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I know some of this has been covered in other threads but, my turkey hen is 4 years old she has been the only turkey here for 3 years when her sister disappeared. She has been living with my chickens and roosters. I recently found her sister has been living just down the road with a tom and...

I was wondering if this is normal. I got a barred rock pullet at 3 months from a chicken swap, it was in Sept and very cold and wet outside so I didn't put her out with my bantys right away and I kept her in the house for a few weeks, then had her in a cage inside the coop/run and brought her...

I have been trying to figure out which predator has killed 2 of my birds, I live in BC on Vancouver Island, my birds have been free ranging for 4 years, they have lots of cover and since I put up the electric fence the mink and coons have not been in. My rooster John Wayne didn;t come into the...

I have a 5 year old black Silkie Roo who is acting lethargic, walks slowly, not steady on his feet and has lost weight. He lives in a pen with all banty girls and is still eating. I have him in the house now because it is very wet and cold outside (they are under cover out of the rain) and he...

I wonder if anyone has any ideas for me, I have a little serama roo that I hatched out about 1 1/2 years ago his 2 sister and a couple of his brothers all died within the first year of a respiratory problem when their combs turn dark purple and they couldn't breath properly, all I have left is...

I thought I would post this funny little story about my pety Turkey she is a Standard BronzeX Narragansett and she is about 3 years old now. She is the only one I have left and she lives with my chickens and Runner Ducks. Last summer she started a funny habit of coming out of her coop in the...

I have spent the last 2 hours reading all the posts on treating birds with Ivermectin and I think I have things straight but maybe some of you could confirm 1. Dont eat the eggs for 2 weeks, although it seems some people have with no ill effects. 2. Dont feed the eggs back to the chickens, as...

I just got a Tom Standard Bronze who is approx.2 years old, he came from other turkeys and chickens, and I have 16 hens and 2 roosters he free runs with. The first 2 days he was (I think) going around calling for some other turkeys, but now he seems to have settled but I was still thinking...

I have 2 new ameracana pullets (about 6 months) they refuse to go into their coop at night and insist on perching in a bush I have in the front yard. It has now been over 3 weeks! Every night I crawl up the bush and take them to their coop. At first I thought they didnt like the coop because...

We have mink around here and I am getting a turkey as a pet tomorrow, I am going to try and get him to sleep in the enclosed pen but the coop has too many chickens in it so he will be sleeping outside the coop. I just wonder if he is in as much danger as the chickens are if a mink gets in.

I just got a Male Lady Amherst this past weekend and he is with some of my smaller chickens right now and there are some 12 wk ringneck chicks for sale in the area. So my question is can I get a female ringneck chick for company for him or are the breeds too different. Thanks for any info. I...

I have 3 mile fluers and 2 banty mix hens that are all laying on top of each other in 1 nest, I dont know how many eggs are under them all together, but there is at least 12. This is my first time with chickens going broody ( I guess I should not have just let them do what they wanted!) Anyway...

I have 3 indian runner ducklings (girls) that are just about 5 weeks old, they are in an outside coop now and can go outside only when I am there. There is still a heat lamp on in the corner if they need it, they are run around and chirp/quack at me and take food from me and are very happy and...

I have a sebright hen with a droopy wing and her foot is unstable, she was hanging out with some big boys and I think they hurt her. She is in the house and eating and drinking and chirping but I cant seem to keep a wrap on her, I have tried vet wrap and cotton guaze and she wiggles her way...

I am very new to this chicken world and am loving it. I have 2 young white bearded silkie roosters that are getting pretty frisky and yesterday I put my silver sebright rooster and hen in with them(because my standard polish was picking on the hen) everything was fine for most of the day and...