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  1. amscrib

    Help! 3month old turkey with leg problem

    Could also be an issue with her Achilles' tendon slipping out of place? Not sure from your description, but there are some good diagrams if you google it. She might be too old for that issue though.
  2. amscrib

    Over mating rooster - hens with bloody heads

    The wound is really bad now. I've tried to keep her penned in with the younger pullets but she flies out. I think I'm going to have to set up a second coop for her this weekend. I suppose I can move her in there with a few of my "broody bitches" and solve a few problems at once!
  3. amscrib

    Over mating rooster - hens with bloody heads

    My blue orpington doesn't seem to have any damage to her back feathers at all...really it's just the back of her head. He's pulled out a bunch of feathers and it's bloody. I've separated her (actually put her in with my young pullets) and she seems very relieved and grateful for a break. I...
  4. amscrib

    Over mating rooster - hens with bloody heads

    Ok, I've heard of folks trying to mitigate over mating roosters by using saddles on the hens, but I'm not sure what to do about missing feathers/bleeding at the back of the hens' heads. I have 1 rooster and 19 hens (soon to be 26 when I introduce my young pullets to the coop) and only 1 or 2 of...
  5. amscrib

    Turkey Talk for 2014

    Awesome! Thanks Yinepu, I will start investigating! Does anyone really worry about coyotes and turkeys? I know they can fly pretty well and roost in trees but I'm sure a coyote could sneak up on one if it tried really hard. Any horror stories I should know about?
  6. amscrib

    Turkey Talk for 2014

    Hi Turkey Folk...Please let me know if this question has been answered before...I'm located near Denton, TX and am thinking of doing Thanksgiving turkeys this year for the first time. I'm very interested in the heritage breeds available and wondered if anyone had thoughts about which breeds...
  7. amscrib

    Moved to a new coop - Sleepy hen is SICK!

    Update on "sleepy chicken".....She is not just sleepy, she is sick. Now, when it gets too light out she tucks her head under her wing. No improvement in the last week. She stopped laying. She's no longer eating or drinking (much). She is now in a separate crate so she doesn't get picked on or...
  8. amscrib

    Moved to a new coop - Sleepy hen is SICK!

    Thanks! I'll let you know how she does...
  9. amscrib

    Moved to a new coop - Sleepy hen is SICK!

    Hi BYC folks! Last weekend my husband and I re located our existing chicken run to a new place in the pasture. All 5 hens are eating/pooping/drinking normally. 4 of them are laying (the EE chooses not to lay regularly during the winter). However, we noticed that our Brahma hen is really...
  10. amscrib

    Wattle injury? - What IS this??

    one of my co-workers today suggested that maybe she was impaled on whatever the "thing" was....
  11. amscrib

    Wattle injury? - What IS this??

    Yesterday I was rounding up the ladies when I noticed that my 1 yo Speckled Sussex had (what looked like) poo or mud on her wattle. I scooped her up and I found a 1.5" hard "thing" protruding out from her wattle on the top and down near the bottom where her wattle attaches to her neck. (In the...
  12. amscrib

    Wierd Laying Behavior

    Question Folks: I have a small backyard flock of 10. They free range during the afternoon (after work) but otherwise are confined to a fenced in/roofed run with a wooden coop inside of it. Oddly, all of my hens prefer to roost on top of the coop rather than on the roosting poles inside the...
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