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No bullseye. We’ve successfully hatched chickens before, but for some reason the turkeys just won’t have it. One hen is currently brooding another 20 eggs, but with the first 44 eggs being infertile I feel like she is sitting for nothing. I don’t know what to do. I really feel the hens would...

I have 4 hens and 1 Tom. They are about 1 year old. I’ve seen the Tom mate a few times with the hens, however the 44 eggs I collected and incubated were all infertile. I’m wondering if it’s because my Tom is still too young (technically he’s still a Jake) or if it’s because we have a large...

Thanks drumstick. It's been a lot of fun, a great learning experience, and lots of hard work!! In the long run, it's worth it. I love my animals and the farm has become a refuge for us after a long day in corporate America. We look forward to one day opening up our small farm to visitors, but...

Thanks CT I'll look into it. :)

Rockafeather my Delaware rooster.

Our Lakenvelder named Hawkbait. :p

Ouch! I already have 3 roosters. Two 1 year olds and one that's 2 years old. We sadly plan to cull two roosters. One because he's annoying as heck (lakenvelder) and the other because he's too heavy a breed for my hens (Delaware). We are keeping our 2 yr old for breeding (speckled Sussex). We...

Haha love that picture! I only meant to have 6 chickens tops when I started... 47 birds later... Now, I can't wait to raise more next year! We have some Easter egger eggs we want to try and hatch to see if we can get some olive eggers out of it and we want to expand the duck and turkey flocks...

They love meal worms. I also give them grapes and cherry tomatoes. Lettuce, cucumber, and pepper seeds. I spoil them while I make dinner. Lol

I started raising chickens 2 yrs ago. I've been reading these forums since then but never posted until now, so I figured it was time to say hello. I'm Wendy. I co-run a small farm we built from the ground up called Four Acre Farms in Norfolk MA. Currently we have a very diverse chicken flock...

Thanks! I was going to be an intro yesterday but got side tracked.

Hi MW I had taken vacation time the week the poults came home from the hatchery. Pen construction was at a halt due to a late snow then rains. We kept the poults inside the house out of necessity. I didn't pick them up too often but at least once a day at first. After the first week they...

When we first got them, they arrived with ducks. At first we kept them together until we realized how messy the ducks were. The first few nights after separating them, the turkeys kept making lost turkey calls. They missed the ducks. One turkey even flew over to be with them. We moved the turkey...

Full strut complete with spitting. It's so cute to watch him.

We had some time to play outside. At first I put them in a large pen to play in their own, but they kept making lost turkey calls until I came back. We then took them for a short walk. I'm a nervous momma. I was afraid they'd run off like the chicks but sure enough they stayed with me the entire...

Thanks. I'm not afraid of my birds. I have one rooster than likes to test the limits with me, but I'm not afraid of him and I show him who's boss. I like my other two roosters being skidding around me, but the rooster that likes to test the waters with me I pick up and basically harras until he...

I need some advice. I have 5 poults I purchased from a hatchey as part of a barnyard pack (unsure of the breeds). They are about 6 weeks old and very friendly. I've hand raised them and When I go to their pen they run over all excited. Probably because I spoil them with treats. They allow me to...