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Hi, one of our adolescent turkeys was fine last night, but off the perch this morning and is now having seizures. I have been searching, but have not been able to find out what these symptoms mean. This is the 3rd turkey we have lost this way in the last couple months. It comes out of the...

Isn't that horrible? I have done stupid things like that. The great thing is that you will warn others and never make that mistake again! The death of animals in your charge is a strong teacher, I know. Don't beat yourself up over it. We have all been there and done something like that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9KWUxy550 This is a You tube video we just made of our first homegrown turkeys. We have about 25 in the incubator and a broody mom is sitting on about 25 more (plus a few chicken eggs). I am looking forward to thanksgiving sales! Take care, Lee...

WOW! What kind of chicken is that? And how is his tail so long and white in the real world of a farm???? Take care, Lee www.wildgrovehomestead.com

Hi, here is an array of eggs laid one afternoon by our beautiful girls. Take care, Lee www.wildgrovehomestead.com

Hi, I just had to post about a mistake I made yesterday that I am kicking myself about. We just moved our 6 week old babies from a very crowded closet in our house to the lovely pen in our barn. They are LOVING it! But the weather here in Wisconsin has been so freaky. From 85 and sunny to...

Hi, just an update on Martha, the chicken that "got away". We found her later the night of the attack. She had a bloody beak, lost a lot of feathers and it looked like road rash on her back, lost most of her tail feathers and had two nasty puncture wounds on her underside. I thought for...

Tara--thanks so much--your timing couldn't have been better. It has been so cold for way too long and we couldn't bury the chickens in the frozen ground. So we planned to cremate them the other night. Instead we did all we could just to shovel ourselves out from all the snow. But...

So sorry about this horrifying event. We just went through a similar situation. But also thankful you have the peace of mind knowing what/who did it. And can monitor things--having good relationship with this particular neighbor. I hope things go well with your neighbor. Keep us updated...

Hmmmm. I have 2 boys and a dh. Marking the perimeter.....Do you know how deliriously happy my boys would be if I actually gave them permission--NAY--told them it was their DUTY to pee outside?!!--Protecting the place from predators?????!!! That's definitely a win-win idea!:-)) Take care, Lee

Isn't that weird about dogs? You just never know. We had 2 dogs--A chocolate lab and we kept one of her puppies--a black lab. The Chocolate lab just roams with the chickens--they actually walk over her and hang with her when she lies down to chew on bones in the middle of a field. The black...

Update on the search for the roaming killer dogs: The dogs we got a lead on were Springer Spaniels, not English Pointers, but they told us someone down the road from us had German Pointers. We met up with them and saw that they were not the dogs who slaughtered our chickens. He did say that...

Oh, I understand that horrid feeing you are feeling. And the guilt. Funny how the darling ones become pets so unexpectedly, isn't it? When we first got chickens, we understood about predators and prepared in all the obvious ways for them, but you really never think about if tragedy actually...

Well, we have a lead on who the owners of the dogs might be. The deputy is supposed to contact them and get back to me this afternoon. I will keep you all updated. Take care, Lee

Hi again, A couple of things--when we find the owners of the dogs, the deputy said they will be given an "animal at large" ticket--a fine of about $260. I asked if they would get two--one for each dog, but no--they will only get one. Secondly--we have a beautiful brown 15 year old chocolate...

Thanks so much for all the replies. SSS is my dh's solution if they come by again. Shotgun's at the front door. And, as mentioned, it is almost more troubling to have someone's bored family pets terrorize your flock than a natural predator just because I always had coyotes, raccoons, etc in...

Hi, I have been reading all the archives on dog attacks and I am now horrified that I can sympathize 1st hand. Our attack took place this afternoon in bright sunshine while we were all in the house. We heard the commotion and ran out screaming at the 2 dogs. They ran off and now we are...

Where in WI are you located? We are in Sheboygan County. Take care, Lee

Hi fellow Wisconsinite! Brand new to this forum. We are in the Town of Herman, just North of Howard's Grove in Sheboygan county. Take care, Lee