I have lost 3 6mth old turkeys in the last 2 weeks. I suspect blackhead, however, I thought that it only affected birds up to 18weeks old. They share outdoor space with chickens and I have now shut this area off.
As soon as the first one died I gave electrolytes to the others.
The last...
I have a day old chick that cannot stand up, it seems to roll on it's left whenever it tries to. It's in the incubator on it's own as I didn't want the others picking on it. Both legs seem to bend and move fine and it's full of beans. Any ideas?
We got 20 hens from a friend who advised us they shared their coop with a white cockerel. I did a test in my new hovabator and only one hatched. I have nothing to compare it to as my previous 8 hens were rescues and I've never had chicks before.
Any idea if it's a pullet or not and am I going...
I just needed to vent and see if anyone had any ideas how to deter a certain predator as I really want my ladies and gentleman to be free range.
I came home off of nightshift at 6 this morning, my rooster is crowing (he doesn't normally let alone at that time!) and my dogs took a great interest...
Hello I'm from Ontario. We're taking delivery of 8 hens today who have been rehabilitated from a battery farm. Just converted our shed to a coop and hope it to be as addictive as the posts I've read have said keeping them will be.