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Very very very important to get turkey starter or gamebird- it has higher protein @30% I think. I saw the devastating result on turkey poults with the wrong balance of nutrients at a farm that I worked at 3 years ago- unfortunately I wasn't with the livestock but in the dairy kitchen or I would...

I'm all about bribery :) So I would have treats like cut up grapes or a bucket of feed to shake and entice them back...eventually it was easy to get them back in. We had too many predators for me to leave them out while I was at work so I would only do this when I knew I was going to be at home...

She's sooo pretty! I do have a few questions. What was your brother doing before she bit him? When she bites what's the rest of her body showing you? Are her ears back, does she hiss or growl?

Anybody in the Portland area missing a hen??! She was arrested yesterday! http://katu.com/news/local/free-range-chicken-officer-picks-up-hitchhiking-hen-in-patrol-car

I thought too that would be a good idea but it's been awhile since I've been on here and was having difficulty navigating. I couldn't find!!

http://katu.com/news/local/free-range-chicken-officer-picks-up-hitchhiking-hen-in-patrol-car

Awww congratulations!! 8 out of 11 is a really really good hatch, she should be so proud of herself! I'd leave the egg in the incubator until tomorrow and if it hasn't hatched by then well...eight is enough :) :) I say just give the egg that long at most because if doesn't hatch by then it's a...

Awesome digs! Good luck with your pastured turkey project, - sounds like with your research, thoughtfulness and hard work you're gonna do great!

Ahh broad breasted...huh. I have read threads on here from people really knowledgeably helping them live much longer and even be mobile much longer than usually considered possible. I hope you hear from somebody that has experience with this...but her symptoms do sound like what the poults that...

Oh no! Can I ask why the low protein feed? Turkeys totally fell into my lap so even two years in, I have so much to learn. I work at a farm down the road where they make their own feed and devastatingly their poults weren't getting enough protein from it. They first lost the use of their legs...

I'm so sorry :) I hate that stance, When I do my daily a.m. flock check to see how everybody fared the night I'm really looking to make sure everybody's eating and if any birds are standing like this :/ I've seen it twice and both times I lost them. Mine both had wheezy breathing along with the...

My hens don't lay in nest boxes. During breeding season they find a place they feel comfortably hidden and start building a nest. They lay an egg daily to build a clutch (a group of eggs) of about 15 to 20 eggs, and then set on them. I made little caves in the mesquite and only one hen found...

I'm sorry she did't make it :( but wow are you amazing to care so much! I hope lots more turkeys animals humans fall under your great care.

I free range some of my turkeys (don't have all the toms out together because they fight so much!!) but am sure to bring them in at night. They aren't quite as awesome at it as the chickens :) but do round themselves up and start hovering around the gate around 430 each night for feed and herd...

Oh I'm so sorry! :( It sounds like coyotes. This may be cold comfort but it sounds like she was eaten for food, a purposeful death- on this website I've read about owners losing birds to predators like skunks that remove their heads but don't eat them or dogs that kill for sport but again don't...

OH congratulations, that's awesome! I'm going to give you conflicting advice from the poster above so I'm sorry! but I really really encourage you to leave them with the mamas. In my experience I LOVE letting the hen/s do all the work for me and I love getting to see the mamas with their...

I'm so sorry :( I lost a hen last year because she too insisted on building her nest outside the fence line. In my case there was a trail of feathers for about a quarter of a mile and then a def. kill sight. with the majority of feathers and some blood splash. I'm pretty sure coyotes were to...

I'd suggest something smaller than the 2" by 4" wire at least at the bottom half or so to be safer, I think a poult or at least a poult's head can fit through. Maybe I'm misunderstanding ? your plan but if you move their breeding pens or broody pens how is the hen going to build up a clutch...

Thanks for the update! I hope as your poult continues to grow and you continue with vitamins that the neck will straighten out. That is one lucky turkey to have someone like you tending to him and taking such care! My little one-eyed hen (her blindness makes her twist her head neck/head to see)...

A quick search on here (I have sooo much to learn so just I"m writing as support not as an authority!) but it seems you don't have to worry for the rest of your flock because more than likely it's either hereditary or a vitamin deficiency...