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My first hatch is wrapping up as we speak 21/30 sweet fluffy chicks. I am impressed with my first hatch percentage, but about 8/21 hatched through the narrow end of the egg. They did fine I didn't help them, but they definitely took longer to hatch. I have a hovabator genisis with a...

That mystery turkey looks like a Chocolate. Which is a rare heritage turkey breed that is known for being very sweet.

Found some chocolate poults today. Are they any good for meat? I like that they are natural breeders and good layers, but what about meat?

Have any of you guys raised chocolate turkeys? Are they good for meat? I like that they are a natural breeding turkey that Lay frequently, but I am hoping for a good dual purpose turkey.

Our Rhode Island Red rooster has bumble foot. We got a descent sized kernel out, but how do we know if we got it all? It's been 36 hours and his foot is still swollen and feels warmer than the other foot. I just rewrapped it, should I open it back up and see if I can get more or just let it...

So as my previous post said we did bumble foot surgery got a kernel out, but I am guessing we didn't get it all because his foot is still swollen and now it is warmer than the other leg. Should we go deeper and see if there is more or should I give it a few more days it's been 36 hours since...

We just finished the surgery on our Rhode Island Red rooster. We got a descent sized nugget out, but how do we know if we got it all?

We just finished the surgery on our Rhode Island Red rooster. We got a descent sized nugget out, but how do we know if we got it all?

My Rhode Island Red rooster had obvious bumble foot. We cut out the scab and got a descent size nugget out, but how do we know if we got it all out. We worked at it and squeeze for about 45 mins nothing more seemed to be coming so we wrapped his foot and put him in a dog create for the night...

All my 1 1/2 year old hens (10 of them) molted this year. It did look like a pillow fight happen you're right. My husband asked me if I ran over a chiclet with the lawn mower. Anyways all their feathers are beautiful again. I increased their protein by giving them "feather fixer" 18%...

Well the pullets and Roos have been together since they were hatched with no problems so I am guess it was the older ladies.

Has anyone else had their hens kill a young rooster? I put my young pullets and 3 roosters(12weeks) in with my 6 months to 1 1/2 year hens last night. Everything seemed to be going well last night and all morning so I went to work. When I got home one of the Wyandotte rooster was dead in the...

Radom feed store chicks. 15 pullets and 5 straight run. What kind are the blue/grey? The white roo? The red/brown ? I know there are some bar rocks, ee's, a golden laced Wyandotte pullet, a silver laced Wyandotte roo and I think a black australorp (unsure of sex).

Yes there were 4 ee's, a silver laced wyndotte rooster, a golden laced wyndotte pullet, 2 bar rocks (but kind of look like my cuckoo marans), one black austalorp (I think and I can't tell if pullet or rooster), the red/ brown ones have all yellow legs no dark lines on them. There are 5 pullets...

Can anybody tell me what kind the grey, white, or brown chickens are. They are from a feed store. I gave always bought from hatcheries and known what I was getting. But I can't figure these out?

I have a free range flock 20-30 hens of all sorts of breeds and ages. 10 days ago I purchased 8 pullets around 16 weeks (all seemed health). This was my first time to purchase pullets and not day old hatchery chicks. Every year I order a few chicks do to a small loss being free range. This...

Upon further inspection. I notices a bit of dried blood around her left nostril. I did get her to take 10 cc of watered down kefir from a syringe. She still seems strong. There was also fox last night trying to get into the coop. The chickens were going crazy. I really wonder if she fell...

I looked that up. I did give them medicated chick food for their first 8 weeks then switched to regular starter grower. I know at 8 weeks you aren't out of the woods for coccidosis, but that the chances reduce. At 9 weeks they went out side with the big girls. There are 13 pullets at 12...

Went out to the coop this morning to let the ladies and girls out to free range like they do every day from sun up to sun down. One of my 12 week old EE pullets didnt fly or run out like the rest of them. She just stood there with her eyes closed. I picked her up which made her squawk and...

I have 3 EE's that are 28 weeks their combs are still tiny and pale and still no eggs. My other 8 chickens (various breeds) all started around 20-23. Is this normal for them to mature so slowly? They are beautiful and seem very heathy, but just to eggs.