Okay, so I have a turkey that got a wound on the side of her neck-shoulder awhile ago, but she has been obsessively picking at it and I can't get it to heal all the way. I'll get one part to heal and she'll dig at another spot.
Of course now she's molting and it appears to be making her itchy...
Looking for ideas as to the cause. I hatched out my second set or turkey poults on Friday and ended up with 8. Hatched had stretched over 24 hours which was weird. One chick also hatched out the wrong end which has never happened before. All my incubators and Hatcher’s are cleaned with tektrol...
I'm looking for show quality Buff Orpingtons, hatching eggs or chicks. I live in north central North Carolina, so if I need to pickup I'd need something somewhat close.
I'd also like some Dutch Bantams! I had one years ago and am trying to pick a bantam to show. It's a tie between those and the...
Does anyone know where I can find show quality buff orpingtons? It’s winter right now so I want to hold off until spring, but after googling it and can’t find anyone!
So I got a shipment of mixed turkeys and I'm baffled by some of them. The potential genes in this group include black, white, brown/auburn, black winged bronze, black winged bronze with a red gene, and the last are heterozygous black/bronze, split grey and white, and homozygous Narragansett.
So...
Okay, so last year I hatched out eggs: some chicken and some turkey. Kind of had an average early loss of a couple here or there. In the end most of the eggs hatched, but I did have a couple turkeys that just... failed. I assisted, but they never were able to walk, so they were euthanized.
This...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I guess I am "new" to chickens. My grandparents raised chickens for meat and eggs on their homestead in rural Croatia, so I have fond memories of chickens. I actually studied Animal Science in college and took all the poultry classes...