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My wife heard a loud bang/crash out in the combination barn/equipment storage building this morning (8:30 ish) - and saw one of my turkeys fly through the screen window - the one that went through the window is fine - but I found another one dead on the cement floor - still hot (floor is cement...

I have some Beltsville Small White poults that are about 10 weeks old now (born 6/15). I'm just coming to the end of a bag of starter and am wondering when to switch them to regular turkey food. I know I'm not there yet, but just trying to figure out how much food to buy. I'm also wondering if...

I've been keeping chickens and ducks and geese for quite a while. Turkeys are a new thing to me though. Last night I had 8 Beltsville Small White turkey poults hatch out (and I think there's one more coming today - egg has pipped). I've got the 8 out of the incubator and into the brooder under...

My Spitzhauben are back laying again - the line is originally of Cackle stock, but I've done a lot of work improving them. Current flock is 2 roosters and 8 hens - eggs will be an assortment from the group. Spitzhauben eggs are $3 each, or $35/dozen. Runner Duck eggs are $2.50 each or...

I have a dog that spends a lot of time out with the poultry - he's a border collie mix, so not real big (40lbs). I'd like to build him a doghouse in the yard so he has 'his own' spot and some reliable shade - I'm just worried that if I just build a doghouse, the geese will take it from him (he's...

I have 4 extra Spitz cockerels, all about 10-12 weeks old. Given the state of the breed, and the poor quality of birds generally available, I try to rehome any that look like they might have some potential - I'd rather these go to someone interested in the breed than go to the stew pot. These...

I'm using a nice lab/medical grade cabinet incubator this year - and it's been fantastic about temperature stability all throughout the process - it's pretty much impossible to keep the humidity up though - it basically sucks fresh air in the bottom and exhausts out the top. I'm running a pretty...

I have several extra silver spangled Appenzaller Spitzhauben roosters - they are around 14 weeks old. I ordered 16 chicks the first week of june and ended up with 12 roosters. Some of these are very close to breed standard, and I'd like to avoid processing those birds. I will not ship. Local...

I bought a bunch of straight run Appenzaller Spitzhauben chicks in June (13 weeks now), and ended up with 12 cockerels, and 4 pullets. If you don't know what the breed is, just think Polish, similar body size and shape. The cockerels are a bit over 3lbs at this point. Anyways, the coop is big...