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  1. PolarBerry

    Genetics Question RE: Azure Egger Rooster

    So I have an azure egger rooster from Alchemist farms and he's the crele type coloration, so he has barring.... From their site about azure eggers "The Azure Egger Chicks are autosexing and follow the feather patterns of cream legbars as chicks: a white dot on the head means male and an...
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    Introducing new ducks to flock

    So I have 7 muscovies that free range the yard/surrounding areas. I have 10 muscovy ducklings (5-5.5 weeks old now) and 5 same age toulouse goslings. They all sleep in the same duck hut that I have divided down the center with hardware cloth so they've seen each other up close and personal for...
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    Ocular dreaded ‘M’ or injury?

    My Russian orloff chicken (10ish months old) just presented with a misshapen pupil on the right eye. Seems to still have sight. No other symptoms and is healthy weight, no mobility issues, normal poop, laying small but otherwise normal eggs (still laying fairy eggs). No others have any other...
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    Battery lights for laying?

    My ten hens have gone from giving me 6-8 eggs a day all the way down to ONE at most. And it’s the same hybrid production egg layer. All the others have gone free loader. They’re 8-9 months old, not molting, no parasites, and had occasional free ranging up until daylight savings when the egg...
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    Sexing Muscovy Ducklings

    I know that the males are supposed to be larger than the hens. Mine are about 7 weeks old and I have 12 straight run. I took some pictures of the group (they’re a bit unsure of me still so they group up). Mostly males, mostly females? I’d say the brown tall/large one is definitely a male as is...
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    7 week Muscovy temp?

    Just brought home a dozen 6-7 week old Muscovy ducklings. Tonight it drops to mid 50’s so I’m not too concerned but later this week it’s dropping to 42. The person I got them from says they’ve never been on heat (Mother brooded, free range and on a pond) and shouldn’t need supplemental heat...
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    Ventilation ideas anyone?

    So I have a coop that’s newly built. It has a 24” square window on one side that opens and has a screen (protected by hardware cloth). All along the upper eaves is an air gap also covered by hardware cloth. My issue is I’m trying to get them used to the coop itself and so I’ve left them all...
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    Introducing Two Groups of Pullets

    So I got my first 6 pullets in a 2 week period and they’re now 12-14 weeks of age. I have 6 younger pullets now 6 weeks old. Older pullets: Olive egger Black copper marans (the boss) 2 Black australorp 1 Russian orloff 1 barnevelder Younger pullets: 2 blue australorp 2 speckled sussex 2 cream...
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    Very round goat bellies

    So I have 3 Nigerian dwarf wethers that are about 10 weeks old. They are fed orchard/local grass hay, baking soda and minerals with ammonium chloride free choice. No grain and only other things they eat are some small amounts of brush (mostly blackberries and some sapling trees) in their pen...
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    Ameracauna/EE- Buff Wheaten?

    So what do you think of this mystery chick that came into the feed store I work at? A friend thinks it’s a male buff wheaten Easter Egger. S/he came in as a silkie with a bunch of silkies (and no cockerel were ordered) but is obviously not a silkie. Soooo opinions?
  11. PolarBerry

    Arrived with silkies but definitely not..

    So I work at a feed store and unboxed chicks 2 weeks ago.... still no clue what this one is. It came in from a hatchery that sent us silkies and Cochin bantams. Sooo I noticed this one with the muff right off the bat. It didn’t sell and was going to go to the bargain bin and so I ended up...
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    Outward Bent Leg

    So I opted to take this Easter Egger pullet from the feed store. At first we thought splay leg but now leaning towards perosis/twisted tibia. She’s spunky and was a time and a half the size of the tank mates and eats/drinks well. With her wings coming in she steadies herself better. Last night...
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    Freedom Ranger with Egg-type?

    So I know some people keep freedom rangers for egg and meat and we were looking at getting 25 of them to run in our tractors. The second tractor I was looking at getting 10-12 egg laying hens. I know general consensus is don’t brood meat and egg layers together but we are looking at brooding...
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    Weird eye?

    So long story short, I had 22 guineas and lost 20 of them to coccidia/they were a bad batch. Anyway, I have 2 alive at 5 weeks and one of them has this weird sunken in eye. I don't think it has vision in the eye since it always looks around with its other eye. I tried to snap a few pictures...
  15. PolarBerry

    Turkey "Coop" in progress

    So we have 6 bourbon red turkeys turning 5 stinky weeks old... did I mention stinky? Anyway, they're stinking up the house in quick order so their outside coop is being constructed out of a weird lean-to that existed off our well's pump house. We will add on a fenced run for outside time until...
  16. PolarBerry

    Where to locate coop?

    So we have an odd predicament of having so much land I just am at a loss where to put the coop! One area I was looking at is somewhat close to the woods and my concern would be creatures attempting to break in. The other area is more of a southern facing sloped hillside (where we plan to plant...
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    Crooked beak and squinty eye?

    So my poults are now 3.5 weeks old. One of them has always had a squinty eye and noticed in the last few days it's accompanied by a slight scissor beak. Image is above and can see where the tip of the beak is misaligned. I'm wondering if his beak/jaw is crooked and causing these deformities. I...
  18. PolarBerry

    Poult Drags Other by Face?

    So I have 6 turkey poults, 3 weeks this Wednesday, and lately one of them will go up to others and grab them by the beak. If they fight back he (I'm assuming) drags them around by the beak with them screaming until they give in and sit there panting/fall asleep. Is this normal? He's not...
  19. PolarBerry

    Help! Good Diet During Coccidia Treatment?

    So, I had 22 keets and 7 turkeys arrive last Friday. So far 12 keets and 1 turkey poult have died out of the blue. They are now 8 days old. (Please no debating on if it's coccidia or not, I've had a vet tell me and the hatchery suggest E. tenella as the culprit) Many have suggested corid and...
  20. PolarBerry

    Turkey Poult Being a Turd

    So I have 7 bourbon red turkey poults, 5 days old today. Two of them arrived squinting but now one of them has decided to open its eye. I have one left who has decided to squint and be a brat while he's at it. He (I'll just assume) will peck at the other poults and not just at beaks, he grabs...
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