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So, it started out fine. They would put themselves to bed in their mobile coop. But now they won't leave the water at night. I had to go into the pond and chase them out. Last night I gave up and let them just sleep on the water all night. I should add it is a very small pond. only about...

So, for a while now, my geese, despite my best efforts, have been eating organic broiler crumble with my broilers every day. However, now the broilers are gone and I am trying not to give the geese any feed so that they graze and forage. 16 geese. They have access to roughly 7 or 8 acres of...

I find that when I drink from the peafowl waterer, then I pee foul peafowl pee.

Hi, just wondering what you guys thought. 6 week old rooster. Yesterday I noticed he would walk a bit, then take a break, repeat. This morning he was unable to walk out of his mobile coop and can't seem to walk at all now. This particular bird has noticeably less-developed feathers compared...

So I have 2 ducks that are laying now. One lays in the coop each morning. The other plops her egg down wherever she happens to be, which is usually in the river or in the brush! I have fished eggs out from the riverbed haha! I have a light that stays on from sundown to 8PM and turns on...

I did my first big butchering a few days ago. The birds were put into two freezers. Seems to me that all the Turkeys in one freezer took on a red/pink color (broiler chicken beside it for color comparison). The ones in the other freezer look OK I think (bottom photo). Any ideas on why this...

So I processed some broilers and BB turkeys the other day. The first photo is one freezer. The second photo is in another freezer. In the second photo, the turkey looks super red/pink, right? Broiler chicken is beside it for comparison. Is that normal? It looks weird to me. I am worried...

This morning I found a cornish cross rooster dead on its back just outside the coop ramp. My guess is that he came out, fell off the edge of the ramp onto his back, and died of a heart attack. - his liver was a grayish reddish color. Not the bright dark red that I am used to. Do you think...

I noticed one of my turkeys was slow to move, not running and following for feeding time. He would sometimes just sit there and miss food. I had to bring him his own little bowl of food. I noticed that he had diarrhea, figured it was a gut bug, and gave him a few days special treatment. -...

The turkey had been on my radar for about a week as it would slowly walk over for lunchtime, arriving 5 minutes after food had already been given. Found that it never left the coop the other day. Spent a day giving it special care and isolation from the other turkeys. Condition did not...

HI all! I have 3 khaki campbell drakes and 2 hens. They are about 12-13 weeks old now and it is time for the drakes to go. I don't plan on hatching anytime soon so I am going to butcher all 3 drakes. I want the transition to be as stress free for the hens as possible. Does anyone have any...

So I was chatting with a local farmer who raises 150 turkeys a year. Here is some wisdom that he shared: He gives his turkeys as much feed as they can eat for 10-15 minutes once in morning and once in evening. There is only so much feed that a bird can process into growth per day, and any...

I have a dozen or so heritage turkeys. One of the Chocolates seems to have small legs, is not growing much, and has a small body. It walks oddly too -- more of a waddle or a shuffle. Does this poult have dwarfism or something?

I have 5 Khaki Campbell ducks almost 9 weeks old. They 100% free range all day then come back to the coop at night to get their food. We are right beside a little river and they hop in there range up to 1/4 mile downstream. When they come home at night they demand food loudly! I have been...

I am currently raising 41 Turkeys for sale in VT. Have 14 chickens for eggs and 5 Khaki Campbell duck free ranging. All birds are pastured or else free range. This is a challenge in VT with such high predator threats so I have to think creatively and strategically to protect my birds.