...
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    Hi aagin! Color of my half grown guineas?

    I *think* these are lavender and pearl, but there is one that is different. Any ideas? Thank you in advance! Good shot of just the different one: They love the grass! Group shot
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    Tragedy on our farm

    I came home from an appointment this afternoon only to find five separate feather piles. All the chickens were silent. I had let our laying hens and rooster out to free range in our fenced yard while I was gone. It was the middle of the day and they really wanted out this morning. I came home to...
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