Good morning all..... a few weeks back I shared the story of my frizzle roo that was trying to flog me and was very aggressive. I gave up the ghost and gave him away. That was last Wednesday. The energy in the coop was wonderful. So relaxed and the two remaining roos seemed to enjoy having...
Hello all.... I have a flock of 19 which include 3 roo's - 1 Americana and 2 Frizzle. All the crew were purchased around the same time and grew up together. Everything has been just fine and dandy until recently when the small black frizzle roo decided he didn't like me. At first I thought it...
Thinking of changing over my coop floor from shavings to sand. The girl at the sand place said I should use Limestone Dust as it's cheaper. Has anyone ever used that? Just wondering if that's even a "thing". TIA!
Located in S/Central PA. Calling for snow squalls tonight. UGH Winter needs...
I rescued a Cayuga male (Cranberry Sauce) about 2 years ago that has terrorized my hens AND turkeys trying to mate with them since we brought him home. My DH went to Tractor Supply 2 months ago and picked up 2 baby ducks (Pekins) for him to play with. He totally ignores them. They are bigger...
Hello all. I have 5 turkeys, 2 males (1 white and 1 black) and 3 females (2 white and 1 black). The white ones seem to have an issue with their feathers.
This is Lisa and Lily. Lisa has more than Lily, Lily has lost most of hers on her back as well. Lester the white male has his broken...
Sitting in my living room last night my husband notices a snake slithering across the floor. He was able to snag it with the grill tongs and take it outside. I have never seen a snake on our property. I specifically have 6 guinea fowl for this purpose. We feel that the snake must have gotten...
I gathered eggs this morning like I normally do every morning... then was fixing myself a veggie omelet and I grabbed 2 of the fresh eggs and cracked one and it was dark, bloody and had a definite eyeball.
OK this was totally and completely unexpected and bizarre. That egg was NOT in the...
I bought the Farm Innovators big incubator and have put 21 eggs in it. My old incubator was the Brinsea Mini. Directions for the Farm Inonovators has the humidity during the first 18 days at 50-60% The Brinsea lists 40 - 50%. I'm confused since an egg is an egg right? I've had 90%...
I got 5 turkey peeps last spring, 3 white and 2 black. My thought process was to harvest the 3 white for meat and keep the black pair to have peeps in the spring. Well, it didn't pan out that way. I love seeing them in my yard, I love seeing the males do the "I'm better than you are" dance...
I've got 26 chickens now - 6 older the rest around 8 weeks to 4 months old and 7 guinea plus another 30 meat birds in my crew. About 8 weeks ago, I added 5 turkeys... 3 white meat and 2 Norfolk blacks The turkeys were in a separate pen from the chickens and about a week ago the grandson left...
I started out my winter season with 42 chickens and 9 guineas. I am now down to 19 chickens and 9 guineas. My coop is secure, but I would find a chicken dead in the woods or in the yard very evidently with it's neck broke. What predator would kill but not eat? TIA.
Granted not a good pic but I just got 8 white silkies at auction - and I don't need any more roo's!
:-( but the auctioneer's assistant was not very good! Ya got what ya got!
I fed my crew Tuesday night...noticed the one big roo Rodger was laying on top of a crate. He didn't get up and come get treats... which made me suspicious. When he hadn't gotten up by the next morning, I picked him up. All was well on the underside of him.... his feet look normal and no...
I went to auction last night to get a few more hens since I seem to have an over abundance of roos... and I'm attached to them as well. I thought if I got more girls things would get better for the girls that are getting nailed. Anywho... I got 4 RIReds. When I got them home, 2 had 0 tail...
Born Friday. Weak...breathing heavy...shaking....panting some...one eye open one eye shut
Her mates seem fine. Feeding high protein game feed. Forcing water every 2 hours. Any thoughts? Tia!
Hey all... I scored 2 turken peeps and 1 turken/frizzle peep at the local poultry swap last Saturday. They seemed to be doing very well but one was dead as a doornail when I went to the coop this am. Is there anything I need to be aware of when it comes to the turkens? TIA!
This is a 1 day old chick. She started looking to the ceiling of the incubator as soon as she came out. She does seem to be thriving but I want to make sure I'm doing the correct treatment. None of the other chicks in the incubator came out like this. Just her. I've been told to use...
I have 6 guinea eggs that I've been collecting for the last week when someone started laying. I have 4 banty eggs as well. Can I put them all in the same incubator? TIA!