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    Is ascites in older bird treatable or do I need to euthanize?

    I believe my 4 year old Dominique hen has ascites (huge swollen and squishy abdomen, feels like its filled with fluid maybe). I called and talked to a vet at the NC State (we are in central NC) lab that does necropsy and he said it was probably cancer and that in an older bird that has the fluid...
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    What sex are my Bourbon Red turkeys? (almost 20 weeks)

    Hello fellow turkey friends, We are trying to figure out the sex of our three Bourbon Red turkeys. At first we thought we had one tom and two hens because one is slightly larger than the other, but now they all look so much alike it's hard to tell! All of them have that thin line of feathers...
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    My turkeys will not leave me alone!!

    Our turkeys are CONSTANTLY following us around barking and chatting at us, want to be right up underneath our feet (I feel like I'm tripping over them), curiously peck all over us and hop in our laps anytime we are sitting down outside, crowd us and are all up in our faces when we are trying to...
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    We let our Bourbon Reds hang out with the chickens last night

    We have been letting our 9-10 week old Bourbon Red turkeys out of their pen for a few minutes at a time for the last couple of weeks. One or two times before we let them explore the yard a little and last night they were around the chickens and chicks much more than they have been before. The...
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    BRs- hens or toms?

    Hi there! We have four 5-week old Bourbon Red turkey poults and were wondering if you can tell yet if they will turn out to be hens or toms. Two of them have a longer/larger bump above their beaks and the other two have a smaller bump (start of a snood or whatever it is called?) I'm assuming...
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    To clip wings or not to clip?

    I am curious- do you have to clip wings for turkeys? We have 4 Bourbon Red turkey poults about 4 weeks old and are new to raising turkeys. They are now all outside in their pen with a light at nighttime for heat. My husband says you have to clip their wings or they will fly off and fly up in...
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    Turkey poults crying when I leave

    Our poults are about 4 weeks old and I'm not sure if they are having separation anxiety or what but whenever my husband and I go into the pen to visit or change food/water and then go back out they cry and cry and CRY! Takes them a while to calm down and stop. If we come back while they are...
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    Getting our first turkey poults tonight!!

    Hi everyone, We have had chickens for about 3 years, but are trying our hand at raising a small flock turkeys now for meat. I'd love to breed them if I have a breeding pair leftover at the end of the year. We just want a couple of dressed turkeys for the Holiday season and to have some extra...
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    What got my rooster??

    I have a small flock of Dominiques with two roosters. One of the roos, Cori (beta roo), sleeps outside by himself on our back patio railing because he prefers it to being in the coop with the hens and the other Alpha roo. Yesterday when we got home from work he was missing. We don't know if it...
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    Ideas for chicken Christmas card photo?

    Hey everyone! So a few years ago my husband and I took a 'family' photo of us sitting on our front porch holding our three Dominique chickens, and used the photo for our Christmas card. Well, it was a HUGE hit. People thought it was hilarious to get all the other cards in the mail being pics...
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    Anyone move out of state and move their flock with them?

    Hi Folks, DH and I know we will eventually be moving back home (to KY) from NC where we are now. It might be a year two, but it will eventually happen (we have been in NC for 6 years). Anyway, we desperately want to take our flock of 9 dominique chickens (might be more later) with us but aren't...
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    Pullet twisting neck/ twitching breast?

    I have a pullet who is not foraging with the others quite as much and acting a little lethargic today. She stands there and her breast and neck sort of twitches and turns every minute or so. I'm not sure if something went down the wrong way or maybe her crops impacted? It didn't feel like an...
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    HELP! Two of my roosters are fighting to the death!

    I have a small flock of 10 chickens, 3 of which are roosters.bad idea, I know, but we got attached and planned to keep 2 of them, had a chick that was supposed to be a she and turned out to be a he, well you know how that goes.......so two of the roosters that are now fighting used to be BFFs...
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    I think one of roosters broke my hen's neck :(

    I am fuming right now......this morning in the coop we found one our our hens, Tansy, collapsed laying down and her head/neck is all twisted underneath her and she can't hold it up by herself. We tried to get her to eat and drink and she will only move her mouth a little to accept water we drop...
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    FREE Partridge Rock Rooster to a good home

    I have one too many roosters on my hands and need to rehome my Partidge Rock roo. His name is Clove and he could very well be the Alpha roo for your flock but needs some hens of his own. He is not aggressive but he will need to be shown who is boss from time to time. He loves his treats...
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    Separating two rooster BFF's

    So I have too many roosters right now (3 roosters and 2 hens, all Doms except for PR roo) and I'm planning on giving one away (the Partidge Rock) that's at the bottom of the pecking order to a co-worker of mine. I know he will be well-cared for and going to a good home with 3 ladies for him...
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    WTB- Partridge Rock hens/pullets

    Hello, I am looking to buy a pair of Partridge Rock hens or pullets for my PR rooster. I am located in Chatham County, NC. Please respond if you are interested and if possible I'd love to see photos first! Thanks
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    Looking to buy heritage breed Bourbon Reds

    Hello! I am looking to purchase a Heritage Breed Bourbon Red turkey this year for Thanksgiving- anyone know of local farms in North Carolina or Kentucky where I could find ones processed and ready to go? We will be traveling from central NC to KY for Thanksgiving with our family so any place in...
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    hen losing weight but acting normal

    I've noticed that my hen, Rosemary, has lost weight over the last several months. She only weights 4.5 pounds when the Dominique standard for hens says they should weigh around 5-6 pounds. One of our pullets from the chicks that she hatched in April, Tansy, is already much bigger and truer to...
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    Hen with very pale legs?

    My hen, Rosemary, for past couple of months or so has had very pale legs (They are supposed to be bright yellow). She also seems thinner or smaller than she used to. My younger pullets who are 22 weeks old have the bright yellow legs and are as big if not slightly larger than she is. They are...
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