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I just bought a pair of year old turkeys that have been free ranges all their lives but I have them in a run for now while they get used to me. I’ve been feeding them a mixture of hen scratch(milo,cracked corn, etc), layer pellets, and even sweet feed, but it doesn’t seem like they care much for...

so I just bought a pair of adult bronze turkeys a couple of days ago and have them in a medium-sized holding pen until I get there big run finished. I knew that the hen would start laying soon, but I went out today and found an egg in the middle of the pen. I had a nesting area in the pen for...

So I live in Louisiana and the humidity has been terrible so far this summer. I've got eggs in the incubator that are on day 8 but I can't get my humidity down. I've got rice in with them. I've put card board in with them. And they are in an air conditioned shed. I was able to hatch 18 of 22...

This is one of my 6 week old pullets. I noticed a week ago that her left eye was bleeding so I isolated her and started her in tetracycline. I also started putting antibiotic ointment on her eye. It's not really getting worse but it's not getting better. I can't keep her from scratching at it...

What do you think? I've had her in isolation for a week and I'm giving her antibiotics and putting triple antibiotic ointment on the eye. I just can't keep her from clawing at it. I've had 2 littles die in the lady 4 days and another acting sick. I'm afraid I might have some issues.

I bred my RIR over all my hens, and I am having trouble figuring out which chicks came from which eggs. I do know that one of the black chicks came from one of the leghorn eggs. Is this possible?

Just hatched out my first bitties. I put in 22 eggs and got 18 chicks. Feel pretty good about it.

So I had a chick die the other day so I've been trying to figure out what happened. On farther inspection of my other chicks, I found lice all over them. What can I do? I feel like I need to do it fast. I've got 2 dozen eggs hatching this weekend and don't want my new chicks to get them. Any...

I'm in the process of finishing up my first hatch in an incubator. I'm on day 16, so I'm getting close to lockdown. Is it ok to leave them in the egg turner with it off or do I need to take the turner out? Also, my eggs are upright with the big part of the egg facing up. If I take the egg turner...

I live in Louisiana and am having trouble with my humidity in my incubator. There isn't any water in it and it's still hovering around 50%. Is that too high for the first 18 days?

Alright guys, wish me luck! It's my first time hatching! I'm already super anxious. Will have to practice patience extra hard for the next 3 weeks. All of the eggs came from my flock except for the 3 Americauna eggs you see there. Super pumped!

Is there a way to tell if the eggs are viable before they get out in the incubator?

So I got this chick from a lady the other day who said she does all of the sexing herself. She is 100% sure I've got a pullet. I know, red flag. Last year I bought 4 chicks and they all turned out to be Roos. There is no 100% sure. Anyway, I feel like i got pulllets this time, but I've been...

I picked up this new Easter Egger yesterday, and I picked out the darkest one I could find because I want a darker colored hen. What do you think?

I'm getting ready to attempt my first incubation and am gathering up my eggs from my girls that I want. How long can the eggs last before I need to start incubating?

I'm wanting to hatch out some of my own eggs but incubators can be expensive. Any input on an affordable one that work well. Right now I'm looking at a couple from tractor supply.

I'm wanting to hatch out some of my own eggs but incubators can be expensive. Any input on an affordable one that work well. Right now I'm looking at a couple from tractor supply.

I've had my chickens for a year now and have followed and learned so much from this site. I don't know why it took me so long to join in on the fun.