I have just cracked open my first egg that came from August.
Its actually the second one she laid. This is my first time so Im asking of anyone can explain the black spot?
Second question
I washed two of her eggs to male a cake with.
After washing I noticed that her eggs appear to have a couple...
Auguat is now 145 days old. 21 weeks old 4 months 23 days to be exact.
I have gone back and forth and gotten several strong opinions for why she is a he or he is a she.
August clucks puxks and purrs
August honks loudly like a goose.
August bellows out a creeky scratchy elevating squack...
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August is 4 months 16 days to be exact.
I keep switching tracks about August's gender.
We know the breed is a barnyard mix.
Faverolle mom and uncertain the father. Might be a Marin might be a mix himself,EE's are on the ranch among several other breeds.
Gender is the main...
Happy Holidays everyone!
Here are new pics and info on how Turkey Burger is doing.
It has been about 2 months now since I took TB in and have been nursing the severe injuries.
At this point I believe that TB is a Jake.
Im not sure how the loss of his snood is going to affect him later in life...
Turkey Burger has been healing and been with me for a while now.
August has been accepting Turkey Burger more and more. I set their cages next to each other and slowly unveiled obstructions of their views between the cages.(for those of you who have been following my Turkey Burger and August...
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Attention if you have no interest in pet chickens this wont interest you lets keep things civil. No need to bash or fight. If its not your game please ignore us. Thanks a bunch!
For everyone ekse specially those who know the story behind August and or Turkey Burger here is a...
Its been almost 3 weeks now and Turkey Burger is healing well. She has gotten used to me and although she was not tame, she taking being handled very well. I think she knows Im taking care of her.
Shes come a long way from her back looking like ground meat and her leg so bad yiu couls see...
This turkey is only being treated homeopathic style. She has survived since Oct 29th, so about 2 weeks. Owner tjought she was goung to die but said if I wanted to try and nurse her back to health I could try. So I have.
Can so.eine tell me at what point do I allow her back out with the flock...
My August a Faverolle mix is just o er 2 and 1/2 months old now.
Recently her chirps have had random clucks inbetween them.
Sometimes she sounds like a goose with a random honking sound.
Is this the normal progression of sounds for a chick her age?
Next, at whay point do I introduce a nest box?
Hi there. 2 days ago there was a knock on my door. It ended up being some workman tree cutters trimming the trees on the ranch where I live. They said that there was a small turkey dying out by one of their ladders. Apparently it had a broken leg and the other turkeys were pecking it to death...
August was strutting her? stuff around the house when she spotted the blanket on my chair. Then this happened...
Unfortunately the pics did not come
up in the order I intended them to. But hopefully you guys can figure it out lol
Hello there byc family!
Can we play a guessing game :) ?
This is August. My profile pic shows the day he or she hatched.
The other photos are progression of growth.
Now 6 weeks old,the pics on my arm were taken last night.
Any guesses on if this chick is a hen or a roo?
Also tbere are multiple...
Watching a movie with August. She/he really loves gentle pets under chin and beak as well as gentle strokes under the wings and soft touches on her/his upper legs. Those things actually put her/him to sleep.
Cute lil raptor!
No clue what I am doing. Just have ideas in my head and Im good at finding items I can repurpose. Im enjoying caring for my lil August,definitely a fun adventure!