no small cuts around the eye, the pus seems to be mainly in the corner of his eye
just using warm water to clean it, then putting antibiotic cream all around the eye
My tom keeps getting pus in his eye that I have to keep cleaned out every day or so. It also builds up a creamy goo in the skin fold over that eye. Only one eye is affected & he seems healthy....eating fine, chasing the ladies like is supposed too....
any thoughts on why this is happening?
I have a blue copper marans hen that is in the coop with a birchen marans roo & a blue copper marans roo. the bcm roo was hatched at the same time as her & they have been together every since. the bm roo is the boss of the coop. so I'm not sure who is the father of the two chicks that have...
two of my three turkey hens have stopped laying & the third one is still laying, but gone broody.
is it normal for the two hens to have stopped laying? they have been laying for about a month and a half....
the broody hen I've marked two eggs to leave her & collect just the one egg she lays...
nope....feeding them 22% nutrena gamebird feed & putting a liquid b-12 supplement in their water....
I brought these home in a cardboard box about a week ago, and they all have been looking fine until yesterday when I noticed this one keets wings....
I think it will eventually turn out...
no, I've had keets once or twice before, but this is the first time I've seen it in keets that little....but, I have seen something similar in keets about a month or two old that had droopy wings....that bird could not fly to well, & I think it eventually got normal....
do I store my turkey eggs the same way? point end down, elevate one end & rotate it three times a day? will they keep 7-10 before they need to be incubated?
thanks....
I have three turkey hens and am getting 2 or 3 eggs a day.
I have noticed that the eggs vary in size, one what I would consider a normal sized turkey egg, 103g, then one a little smaller, 83g & one about the size of a duck egg, weighing 71g, and was wondering why there was such a variance in size.
oh, happy day....the hen layed it up on the platform where I feed the guineas & turkeys....real easy to find & safe from anything stepping on it or eating it....
owls are a concern, there seem to be a lot around, but I haven't seen or heard many hawks....my thirteen guineas I have free ranging my property have managed to dodge aerial assaults successfully, knock on wood....they sleep in a large hazelnut tree about 8 ft from the back of my house....I can...
I'm planning on running a small cable across where the fold is to give it some more strength....there are a lot of branches overhead from a great big sycamore tree that's growing about 5 feet outside the pen on one side and a mimosa tree about a foot away on the other side....here soon, that pen...
california hatchery....I'll be getting some more....
I don't feel 100% good with the setup I have & and always looking for input on ways to improve things which is one of the reasons I enjoy this site and all the knowledgeable people on it....
with 6 dogs in the yard I don't have to worry to much about predators....in the 7 years I've lived here & had animals, I have only lost one animal to a suspected predator attack....I have to worry about a couple of my dogs more then predators....the turkeys, and soon the ducks, will free range...
I thought the over hang should be good enough if I pile up a bunch of hay for them nest in, but for now they are coming in at night still....there is also a big open front shed right next to the pen....I feed the turkeys & guineas on a platform in there....
update....ducklings about 7 weeks old & getting bigger fast....
outside pen completed....still undecided about putting a top on the pen....might be needed to keep the goat out....branches overhead, plus half the pen is covered....
pictures don't show the whole pen, will get some posted...