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    How to sex young turkeys

    I have 9 "Orlopp" turkeys that I bought as a straight run. I'm not even sure if they're classified as broadbrested (and afflicted with all those "meat bird" difficulties" or heritage or something else.) Anyway, I need to sex them. They're about 11 weeks so we're getting up to the 3month mark...
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    Where is the Oystershell?

    Early in the pandemic, all the local feed stores stopped carrying oystershell. Now I can find 1 and 3# bags. Is it ever coming back in quantity?
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    Egg Life (Shelf)

    I'm sure this question has been answered 100 times but I'm having trouble finding the whole answer, and also, I would like a comparison so if anyone knows: How long is an egg good for sitting on the counter? I know it depends on a few circumstances and what I really want to know is the...
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    Turkeys are...

    funner than chickens and have more character, and they are friendlier than ducks.
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    Enough ventilation

    Let me preface this with: I live in Phoenix, Arizona. Any and every summer you expect some of the days to be in the 120s, so that is what I have to design my coop for. The typical lows in winter might go as low as the 40s. How can I tell if my coop has "the right amount" of ventilation? D
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    Milk Goat Udders

    So goat people. I'm curious about something... When I browse various websites where people are bragging about their girls, they show pictures of udders that are HUGE. They seem to drop below the knees and are so wide the "poor girl" is bow-legged. My questions is... is that normal? Wait...
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    Goat fence post

    First question, can I use those green fence posts that you pound into the ground for goats. I think they are called t-bar? Next question, is there a great backyard goat forum like this backyard chicken forum? D
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    Prep Table Recommendations?

    So, I would like to get a little more organized in my meat bird processing. This year, I didn't need many birds from the hatchery but because of minimum orders, I have a lot more cornish X than before. So instead of doing the odd cull or extra roo, I'm going to have to have a...
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    Need More "Meat on the Bone"

    I had this roo I was going to prepare for the pot a few months ago. His breast felt nice and full. He had a good heft to him. I separated him out so his crop would be mostly empty the next morning and gathered my gear. Life happened the next day and I didn't get to the roo, and then it was...
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    Water Glassing - is this the stuff?

    So I want to start trying this method of preserving eggs. I looked at both the big orange home improvement big box store and the big blue one. What I found in the slot for “hydrated lime” is something called “type-s lime” at both stores. It seems as if it’s a combination of calcium hydroxide and...
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    To few hens?

    My second question stems from my addiction to incubating eggs. I find myself unable to confine myself to a single breed of chicken. I don't know why. I might have to seek therapy. In the mean time, I five or six breeds of chicken I plan on hatching and, silly me, I do not want "mutts" so...
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    To much protein, to little hens?

    Part 1. Ok, two questions but I'll ask them in separate threads. I just liked the title a little to much to not use it. So, I have several different feeds of different protein amounts. There is starter feed (18%), layer feed (16%), grower (18%), meatbird (22%), gamebird (24%). My flock...
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    What might this chick be?

    Ok, so I know (or guess) identifying chicks at the this age is hard, but maybe someone has some good guesses. I was at tractor supply and bought 12 Easter egger chicks and 12 Dominiques, only that wasn’t what I got when I got home. I will swear that three of the EEs are buff brahmas by the leg...
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    Misc. Bantums

    Ok, so I am a sucker for my daughters' doe-eyes and this year I let them get some chicks out of the "misc. bantum" bin at TSC. They had some silkies (which are easy to identify) and two chicks that had "interesting down patterns". Now that we got them, can anyone help me identify them? Both...
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    incandescent bulbs

    I see everybody talk about using this watt incandescent bulb and that watt incandescent bulb, but I, for the life of me, can't seem to find incandescent bulbs anywhere any more. I've heard that I can mail order them but shipping something as fragile as a light bulb doesn't fill me with...
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    What is All Flock?

    More specificly, what makes "All Flock" (I am feeding Nutrena's Country Feeds) feed what it is? Maybe a better way of asking my question is what does "All Flock" offer to the ducks, geese, turkeys, etc. that chicken feed does not? I am looking to switch feed (new store, new choices that...
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    Arizona Eggs

    So, I'm living in Arizona -- and this is the first year I've let the Roos stay. Since we get more than 21 days of 90+ weather, is it possible for embryos to start to develop without a hen sitting on them? Because of my work schedule, egg gathering is skipped twice in the week (Sun and Wed)...
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    What color easter egger?

    Ok, so I know this is an mutt (aka Easter Egger). I'm starting on the path of understanding colors and patterns and genetics, oh my. So, I'm curious what type this little bugger would be labeled. I included a closeup of the back feathers since they are patterned. I don't expect the bird to...
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    How does a chicken start her nest?

    Hi all, I have watched my Muscovy's raise young for a couple of years now and I know how a duck will make her nest. She will lay about one egg a day until she is done (that is about 12 eggs for my girls) before she will start sitting on it. I watch and quietly count the eggs each day when I...
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    Sexing meat birds

    I want to buy some chicks and raise a few for eggs and the rest for meat. it's cheaper to buy a "straighr run". Will the birds develop any of the gender attributes before its time to slaughter or will i have to let them grow past prime eating age to sex? On a side note (and maybe i should dona...
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