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Just found this thread...............I too have an agressive Tom (BR) and he just started one day to fly at me and flog. A friend of mine said to go in his pen with an umbrella and open it quickly pointing it at him as he approaches. I thought she was crazy but............IT WORKED! Worked so...

We bought feed for our poults at Tractor Supply and reduced the protein gradually till they now eat the same feed as the chickens. We are also trying to raise to breed not just eat.

6 month old tom turkeys got rained on and the weather turned cold 35 degrees. They had shelter but, since we are in Texas they had not seen rain much before. Now their usually pretty blue head with red beards and normal colored snoods are black,grey and one's snood is grey with a red...

My hen stated laying a couple of weeks ago too! I thought it was an odd shaped hen egg that had rolled under the fence. So far she is laying one a day for the last 10 days. I left them in the nest but, I don't know if they are fertile or not. Haven't seen any evidence of 'breeding'. I would love...

Thank you for the warm welcomes! I will have lots of questions when I figure all this out. LOL!

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? No had them for some time, just getting started with guinea and turkeys. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 30 chickens, 5 guinea, three turkeys and one pheasant. (3) What breeds do you have? All kinds of chickens...