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    How long can a wooden chick coop stay "infected" with anything/everything?

    We have a chick coop that is 4x8x3ft. We use it every 3 years to raise our chicks to full feather age. Last summer I am pretty sure one of our turkeys had backhead and we isolated the turkey in the chick coop and it dies the next day. That was at least six months ago and a cold winter. Outside...
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    Sick turkeys need help

    I do not know what I am doing wrong. Will post facts so far. 1 of 3 turkeys was laying down with head tucked. Tried dewormer but bird died next day. Poop was egg yolk yellow diahrea. Looked up symptoms, said blackhead. Bought all-cure from fish store. Treated 1 packet per bird (12lbs-15lbs)...
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    Meat spots-Blood spots, The Cause, The Cure

    I am posting this hoping this gets out to the chicken world and helps a lot of people. We have had chickens for 9 years. 4 years ago we started having eggs with "issues". Meat/blood spots started becoming a huge problem. We could no longer sell or eat most of our eggs. It started off being 3...
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    What breeds lay during winter with NO additional light source?

    When we first started with chickens(black sex-links, red sex-links, barred rocks) we got 1yr old "used" chickens off craigs, it was a sweet-n-sour experience. The chickens laid all winter and gave us a ton of eggs without artificial light. The bad was they came with leg mites and we never could...
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    Heavy snow, bored chickens, now feather pecking each other

    My whole coop-run if full of snow. I snow shoveled some walking areas for them but its not enough. They have no ground to scratch and peck (frozen) and they hate walking in deep snow. I cleared some walking areas that are maybe 2' x 20' (2). Thats the best I can do. There is no free range area...
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    Gluten Free complete layer food?

    I have an egg allergy and I wanted to try gluten free feed. Is it possible to mix a complete layer ration? I also have a gluten allergy and noticed the chicken feed has wheat in it. .................................. On edit-------->>>> I found some fodder but it is not complete...
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    SOLVED W/PICS--->HELP! My slaughtered turkey weighs 45-50lbs, how do I cook it? Time? Temp? Etc?

    OMG this thing is HUGE. Guess we went past the 18 week mark by a few months. I also let him free eat so he and his partner ate 50lbs per week. They were eating machines! Anyways......... I cannot find any info on extra large birds and cooking times. I am guessing 325f for 9-10 hours. I also...
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    Scaly leg mites, moving uninfected birds to infected coop, question

    I have 2 coops 1.) Has new spring chickens NOT infected! 2.) HAD old chickens that had SLM disease on the legs, gone (given away to chicken dude) I want to move the NEW chics to the larger coop that used to house the infected older birds. What do I have to do to move the uninfected new...
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    Do any of the "layer feeds" show the amount of vitamins in the food?

    I see analysis but that lists protein, fat, ash etc. By the way some "organic feeds" have over 15% ash. I am looking for a feed that actually labels the ingredients. Something like this...
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    sorry dupe thread

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    Make a real seed flock block for less than a dollar.

    Tired of the mud, dirt and ash flock blocks from the store? The 25lb store flock blocks have about 19lbs of dirt or ash in them and maybe 5lbs of seeds. The seeds are ONLY on the outside. The chickens peck away the outside seeds and you have a block of dirt and ash filler with a few seeds...
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    While holding my chicken I saw one small white bug walking near her eye and then go into the feather

    I'm not sure if I have a problem or not. I only saw the one very small white bug. It looked like a lice or something. I checked the birds vent, body and head and saw no others. I had my wife look as well and she saw no others. I dont know what to do or look for? Opinions? Advice?
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    Any interest in a freeze-proof off grid chicken waterer?

    Hi all, I live in N. Idaho and we are off grid. I currently run off solar, wood stove and generators. I am designing a waterer that will not freeze for 8hrs minimum. I am at the point of going to the machine shop to make some prototypes. I am making this for myself but wanted to know if there...
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    free chicken air conditioner.........

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    Need some advice on a mixed flock problem (turkeys/chickens)

    My two turkeys have grown to the size of small European cars and are creating problems with the chickens. During the evening panic hour when the chickens go into the coop the turkey will sit in the door and peck at the chickens coming up the ramp blocking them from entering. Also some of the...
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    leg mites question

    Can a bird be free of SLM and still have bulging scales? We have treated and treated these birds for 6 months with everything under the sun. They are better but I am wondering if the sales are raised do to remnants of the mites and not "live" mites.
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    So how do you feed a flock with a rooster? Layer food or what?

    I already bought another bag of organic layer food so I am committed for 50lbs of food now. Can a rooster eat layer food? Can 18wk old turkeys eat layer food? Can pullets that are 18 weeks eat layer food?
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    Mixed flock, turkeys/chickens 18 weeks, OK to put entire flock on layer food now?

    Can the turkeys eat the higher calcium at 18 weeks? OK to put chickens on layer at 18 weeks before egg laying starts?
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    How to ---> SILENCE<-- a ROOSTER in 3 days or less!

    No you don't have to strangle him with velcro or rooster stopper! Preface: I either had to shut my rooster up or eat him for dinner. We raised chics this spring and one of the sussix chics turned into a rooster. Beautiful bird and I did not want to kill it. Having read the posts here I put a...
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    Are little bumps forming on back of legs indicators of Males?

    I have several birds with bumps forming on legs kinda inside back half way up. Are they males?
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