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  1. Old McDonald 27

    my 8 wk old Royal palms...pics and questions

    Unless its just theway you took the picture.. the turkey on the left looks like it has less feathers on its neck I think that it is the angle of the pick...they both seem to have about the same. That is their RIR buddy in the pic with them. She is 1 day older than them. Your little one looks to...
  2. Old McDonald 27

    my 8 wk old Royal palms...pics and questions

    Hi everyone. These are my only 2 surviving royal palm poults. they will be 8 weeks old on monday. They only have a little bit of black showing on their wings and a bit on their backs. Is that normal? Also do you guys think hen or tom??? They both have feathers on back of their necks and I have...
  3. Old McDonald 27

    How much should I sell them for?

    I think that for the royal palms it will also be according to how common they are in your area. There aren't many in my area. I saw a pair listed for $100 on the tractor supply bulletin board the other day and when I called they were already sold. I had to search for quite a while before I found...
  4. Old McDonald 27

    candling turkey eggs???

    I'm just using a little flashlight that I keep beside the bed in case of power outages. I really hope they are developing! My hen already hatched 1 clutch in the spring and only 2 poults have survived (I have the poults in a small 8x8 indoor coop) so I raided her nest this time and thought I...
  5. Old McDonald 27

    candling turkey eggs???

    My royal palm eggs have been in the incubator for 19 days. What should they look like when I candle them?? I candled them tonight (ok I stuck a flashlight to the small end of them in a dark room ) and all I could see was that they looked clear toward the bottom and had a really dark blob at the...
  6. Old McDonald 27

    Coyote took my RIR...

    My dad lives on a 40acre farm at the end of a mile long dirt road. His pasture is cleared, but completely surrounded by woods. Over the last 20 years or so he has lost birds here and there,but this year the predators have gotten bold. He coops his chickens at night and free ranges in the day. He...
  7. Old McDonald 27

    Dog Suggestions

    I think a great pyr is the way to go. Mine is with my goats and turkeys, but she does great with the chickens and rabbits too. That being said, I agree with most breeds it is in how you train them. My English Springer Spaniel (a bird dog) is great with my chickens. Of course that could be...
  8. Old McDonald 27

    Humidity in the bator......

    I put a wet dish towel in there and that has brought the humidity up to about 45-50% so that is alot better. They have only been in for about 4 days, is that too early to candle??? She sat on them off and on for 2 days before I got them.... That is how I finally found the nest. I could see about...
  9. Old McDonald 27

    Humidity in the bator......

    how early can I candle? They have only been in there for a couple of days.
  10. Old McDonald 27

    Humidity in the bator......

    Well my royal palm hen started laying again and i FINALLY found her nest. I took 6 eggs and went ahead and started them in the bator since I don't know how old they are. It is a really old metal incubator and this is my first time trying to hatch turkeys ( I let her hatch them last time) I put a...
  11. Old McDonald 27

    chirping

    It's hard to describe what I am talking about. It is kind of a high pitched chirp noise. My hen is the only one that does it....the tom never does. I am probably just wishfull thinking that it is a hen and my ears are playing tricks on me.... With my luck I probably have all toms!
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    chirping

    HI! My royal palm babies are about 5-6 weeks old now(need to check the calender!) I have noticed that one of them is "hen chirping" Does that mean that it is a hen or is it just a phase they go thru???
  13. Old McDonald 27

    What kind of hen???

    Quote: Her color is alot like the brabanters!!! I just wish she had that crazy mohawk!!!
  14. Old McDonald 27

    What kind of hen???

    Quote: The other GLW that I got is beautiful.... but looks nothing like this one. She's a totally diff. color and the comb on this one is wrong? She may be a mix??? I'm not sure if this is one he bought or one he hatched. She was just so pretty that I couldn't turn her down! He has about 6 or...
  15. Old McDonald 27

    What kind of hen???

    Hi everyone! My favorite uncle has been diagnosed with lung cancer and is about to start chemo. So he is thinning his flock and told me he would sell me 1 yr old hens for $8 each. I went yesterday and got my new girls this is what I got... 4 buff orps for my mom 1 black australorp 1 RIR 1 gold...
  16. Old McDonald 27

    egg question???

    My royal palm hen hatched her poults 2 weeks ago. She wasn't a very good mom so I took the poults and moved her back with the tom. I noticed today that she was presenting to him and he was topping her. Is she really going to start laying again this soon???? This time when she lays I'm gonna take...
  17. Old McDonald 27

    Very mad. Need an answer - PHEASANTS KILLED A CAT!!!

    I would just like to say that while all of my animals are in secure pens, if I want to let MY chickens free range in MY yard I'm gonna do it. If someone elses "pet" comes into my yard and threatens what is MINE I'm gonna shoot it with MY .22 Cudos to the OP you went above and beyond with all...
  18. Old McDonald 27

    How do I train my dogs to be chicken friendly?

    I have a giant red rooster that took care of training my dogs. My springer spaniel (who weighs about 50lbs) decided one day that he wanted to sniff one of my hens. He didn't even get close before Red was on his head. The other dogs witnessed this and now they all give the chickens plenty of...
  19. Old McDonald 27

    What turkey is best for me?

    I'm definitely not a turkey expert, but my royal palms are very friendly!
  20. Old McDonald 27

    What kind of rooster do I have????

    Willie looks just like that....well minus the speckles and tall tail feathers!!!! But very very close!
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