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  1. korn19bread

    turkey looks frail

    tonight upon locking up all of my poultry i noticed my hen turkey is looking a little frail.. her feathers are thin in the breast area as well as her breast bone showing. she lays almost daily, i know her and the tom have some rough looking intercourse quite often. would that play a part? or is...
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    blue slate turkey poults for sale

    have 2 blue slate turkey poults. they are silver, should stay the lavender color. about a week old and hatched under the mom. i was letting them be natural but one of the babies died we think it got cold, so we now have the last 2 in a brooder. looking for local pick up near morrow ohio. message...
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    chicks and poults

    i have 2 chicks bresse/orphington cross that we hatched about 2 weeks ago. now we seen turkey poults at rural king were on sale yesterday. we bought 4 and put in same brooder as the chicks. should i feed them chick starter, or the showbird crumbles? or will the higher protein harm the chicks...
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    just wanted to share our first chick in the bater

    this morning we had our first egg in our first hatch actually hatch. its an orphington/bresse. too excited, the 4 year old, kid, is in love with the new member, checking on it and what not. have a second egg chirping now as i write this. so due to being at work for the first one im determined to...
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    hen stealing other eggs

    i have a silkie hen that has a nest of eggs, she started with 2 and in a week has gathered 8 more chicken eggs and 3 turkey eggs under her. is it normal for her to try so hard to hatch any egg she can? should i put her in her own house, like a brooder and keep the others out and just give her...
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    raising a straight run for meat in fall

    i have my first plan to raise 10-15 chicks i bought as a straight run specifically to slaughter them in the fall. im sure i wont have just femails with that many straight run chicks. my question is, if i have roos in there, what do i do with them untill they are of size to put in my freezer? or...
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    Tylan 50

    I've got a sickly buff Orphic. Feels like she's withering away and doesn't seem very stable. Bought some Tylan 50. Injection type, is there a ratio for water to put her on it?
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    Few questions about a broody hen

    I have a few questions together- 1: I now have a silkie sitting on 2-3 eggs, normally she lays and goes on, does this mean they're fertile? 2: they are outside and the only insulation they have is a bunch of stray in the house, should I leave her or put her in the barn in the brooder? Maybe w a...
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    Feeding Cornish cross

    Can I feed Cornish x chickens medicated chick feed until slaughter? Accidentally grabbed the wrong bag..
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    Limping cx

    Have a Cornish x that is favoring and limping on one leg, at her top bend looks a little red, wasn't doing it this morning, growing too fast or did one of the others do something? And what should I do for it
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    What's wront

    Have one chick about 11 weeks that don't eat or drink much, feels very fragile, and just stands around, is there something wrong or just at the bottom of the pecking order.. She seems sickley to me
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    Sneezing chickens

    Sat morning had one sick and pass with no signs of sickness-maybe got too cold? But now I'm nervous because now I have one sneezing/coughing and seems to gurgle when it breathes, keeps opening her mouth like she has hard time breathing. and when I seen a little snot bubble come out I checked and...
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    Wing feathers

    Have a 2 week old blue slate turkey that's wing feathers almost look like they're just rottening. They are just the stem and a black end on it, should I be concerned and maybe a solution? Thanks in advance, new to poultry and byc
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