Hi, I got 18 toms this year as meat birds for christmas. Weve kept chickens but this is first year with turkeys and ive totally loved every minute! Thing is, as we got them as day old poults it turns out one of them is a hen. They are as far as I know the most common white turkey you can get, im...
Hi all, I was just looking for some advice with regards to letting chicks in with a cockerel. We have 11 4wk old chicks which were hatched naturally with a broody and have been out in a small run with her since 2days old (their locked in a dog kennel at night) thankfully there seem to be all...
Hi Chickn thanx for your reply, Im not 100% but think he damaged it fighting with another cockerel, also I think its shattered as can feel lots of little lumps which im guessing are bones at the area next to his body were he seems in discomfort. He is in a small run at the moment with 1 hen she...
Hi all im new here and was hoping for some help. I have a cockerel who I think may have a shattered wing having felt it, it feels as if it is shattered next to where it is joined to his body. He is eating, drinking and cleaning himself and also showing interest in the hens. However he...