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  1. gallopingfrog

    Keeping Poults Cool

    Hi there! I have a handful of 2-3 week old turkey poults that are getting hot in our Arizona heat (already - it’s 108 today 🥵). This year was a bit different, as I didn’t have an inside space to put a brooder, so we used the empty coop to build a brooder in. We turn on lamps at dusk. We turn...
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    Brooder Heat Source?

    I recently started using an Eco Glow Brooder for my first round of chicks I hatched out myself. I love that it's so much safer than standard heat lamps. I have 22 turkey poults coming to me this week, and I was wondering if anyone has used the Eco Glow brooder for turkeys? Or are there any...
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    who else has eggs cooking???

    Yeah, I think I'll wait a few more days. Thank you. :) I did candle a few today just for the heck of it, and there was for sure at least one viable (could see the spider veins), but I need to fix my flashlight so the surface area isn't so big compared to the egg.
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    who else has eggs cooking???

    Hi all! I recently acquired a few hens (by a few, I mean 9 lol) that had been in with a roo when I took them, so I figured, "Hey, why not incubate. Maybe I'll get some 'free' chickens out of it. Plus I'll FINALLY get to use my incubator!" So now I have 2.5 dozen eggs incubating on day...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Hi all! It's been a VERY long time since I was here last (on BYC period). I have no idea if anyone will remember me... :D My life has gotten pretty crazy since I was here last - I've got a total of ten chickens now, 22 turkey poults on the way, a milk cow that just freshened and in November...
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    Help, please. Sort of urgent.

    I've tried posting in the emergency section but no luck. I have two 3-week-old poults that are ill - one is severely ill and is stretched out on their side with labored breathing. The other is way more alert, but unable to stand and falling back on their hocks. I've been giving them water with...
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    Don't know if its already too late, but please help!

    Okay, update. Both are about the same. I was checking them over and I dug through some of their poop (with a glove) and it seems to be kind jelly like and has small traces of blood. I'm thinking coccidious, which I have corid to treat. I just didn't think coccidious caused respiratory type...
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    Don't know if its already too late, but please help!

    I've separated the two that are acting odd. The one who is more alert is having trouble standing up. He falls to his side and then kicks his feet a lot when he's trying to get up.
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    Don't know if its already too late, but please help!

    Oh, and they're three and a half weeks old.
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    Don't know if its already too late, but please help!

    This morning I walked into our turkey room and in the brooder, I had two poults lying funny. One was laying straight out and twitching and the other was laying sort of stretched. The one that wasn't straight out I got to stand and walk around, and now you can't even tell there is anything wrong...
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    Not Egg-Bound - Just broody!

    So question: How is Choco? I have a White Leghorn that is acting the exact same way, but after several exams (over the last five days) she doesn't have an egg stuck in her. I noticed around the last time she laid an egg (about 4 days ago) that she remained on the nest after laying (something I...
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    Is it just coloring?

    I got 20 poults two weeks ago (lost two the first week that I couldn't get to eat or drink) and some of them are starting to get black lines down the center of their heads, from about middle of the top of the head down towards their necks. I'm assuming its probably just their coloring starting...
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    Prolapse?

    Thanks for the response. We ended up culling her. She was in really rough shape and in a LOT of distress by the time we'd tried some different things. It was weird....her membranes were out but there was nothing in the vent that she was actually trying to push out - no egg or shell-less egg or...
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    Prolapse?

    I went out this morning to feed everyone and let the chickens out, and I noticed that one of my leghorns appeared to be uncomfortable. I watched her for a few minutes, and when she turned around I realized that she had what appeared to be an egg trying to pass, but covered in a red membrane. She...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Morning all! Anyone have a chicken that lays twice a day? One of the White Leghorns I got (Flopsy or Mopsy - not sure who) is attempting to lay an egg in the morning and the evening. The morning one had a nice hard shell, but the evening one's shell is extremely fragile and thin. Is there...
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    Advice on a GSD

    One of our GSDs is now about three years old, and we have struggled to put weight on him, and keep it on. We've tried almost everything (high quality dog foods, etc.). Our vet has not been able to find anything wrong with him, other than he is way too thin. We're assuming high metabolism, which...
  17. gallopingfrog

    Starter Question

    Awesome! Thanks ChickenCanoe! I went through everything last night and figured out what/how much I need to mix in. Now bring on the turkeys!
  18. gallopingfrog

    Starter Question

    Thanks for the replies! Yes, I asked for game bird feed as well. No luck. The people at our feed store (I despise this particular feed store, but its the only one for 80 miles) kept giving me this dumbfounded look when I was trying to explain that I needed 28% protein. They tried to sell me...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Hi all! I'm not sure anyone will even remember me - it's been quite a while since I was last on. Long story short, I left BYC because my Dad was refusing to help me build a chicken coop, and wouldn't let me build it myself because I'm a girl. Lovely, right? Well, I finally just went out and...
  20. gallopingfrog

    Starter Question

    Hi y'all! I haven't been on BYC in SO long. Mostly because I couldn't convince my Dad to help me build a chicken coop and because I'm a girl, he wouldn't allow me to do it on my own. I officially have 6 hens now (2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 White Leghorns, and 2 Black Australorps), that I just went...
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