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    Sick 11 week old turkey hen

    hello. I have a BBW hen that has always been.... behind. She grows VERY slowly and initially I thought she would be a failure to thrive, but here we are at 11 weeks and she's been fine. The other 3 turkeys are toms, all growing and doing well. Last night they were all having free time out in the...
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    Wing infection?

    I have a 4 month old pekin who this morning had blood on his (or her, not entirely sure yet) feather. I caught her and she let me look a little. I see several feathers are broken and there's a lump with a black spot in the center that's kind of oval-shaped. I can't look very well (or take...
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    Help!! Is this a prolapse?

    I just got 4 turkeys from TSC. They are in a 3x6 foot brooder (Just the 4 of them, no one else), 3 feet tall, hardware cloth top, with a red heat lamp. The temp at the heated end is 90 temp at the food/water end is 74. They seem active and happy (I've only had them about an hour) but when...
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    Hole in Beak??

    Hello everyone - I know I've been posting a lot, sorry. I have a little one week old chick who had a spot on her beak when she arrived from the hatchery last Tuesday. I noticed it, but didn't think much of it. Just thought she had a mark. She's been fairly flighty and skittish so I've only been...
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    I think I messed up - HELP!

    My little ducklings needed a full scrub out of their brooder, so I thought it would be good to let the kids watch them in the tub while hubby and I cleaned everything out real quick (kids are 15 and 18, and fully capable). Well, we flew through it, but even so, when we got them out they were...
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    Had to cull a chick and feel awful

    Last night we had to cull one of our 8 bantams. I'm pretty sure it was a hen. We've had issues with her excessively preening from the beginning. Then a couple of weeks ago she started ripping feathers out of the others and eating them. We separated her for a few days, upped her protein, gave her...
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    New ducklings from TSC!

    Hello everyone! We went to TSC to get dog and cat food and some chicken treats and..... they had these sweet little ducklings marked as "assorted". They were marked down because I guess they'll have a new shipment and soon and wanted these guys gone. So... we have 6 ducklings. I am having a...
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    Chicks pecking each other?

    I have 8 mixed bantam babies from TSC that we picked up on Wednesday. They weren't much help on hatch day, so they're 4-6 days old I think. We have them identified and it looks like we have 5 BB Red OEGB's and 3 Golden Sebrights. They have a large brooder, temps are good, they are very musical...
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    Sick Chick! (picture of setup added)

    So..... my husband brought home 8 straight run bantam babies yesterday. I should NOT have let him go to tractor supply. We already have chicks coming the end of April and that is how we were going to start our flock but he saw these little guys and apparently his heart melted. So..... building...
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    Chick Order - anything I should change??

    Hello! So, I am new here and am placing my first order of chicks. I am ordering for arrival at the end of April, which will give us plenty of time to finish setting everything up for them. And while I, personally, have never owned chickens my grandparents owned a large farm raising everything...
  11. Graidyn

    New to chickens

    Hello everyone and thanks for having me :D I figure it will be easier if I use the template so.... (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I am new to chickens. So new, in fact, I don't have any yet. We will hopefully be ordering our new chicks before April, if all...
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