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  1. imaturtlefan

    What would you do? Cant find any real info about what Im dealing with...

    The other day I posted about a chick that came out of an egg with goopy eyes. Then a couple days later, 1 more had one eye like that, then a day later, another from another hen...the first one is now a week old. The 2 with only 1 eye like this, it hasnt even spread to their other eye. None...
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    new chicks with watery eyes? seems to be spreading :(

    I had a nest of eggs hatch under a broody hen 3 days ago, one silkie mix came out of the egg, not able to open its eyes, but seemed fine otherwise. I thought maybe some egg had dried on it or something, so I cleaned it up and and put it back, I didnt think a disease, or illness since it was...
  3. imaturtlefan

    Worth the wait!

    I have been waiting almost 3 yrs for my husband to build me a coop. He started this last fall. My requirements were...had to look cute on the property, needed to have separate space for my bantams and larger breeds. I think he went way above and beyond. The chickens have their space, and I have...
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    Please help! are moths poisonous to chicks/poults?

    One of my turkey poults snagged a moth last night, was fine when I went to bed, but this morning seemed a little lethargic, now shes really not looking good. Are they poisonous? Is there anything I can do? She has no symptoms other than lethargy, but shes really really lethargic now...
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    sulmet for cocci & probiotics? Wouldnt they counteract?

    I just got my first turkeys, 2 royal palm poults. I accidentally bought unmedicated food, thought it was medicated, and their poo started to look like cocci. I got sulmet, but have been reading that probiotics should be given with it, my question is, wouldnt sulmet kill the probiotics? Is...
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    New RP poults, & question

    I have a few questions.... I just got my first turkey poults last week, I probably should have done more homework, Ive had ducks, guineas, and have many chickens currently. Lots of farms Ive been to (including the large hatchery I got my poults from) has their turkey free ranging with or around...
  7. imaturtlefan

    Wha could have done this?

    What would climb a 6 ft kennel, get on top of the wildlife netting on top so it rips, climb down into the run and either eat an entire bantam hen, and a chick, or carry it off back out the top and same hole it made? I only found feathers, it cornered her, and there are feathers everywhere...
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    Please help, not sure what to do about this broody and her 1 chick

    I have this great little bantam cochin silkie crosses that are wonderful incubators. I had one sitting on eggs, and the day before they should have hatched, I went down to the coop to feed/water and I found the eggs all over the place, scattered, and her not on them... none broken, and it was...
  9. imaturtlefan

    chased a hawk out of my yard on foot!

    We have this inctredibly large hawk here, there are actually 2 or 3 of them, they hunt together, but only one is this brazen. It has taken birds right in front of me, attempted to right in front of me, and even flew into my front door after one on my porch once. I know the only way to keep my...
  10. imaturtlefan

    can chickens refuse to lay at will?

    I have 4 speckled sussex hens, all about a year old. For a long time I kept waiting for them to lay, but never saw any eggs. I free range my chickens and lock them up at night. I came across a nest in the woods one day, and realized they were laying and hiding them, not broody though. So I...
  11. imaturtlefan

    this is a rooster, right?

    I feel dumb even asking, because Im pretty sure he is... Ive figured out all my others, and Im almost certain this is a roo. It hatched out of a blue egg, with my other roo, but its not getting the same saddle feathers, or anything. I got these eggs from a farm, dont know the people. Its...
  12. imaturtlefan

    bumblefoot surgery doesnt appear to be working, and almost killed one!

    I have 4 hens with bumblefoot, I did the surgery last week on all of them, no problem with the scabs popping out, and all that. The 3rd hen I did however, when one of the scabs popped out (and I wasnt digging around) started bleeding profusely, the others had little to no blood. She bled, for...
  13. imaturtlefan

    maybe an odd question, in reference to bumblefoot/staph

    I have 2 hens that have bumblefoot. I didnt know what it was, or anything about it, till researching, and I came across the pics on here of how to treat it. In the photos there were no gloves used or anything, so I did as the photos, and directions said. I did not realize till later that its...
  14. imaturtlefan

    just walked outside and...

    saw a hawk flying away with one of my hens 4 week old chicks in its talons Actually saw the stupid thing... it was only like 20 ft from me when I walked out as it flew away, but couldnt do anything about it...ugh. Last year I stopped letting my chickens free range because of this, but I live...
  15. imaturtlefan

    How long to separate?

    Ok, yesterday I posted because my 1 of my 5 week old speckled sussex chicks that is the same age as the others is about 1/4 of the size, not growing, or feathering out nearly as fast. Yesterday I noticed an eye crusted shut, and a little swollen. It had been colder the past 2 nights, but they...
  16. imaturtlefan

    4 chicks same age 1 now 1/3 size of others and now crusty eye

    My husband bought me 4 chicks about 3-4 weeks ago, 1 was just a tiny bit smaller than the rest...now its about 1/3 to a quarter of the size of the rest...they are about 5 weeks old now, no other symptoms, but the tiny one now has an eye crusted shut... acts fine though, others have no symptoms...
  17. imaturtlefan

    4 chicks same age 1 now 1/3 size of others and now crusty eye

    My husband bought me 4 chicks about 3-4 weeks ago, 1 was just a tiny bit smaller than the rest...now its about 1/3 to a quarter of the size of the rest...they are about 5 weeks old now, no other symptoms, but the tiny one now has an eye crusted shut... acts fine though, others have no symptoms...
  18. imaturtlefan

    male guinea attacking me...and it hurts!

    So the last 2 days, Ive been working in the yard, and out of nowhere my male guinea will run up and attack me...yesterday he just ran at me with his wings out like he was gonna, but I turned toward him and shooed him off...today, he came up outta nowhere, and got my leg...what the heck did he...
  19. imaturtlefan

    when to start counting?

    I put eggs under my broody, it was middle of the day/evening... do you count the first day? or from the time? So I would say today at like 5 or 6pm would be day 20, and we are on day 19 till then? Just curious... still no pipping...my first time doing this, she got the eggs kinda messy once...
  20. imaturtlefan

    Better than flowers...

    So, the day before my husband left for a business trip, he ran some errands, came back with this box. He said he thought about getting me flowers, but decided these would be better Isnt he sweet?
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