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We kept our heritage turkeys in a pen and they do fly up to their roost (they started flying in their pen at just a few weeks old). When we thought they were big enough, we let them out of their pen. They just sat on the ground the last two nights and did not fly up to any place to roost. How...

I went out to do the turkey chores last evening and saw one of them had strange Scabs on its head (this is the first season we have had turkeys). My husband told me he has seen them be pretty hard on each other at times. The turkey is eating and acting fine. I just was wondering if this is...

I had two hens that were getting plucked by some other hens. I removed them for a couple weeks and reintroduced them last night. I got home today and one was dead and the other had all her tail feathers out. I brought the plucked one into my hospital in the garage. I was wondering how I...

This is my second year of chicks. Last year I had 10 and they started their life on our farm in our cows water trough, in our utility room (the end of March). They were later moved to the garage in the same trough and eventually out to the coop in June. It was difficult for me to keep their...

I am going to build my own brooder pen. I am building it out of ply wood. I want to paint the inside, to protect the wood and make cleaning up easier. I also have a larger brooder Hood I will be putting in it, with temperature control. What kind of paint will be safe to use with the chick (in...

I have 10 hens. The first one to lay an egg this morning, Layed it on the straw in front of their water bucket. I don’t know which chicken Layed the egg. How do I get them to use the nesting box?

My husband has decided the best way to keep the chickens water from freezing in the winter is to keep the water moving. We live on a farm and have trees around the edge of our yard. So, he thought he would mount pvc pipe in the coop with the water nipples, hook a hose to it and let it run...

I have a 10 week old chicken. I think it may be a rooster. I am hoping not. Last night when I fed them, it kept chasing my Brahma as away from the food. I picked him up and scolded him, but I don't think he cared. LOL Any suggestions or thoughts. Should I keep him if he is a rooster? Are...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I received my first chickens March 30, 2018. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I started with 19, but within a week I lost 6 and now I have 13. (even though I have been a farmers wife for 38 years) I was not prepared...