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How long before Thanksgiving can I butcher the turkey and safely store him in the refrigerator without freezing? I would like to butcher on Sunday but I am concerned that will be too long in the fridge before Thursday.

We purchased what was supposed to be Pekin ducks form a person when they were about 3 weeks old. They were the biggest ones that they had in the pen with about 30 other ducks. When I got the Health Papers from him I didn’t think anything about the other ducks on the order, as I took him at...

Is there a problem with incubating chicken and turkey eggs at the same time? I understand that the turkey eggs take longer, but as I am in the building process for my incubator and have 2 egg turners, I was thinking of either building 1 large one that will hold both turners and so I could stop...

I have a batch of female Cornish Rock Crosses that for some reason have not filled out as much as they should for their age. I am feeding straight ground corn, (due to costs) and they were doing great till they got too large for the pen. I then released them into a small pasture, about...

The shortened version is this. I have 2 Buckeye hens, 1 of which had just been broody but not successful in hatching out eggs. They are also in with some bantams and some of this summers TSC Brown egg Layer chicks, that are about laying size at this time. During the time I've had the...

My daughter just got 3 Pekin ducks that are less than 2 weeks old. Right now I have them in a brooder-box with 1 mason jar feeder and 2 mason jar waters. They are emptying both the water jars and making a mess inside. Is that normal or should we change the way we are watering them?

I have had 1 Americana Rooster, 4 Austrolops, 2 Rhode Island Reds, and 1 Bared Rock for over a year now. I was just given 2 Certified Buckeye hens and 1 Buckeye Rooster. I would like to start collecting and hatching out/selling the fertilized Buckeye eggs, but not sure how to keep them all...

My chickens are allowed to roam around the farm. They were using the nesting boxes for a while, which have wooden fake eggs in them. There are 4 boxes, about 12wx12dx16t in demensions. They are built in a 2x2 square. The chickens have taken to laying their eggs in different areas of the...

I recently added 5 bared rocks to my flock of 2 Rhode Island Reds who had been giving me 1.8 eggs a day. I am now two weeks later getting only 3.5 eggs a day. I know that they would be off for a little while, but how long will they be off? My Reds in the past had started laying in...