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    Adult turkey flipped?

    I found one of my female turkeys, Broad-breasted Bronze, flipped over and lying on its back. It seemed exhausted, perhaps from trying to right itself? I picked it up and set it back on its feet. It was able to stand and walk, but seems "tired" (although it's only been an hour or so. It doesn't...
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    Drooping wing? Too heavy or something worse?

    I have a welsummer pullet that is just about 3 months old and has been entirely healthy to date. Today, I noticed that one wing is very droopy with the ends of the wing feathers dragging on the ground. It has good energy, is eating and dringking well, and appears otherwise in great shape. When...
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    Is this the genetic condition "fray?"

    I hatched this chick from a Red Star X WHite Plymouth Rock. It was born undersized and trailing some yellow stringy material which I surgically excised (no bleeding) with advice from this group. I have a tiny incubator and only had two eggs in it, one did not develop at all. If this is a genetic...
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    Not a welsummer?

    I picked up three of these from a local breeder who told me they were welsummers. I hadn't been looking for welsummers at the time and am fairly new to chicken raising so I wasn't fully aware of breed characteristics... While the plumage looks very much like welsummers (to me), the legs are a...
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    Red Star genetics/ parentage

    OK, I have erad that red stars also known as red sex links can be bred from several parents: RIR X White leghorm RIR X Delaware white RIR X White Plymouth Rock or substitute NH Red for the RIR with any of the above. There are some other combos like RIR X RI White et al, but these seem to have...
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    Need help Identifying these roos and hens

    The white ones came from the same straight run batch and the red came from a group of reds called "assorted pullets" which leads me to believe the reds are sex links. The white ones I don't know. They are all the same age. 5-6 months. The white has been laying one egg every single day since she...
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    1st hatch not developed?

    I just hatched my first egg from my own hen and rooster. We started out with 2 (the incubator holds only 3 eggs) but one never developed and was discarded around day 10. The other hatched on day 21 but the chick has yellowish stringy stuff hanging out its back end. It was attached to the...
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