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  1. Molpet

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I have kale in the garden starting to grow again... the deer are them off. Was below zero this year for a couple days
  2. Molpet

    What did you do in the garden today?

    :wee
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    Agressive Tom Turkey - What Should I Do?

    Typical from turkeys that have imprinted on people. I had 4 jakes I went through doing everything recommended as far as showing dominance. Feeding high protein worked the best so long as that was the only food. As soon as the mulberry or grass seed ripen the dominant would attack me. I ended...
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    PVC pipe cutter dispatch info and demonstration

    I'm a retired woman. I use a cut up kitty litter jug as a cone for chickens. I have a bought cone for turkeys. I use electric tape around the ankles so if they get away from me I have an easier time catching them again. I had a turkey get away this spring and he was able to kangaroo 40 ft before...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Same place as "cheap as chicken feed."
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    The weeds don't come up but the seeds land in the mulch and go down. Could you put posts/poles before filling?
  7. Molpet

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Most of My turkeys refuse the coop. Last Sunday I seen feathers and blood. Found a turkey jenny with a scab from eye to beak and blood on her chest feathers. I hemmed and hawwed for a couple hours about harvesting or see if she recover. I have had a couple turkeys that were injured and didn't...
  8. Molpet

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I have found mink heads and rabbit heads under trees that had owl pellets. Dog pointed out a headless rabbit in the top of hazelnut bushes, about 8 ft up... under a Black walnut
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    What day would a broody stop leaving the nest?

    Most of mine stay put the first 3 days and 3 days before hatching. Some of mine get off every day in between for 10 minutes to a couple hours. Some get off every 3 days. I let them do their own thing whenever possible. They have been hatching eggs for thousands of years. I do mark and remove...
  10. Molpet

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I would have to move :sick :eek: :hit
  11. Molpet

    What did you do in the garden today?

    The only rabbit tracks I see is up by the house and in the poultry yard. There's several that don't run from me. Also found a bit of fur and a bunch of intestines in the middle of the driveway early morning, so I figured owl.
  12. Molpet

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    😂 Eugenics has fallen out of favor. As has royalty marrying royalty. .. still for politics in some countries.
  13. Molpet

    Illinois...

    Happy St Patrick's Day I am starting to get turkey eggs.
  14. Molpet

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Breeders should be healthiest birds available. ..if birds are livestock, it's common to cull problems so it's not passed on.
  15. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Found a 3rd today in a crate good mama had been in yesterday.
  16. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Found 2 more today with the first
  17. Molpet

    Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bycs-random-funny-posting-thread-hosts-mike-sally.1127873/post-27583246
  18. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I have one , Good Mama, turkey hen that loves her chicks more than the poults. She stays with the chickens year round. Her eggs don't seem to hatch well. I seen her getting mounted by a tom 2x this year but neither were successful. . I have another that ignores what hatched until she isn't...
  19. Molpet

    I don't know if I can do this...

    :ya Glad it went better. The first one is the hardest. Actually the first one every year is hard for me..... so I overwinter a couple extra jakes for Easter and when they start fighting it is much easier 😂
  20. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Yes One chick is hard to raise by itself. But there can be issues later because of the imprinting
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