Any animal that can and would hurt/kill another animal even if trained should never be left alone with each other after all they are just animals I have a Chihuahua weighting in at 4.5 lbs. had a chicken pinned to the ground and the chicken was bigger then him
The day light is getting shorter they usually need around 14 hours if day light we have them extra day light in the AM so we wouldn't mess with teir returning home to roost it did make a difference
I had a hen did the same thing with no eggs (I kept taking them) she sat 5weeks till I said enough I put her out and closed the door and I have to tell you she wasn't happy do when they don't leave the nest even when its empty yea they are broody
Little fuzzy too bad you dont live close to me my neighbors two cats just had 15 kittens between them the moms were good hunters and of course they couldn't have them at his house oh no they had them right where we cleaning out the woods had to put the job on hold 6 weeks
I understand your reasoning since my husband and son and son-in-law are named Ralph...it must be the name I keep telling myself that it got to be the name ...LOL
Oh ye of little faith in old wives tales told you I was finding j shaped poop so if you didn't hear I have absolute prove that I have not only one palm tom I have two they both gobbled and I witnessed it
Yippy yea coyote......just got confirmation that I not only have one tom I have two like you said only toms gobble had strangers to the birds today and they all got nervous one is thirteen weeks and one is ten weeks I am going to celebrate.......and my fingers are crossed that everyone who is in...
My two BBW are toms and I find j shaped poop everywhere and with the young poults I have been finding j shaped and curly q I keep trying to watch who gives what but of course you don't always get what you want
Thanks fiestychick did you ever hear of being able to tell gender by the shape of their poop I heard tom was in a shape if a J and a hen in the shape of a curly q ...I agree jophus beautiful birds
My turkeys are 12 weeks and one is 9 weeks and I do remember that hens can have beards too that why I haven't named any of them yet this is the one I'm watching it was 8 weeks old
Thanks for asking fiestychick actually im more confident that I have at least one tom I have been watching the one and I made it let me touch it and I found a beard just starting to grow and I have been seeing the poop in a j shape so I still hope.
Nice pictures duluthralphie it's hard to not make them pets but I just have to remember what I got them for ....my young ones are really growing these will be pets..
Countrygirl here the poult I have been watching has a noodle a nice size wattle and last weekend I found a beard and two days ago while installing a new shed near the turkey pen the big toms were displaying and so was the one I am watching so I am hoping that I will soon be able to give it a...
I had a morkie (half yorkie half maltese) that would chase the chickens so instead of fighting it I taught him to herd them to the run but he knew that he wasn't allowed to enter the run he would only do it when I said ok lets round up the chickens I think he thought it was his job and it made...