What is up with my toms? They inflate like balloons! I can press on their chests and make them belch, and then they immediately start to swallow air to replace the belched up air, I think they blow up their croups, why?
My new girl, Call For Backup, AKA Maple she is a 7yo standardbred mare, by Astreos, out of Babe Knows Bo, who is by Bo Knows Jate Astreos has been nominated for the 2010 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Award, he earned $1,062,594, won 10 out of 27 starts, with best time of 1:49.3, as a...
why is it that when some people read a road sign that says "left lane closed ahead" they interpret this as "limited time passing opportunity ahead" i mean REALLY! if you have been warned in every conceivable way for the last three miles that the left lane is ending why on earth would you try to...
wanted to share my good experience with cackle, i ordered 5 dark Cornish, 5 light brahmas, 2 royal palms, 2 Narragansets, and 1 Bourbon red, they did reschedule the hatch date once by 2 weeks, but that happens, they more than made up for it by tucking in an extra Bourbon red turkey and an extra...
one of my hens is picking feathers and eating them, do they need more protean? they get layer pellets, oats, scratch and range, can somebody tell me why she is doing this? its really crummy, she is pulling out turkeys new pinfeathers, making her bleed! will the other birds follow suit? can she...
i gota go to work soon but i gota ask, my turk hen is losing feathers by the hand full, is this normal molting? some other birds are losing feathers too but not like this (poor roo don't have a tail ) i thought birds molted in the fall but i could be wrong, could she be sick? she looks active...
i have 5 dark cornish and 5 light brahmas all strait run coming next month (had to order something to keep my turkey poults warm) and i will be butchering at least the cockerels, and since i know these guys don't grow anywhere near as fast as cornishx I'm not sure when to butcher them, at what...
these are 2 of my sculptures, the 1st is still in progress, the second and third pics are one and the same and already cast in bronze (tho i may rework them as I'm never happy) i am currently working on a third sculpture but i dont have any current pics
i have 5 strait run turkey poults coming next month, i already have 1 bbb hen and ive never delt with toms before, but some of the story's I'm reading about sex crazed aggressive toms has me a bit concerned, should i be worried? any advise?
my turkey, oh how i love my turkey! and so i must tell you my turkey story of the day, today i was showing my friend how to hypnotize a chicken, well i caught baby (one of turkeys brooder mates) and as i was holding her on the ground, preparing to draw the three magical mesmerizing lines, baby...
something has bothered me for several years ...and that is the notion that creatures that depend heavily apon instincts for survival ( chickens for example) are somehow less worthy of life than creatures that acquire their necessary life skills through the process of learning, that somehow...
ya i know its a stupid question and i know how they do it in THEORIE but i dont see how it happens when i watch them, i mean i see no exchange take place like i do with my ducks, im not trying to be crude or inappropriate and im not fishing for crude/inappropiate responses im asking a...
my ducks! omg my DUCKS! oh how they mess up the water drinker!!! well i came up with a decent solution, check this out! i got a oil drainer thingy from walmart (look in the automotive section) its got a hole in the center to take in the water that the ducks somehow dabble outa the drinker and...
i love my birds BUT i love to eat good chicken AND i hate the way factory farms raise their "products" SO i have ordered meat birds, 5 dark cornish and 5 light brahmas, ill keep one pullet of each just because i can i will be raising them seperately from the rest of my flock so i have more...
somebody PLEASE tell me my turkey will be ok, she is a broad breasted bronze about one year old and 27lbs, and lives with chickens and ducks, she unsuccessfuly tried to hatch some chicken eggs and now she is listless, depressed and can hardly walk and her stools are loose, she is eating and...
does anybody know anything about cackle hatchery? i wana get some turkeys and they are the only place ive found that will let me order as few as 5 turks as long as i order some chicks to flesh out the order, and i was gona get the bantam assortment but i worry cuz ive never goten an assortment...
my broody turkey hen wont leave her nest not even to potty i make sure she eats/drinks and ive removed her soiled bedding and today i urged her off the nest to see how she walked so i could tell if she looked sickly but she just made a u-turn and resettled on her eggs is she just realy devoted...