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  1. farmgirl77

    mystery Holderead duckling

    Our order was 8 Appleyards, 4 Welsh Harlequins, 2 Australian Spotted bantams, 6 Hookbills. We lost two that we think were hookbills. These are pictures showing the 2 bantams and the mystery duckling. He is bigger than them, but has similar markings. We only count seven appleyards, but there...
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    URGENT-turkey eggs due tomorrow & problem

    My BR turkey hen is on eggs that are due tomorrow. I checked her this morning and she has removed one from the batch. In the process she got yolk/blood on the others. I know that can be bad news for the remaining eggs, but do I try to clean them off this close to hatch or would that hurt the...
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    If birds are scared out of their wits, would they not lay?

    I have 20 hens that are not laying. I take that back, my bantam cochin (!!!) and a rock are the only ones. There are several possible reasons for this, but I have a question. I moved them into a tractor a couple weeks ago, right when they quit laying. Could one of the reasons be that a...
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    need opinions

    I have a first-time nesting BR hen that this first-time turkey owner has successfully moved to a new safe, private nest. She accepted it, whew. Before I moved her a couple eggs got broken because other hens were shoving her off the nest. Now she is on 9 eggs-less than I would like. One of...
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    found the fox's den...now what?! Hunters, help!

    A fox has killed four of my birds over the last year. Now, with snow on the ground my husband and I noticed just how much attention the birds are getting from the footprints around the coop. We followed the tracks and they led to an abandoned shed not 100 yards from the coop!!! Feel like such...
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    eggs in the snow?!

    I can't believe it. One of my BR hens is laying for the first time. Now. In the snow. Does this mean she will not lay later in the spring?
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    please explain odd turkey behavior

    I have three 6 mo old BR females and one tom. Today I let them out and one of the females immediately layed down. After a few minutes she got up and flew over to the other girls, apparently fine. Every so often she would lay down. I was taking down tomato cages and the three females came...
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    help, turkey hates my four-yr-old

    I have a Tom, named Kramer, who is about 5 months old, has just recentlly decided that he can't stand my four-year-old. Every time Tommy (son, not turkey!) is outside the darn turkey chases him, tries to peck him, and basically terrorizes the poor thing. I would hate to keep the bird cooped up...
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    pooping WHILE laying??

    I have a 18mo old BO who poops while laying. Every time. Does this mean something is wrong? Anything I can do?
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    what breed was your favorite roo?

    What breed was your favorite roo and why was he your favorite?
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    How do you call your turkeys?

    I have read on hear that a specific call for the turkeys is helpful. A while ago there was a hilarious thread of how people call their chickens. So...what do your turkeys come running to?
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    R.I.P. Puff Daddy

    A fox killed my banty rooster, a white frizzle cochin named Puff Daddy today . The girls were dust bathing at the edge of the woods and he was keeping watch. I wasn't fifty feet away when it happened. He died protecting his ladies. He was a great little rooster. My husband called the...
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    fox ON run!!

    My husband went to give the chickens some kitchen scraps and they were making a racket. As he walked up there he noticed something ON TOP of the turkey run. As he got closer he realized it was a fox! He said it was walking on the chain-link and trying to figure out how to get to my four...
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    lately turkeys aren't so much fun

    Need advice. We have 4 BR about 18 weeks old and they are in their own house and run. They're great turkeys EXCEPT when we want them to go in the turkey house at dusk. OMG we are pulling our hair out. Every night my husband and I go out there hoping they did it and there they are crying in...
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    Possible overheated chicken, need opinions

    my 20 week old EE is acting strange. It is a heat index of 105 today and all the birds are panting, etc, but she is the only one not panting. she is moving slowly and is lethargic. tail more down than normal. Is this typical of overheating? or something else? they were picking through...
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    Snood pecked off!

    My 7-week-old BR got his/her snood pecked off by (I think) one of my chickens. The turkeys keep sticking their silly heads through the fence into my chickens' run and getting pecked. Now one is missing its snood. I put a board up so they stop and put antibacterial stuff (not pain reliever...
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    poults swallowing normally?

    I'm new to turkeys and I have four BR 2.5 week poults on gamebird starter crumbles. When they eat they take a few bites and then stretch their necks up and swallow a lot and open and close their mouths. It's kind of dramatic and I keep thinking they are choking. Is this just how they eat?
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    sick poults-help!

    This is my first time will poults. They are BRs and about two weeks old. When I got them home (from a feedmill) I noticed a rattley sound in their chests and some had an audible popping sound when they breathed. I was irritated with myself for not insisting on checking out the birds before we...
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    Bantam vulture

    I have a bantam RIR that has lost almost all her head feathers. She looks like a little vulture, it's horrible. No other feathers are missing. She is still laying. I thought she might be getting picked on, but her skin doesn't look raw and isn't bleeding. She is just bald all the way to...
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