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    Turkey with swollen eye

    Hi! My turkey hen looks like she was stung by something. Her eye is swollen and partially open. Wondering if I need to do anything? She could barely open her eye last night, but looks like it's partially open. Been keeping an eye on her....she is eating and drinking ok, but mostly laying...
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    Rooster wheezing

    Hello! It seems like the last few days I've noticed that my rooster's crow seems to get lower and lower in tone, like he was losing his voice. Then I checked on him today, and he is wheezing. His crow now has a very high pitch to it. His crown has a large scab on it when he was fighting...
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    How long to leave chicks outside?

    Hi! We have some 7 week old Wyandotte chicks that we felt were getting too big for the brooder. So we moved them into their new coop! Kept them inside for 2 days so that they get to know their new "home" and just let them out today. Our existing flock and roosters seem to be integrating with...
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    Moving baby chicks into the garage....

    Hello! My chicks are 3 weeks old today and looks like we'll have to move them into the garage! We've had them in the mud / laundry room, but the smelliness and dander is really starting to flow throughout the house, yikes! :barnie I'm doing the move today. I don't have a wood brooder, but I...
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    Too many roosters....

    Hi! We used to have about about 12 hens, now we are down to 9, as four of them have been MIA. I found two of them recently (one in the haybarn with its feathers torn off, possible by a cat) and the other by a hawk. The others I just don't know :( I have four roosters and 9 hens. Two of the...
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    Separate Roosters and Turkeys?

    Hello! I have this one particular turkey hen, she is very sweet. She is the first turkey that we got when we moved on our property. We gradually bought more turkeys to keep her company. We have one Tom left, and one other hen left. They all get along fine with each other. Our one sweet...
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    • Forum: Turkeys
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    Bald spot on Hen

    Hello there! This is something that I have noticed over the last few months.....I knew that one of my Barred Rock Hens was mounted several times by our rooster and she is balding on the back. I figured her feathers would grow back, but that's not the case now. She has a few pin feathers...
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    Check out this rooster!

    Hi everyone! Well, it's a few weeks later and my pullets and cockerels are all about 13 weeks old now. We hatched 4 black star pullets and 6 cockerels. (Yikes!) But I just LOVE how at least two of my cockerels are turning out....they almost look like Cream Legbars. They have these beautiful...
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    How to keep chicken coop cool?

    Hi all: I have a walk-in outdoor coop, and the hot summer sun hits the doorway around 5-7 pm. I've been keeping all of my empty juice containers and filling them with water, freeze them and put them around in the coop at night to keep it cool. My biggest concern is that it's going to hit...
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    Too many cockerels.....

    Hi there! Somehow, we got 6 hatched cockerels and 4 pullet hens.....trying to give away these sweet little guys locally. Has anybody had any luck trying to re-home cockerel chicks?
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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    5 weeks old chicks....and some hybrids too!

    Hi everyone! I wanted to share a few pictures of our chicks that were hatched a few weeks ago. Mama hen is a Plymouth Barred Rock, papa is a Red Ranger rooster. We had a total of 10 hatched, 7 of them are barred rocks, but 3 of them are these beautiful hybrids. They have black feathers and...
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    New Chicken Coop for 2 week old chicks.....

    Hi all! Does anyone happen to have the Precision Pet Cape Cod Style Chicken Coop? This one is not the Extreme model. We put this together a few days ago and our two week old chicks and mama love it! It's like a little chicken condo. Mama hen and 10 chicks have been moved about 4 times so...
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    Secure Turkey Shelter !

    Hi there! I need a really good idea for a bomb-proof shelter for turkeys, something that keeps OUT predators. We are somewhat handy, but not much. I lost one of my dear turkey hens the other day to a badger attack. But there was not much we could do as she decided to go around the side of...
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    • Forum: Turkeys
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    New chicks hatched! :)

    Hello all! After a few weeks of our broody hen laying on a nest in our hay barn (I didn't want to move her, as I didn't want to stress her out) she has successfully hatched 6 little chicks! When we saw this, we moved her and her chicks to a safe little enclosure (pet carrier) as there are a few...
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    Broody Hen in Hay Barn....

    Uh oh! Here we go again....this time, this is a different broody hen, but she decided to sneak into the hay barn, and camp out behind a wood board leaned up against the hay barn wall and sit on a clutch of eggs. She has been sitting there since 5/4. I went to go check on her and she puffs up...
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    Stubborn horse :(

    Hi! My 10 year old mare was recently diagnosed with sand in her colon. Apparently, it's been there for a few years....she is a rescue horse and she picked up some bad habits. The vet suggested we give her some Sand Clear mixed in with Equine Senior. My mare just sniffs and won't eat it...
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    Sun shade for chickens?

    Hello all: Since the temps are starting to warm up, I'll need to move the chicken waterer to some shade. I saw this cool sun shade online; it pops up. You actually use it at the beach, but I may buy it and try it as a shade for the waterer, for my sweet chickens. Thoughts? Maybe I'm just...
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    Lonely guinea fowl :(

    Well, I am now down to lone guinea fowl. She is a female. At one point, we had 9 guineas. Most of them were finished off by an awful raccoon attack a few months ago. Our one lonely female had a male friend, and he is MIA. We think a predator got him. Our guineas run free range around the...
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    • Forum: Guinea Fowl
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    Update: Broody in Nesting Box

    Hi all! Looks like our broody hen is still sitting in her raised nesting box for almost a week and half now. I bring her some food, so at least she eats. Looks like she has about 6-8 eggs underneath. We have a walk in coop, where we close the door at night with all the birds...
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    Raised nesting box

    Hi all! My hen has gone broody for the past week......I have to see what happens if she gets off her eggs in a raised nesting box, but if the eggs DO hatch, I was trying to figure out what to do next! Thankfully, I saw this post...
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