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    Bumblefoot?

    My 1 year old heritage hen, Chicken Nugget, appears to have bumblefoot. I’ve never had to deal with bumblefoot before, and everything I’ve found online either contradicts other things I’ve read or just isn’t helpful to me.its on her right foot. She isn’t limping at all. How do I go about...
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    Turkey hen carried an egg out of the nest on hatch day, it had a fully formed healthy looking poult inside.

    this is deeply upsetting. Last night I noticed the first pip, and today 4/6 were pipped. I trust this broody, she’s hatched before, and I thought she’d protect them from the other birds (I was going to seperate her once they hatched.) It was 2 hours ago that I last checked. When I went out a few...
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    Treating 6 week old poults for lice?

    I recently discovered that my birds have a case of poultry louse. I’ve never had to deal with lice before, only mites. I’m relatively confident treating my adult birds, but I’m worried about my 6 week old poults. How do I safely treat them for lice? I know they have them aswell, because they are...
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    Why does this bronze poult have a different wing pattern than the other?

    I currently have ten 2-3 week old poults out with their mama, two are bronzes. They look different now that they have wing feathers, why is this? Is the more detailed one a different variety? The mother is an Auburn, father is a Blue Red Bronze. There is a very small chance the 2nd poult (the...
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    At what point do I declare this Turkey egg dead, and open it?

    I’ve had a Turkey egg in the incubator for around 28 days. It’s from my broody that gave up, and was developing fine. There were originally 2 (I gave the rest to my friend, but her incubator was full so I was going to give her these when they hatched.) but the other died about a week ago, and...
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    I’ll sketch your birds! (Or other pets.)

    I need some good practice sketching, and what better way than to draw other peoples birds! I’m happy to try any kind of animal, I just won’t do as well with ones I’m inexperienced at. I am decent at cats and dogs. Any type of bird is fine, I mostly sketch my turkeys (evident by the fact that 3...
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    Turkey seems to be losing her mind trying to find a nest spot

    My nearly two year old Turkey hen has been pacing the exact same circle for the last hour. She’s panting and seems very distressed. She doesn’t have free access to her favorite nesting box right now, because my other hen has two week old poults, that need the whole coop to themselves. The two...
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    Is this poult a bronze or something else?

    My broody recently hatched 7 poults. She’s a great mama and the poults are all so adorable. I can guess at most of their varieties, except for this one. I assumed it was a bronze when it hatched, but I’m now realizing its stripes are very light compared to its 2 bronze siblings. it could be from...
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    Is there any way to encourage my hen to brood?

    Hi! Was just wondering if I could encourage my hen to brood somehow. I have two Turkey hens (going to add more later this year), my 8 month old one is currently 14 days into brooding, but her mother, who hatched poults last year, hasn’t started yet. Here’s the thing, she has a nest filled with...
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    Are these eggs too small to hatch?

    My first time layer hen started laying about a month ago, she’s been doing pretty great with egg production so far, and has been brooding since the 10th. She has 5 of her mother’s eggs, and 4 of hers, they are all fertile, and appear to be developing just fine. But her eggs are so tiny compared...
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    Questions about fertile Turkey eggs.

    My ladies have been laying well, and I have around 17 fertile (I’ve seen the Tom mate both of ‘em) eggs. Here’s the thing, it gets down to 40F here at night. Is that cold enough to cause issues for the eggs? One of my hens sat on them one night, but other than that they’ve been on their own. I...
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    First time brooder being difficult

    One of my 2 Turkey hens has started exhibiting some broody behaviors. She stayed on her nest last night, so around 19 hours of sitting on her nest. She is sitting on 15 fertile eggs, that she layed 12 of, and her mother layed 3. Both hens have bred. The issue is that, today, she has no interest...
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    Tiny Turkey egg?

    I went out to check on my birds, and there was a tiny egg in the middle of their area, just sitting in the dirt. I have a penny for comparison. It looks just like a mini Turkey egg. I candled it, Doesn’t appear to have a yolk, just whites. At first I thought it could be a crow egg, as they are...
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    When will my hens start laying?

    I have 2 Turkey hens, a mother and A daughter, and my new Tom. Both hens started squatting about a month ago, but there have been no eggs yet. Both have bred. The mother, who started laying in February last year, was Bred on the 12th of march. And the other on the 10th. Both have stopped...
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    My turkey hens are damaging each others feathers.

    my hen’s keep pecking at the Tom’s breast feathers and beard. The younger one also keeps pecking her mother’s chest. They do this after getting down off the perch, and when bored. It was just pecking stuff until now that the mother, who is dominant over everyone else, has damaged feathers above...
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    Lump on side of young Tom’s neck

    I don’t have photos that you can really see it in, because it’s only really visible when he displays, but it looks almost like his throat(?) is kind of of to the side. I fed him some treats and they went down the lump like it was his throat. I’ll try to get better pictures, but is this normal...
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    What’s the chance of toms coexisting?

    I am hoping to buy a new Tom for breeding season and rehome the current one, as he didn’t produce the desired color. However, getting a new Tom could be a problem because of my precious little man who broke his leg. Him and the current Tom (his father) strut together, working together to impress...
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    Tom or Hen

    I have these 2 poults, the first I’ve bred, and I believe it to be a pair. The Tom gobbles and struts, so definitely a little man. They were both hatched on august 18th. The hen also struts, but she had 6 older brothers, so I’m not surprised. I am only posting him on here for comparison, mama...
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    What is the survival rate of Turkey poults with a first time momma Turkey

    Hi, I might sound stupid, I know this is a question I should be able to google, but I couldn’t find any answers. No matter what search variable I used, nothing. So, what would the odds of 8/8 poults surviving with a first time momma? My girl recently hatched her poults and so far (the first ones...
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    Turkey hen with swollen snood

    My momma Turkey hen who just hatched out poults has been acting normal, but just today I noticed her snood is all swollen and shiny. I couldn’t get a good side profile picture, but it’s definitely swollen and abnormally shiny. It doesn’t seem to bother her at all, she acts normal. Is it...
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