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These are the testicles of a 6 month old Tom turkey. They are small and black. What’s wrong with them?

Have you checked the tightness of the wafers? I don't know have your incubator works but I know that if the wafers are not snug they will not work right. I'd check your settings too.

I started with a Hovabator and still have it and still use it. I have a turner and a fan. the temperature can be hard to get right but once you do, just keep it there. If the incubator gets too hot you can have problems. I had someone messing with the temperature while it was set in a nursing...

It's two weeks until I set some eggs. Is Activate Oxine good to clean the bottom parts of the incubator to get an extra clean incubator? I want to clean a Styrofoam incubator and a plastic incubator an R-Com. My hatch rates have gone down a little over the years so I think it's time for a good...

I'm betting they just have a big boat out in the ocean, international water, where they process the chickens. They do other commodities that way.

Can you just tell your neighbors what your plan is? Maybe they will put up with the crowing for a few more weeks.

I put my EcoGlow brooder and Heat Plate in the same tub with chicks. The chicks were only under the Heat Plate.

Baking soda, peroxide and a little dish soap gets rid of most smells. Another option is to use dishwasher pods or something without bleach. This is what we use to get rid of cow manure.

They all sound like wonderful ideas. I like #1 best but any should work.

Aren't they funny. They look dead or like something is wrong. It shocked me the first time I saw my chicks doing this and at times I still wonder if something is wrong.

If you look on the pest board you will find lots of info on raccoons and the damage they cause. It could be a skunk or a hawk too.

BTW, mine totally free range and I still end up with an occasional egg eater.

That looks like miniature golf. :lau

I use either Rooster Booster Pick No More or Blue Kote to cover the wound with something that covers the red color. Both of these smell bad to chickens so they do not pick on the wound.

I would move it to a brooder with food and water, and add a stuffed animal for it to snuggle with. Have a fun trip.

At 12 weeks they aren't that little anymore. I let mine out but they also have access to shelter at all times. Now if it was below freezing I would keep them in. Chickens have an oil gland by the tail that they use to oil themselves up so they shed water. As long as they are not swimming they...

The first week isn't bad but after the first week they start stinking pretty fast. I know of people who brood 100 chicks in their basement for 4 or so weeks. I've brooded some in my basement and will have some in there again next week but if the weather is nice they will go outside after that...

I wouldn't bother with leg bands. You will know, when the time comes, which ones you want to keep. The ones you want to keep will change from time to time. Congrats on the chicks.

As I sit here with my older adopted herding dog I understand what you are going through and question it too. My dog is a border collie so high energy. We often find him in his kennel in the basement not wanting to do his job. He is good at it but would rather not do it. I would rather have a...

That would sure take out that extra step of cartoning eggs back at the house.