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  1. paintsavvy

    heat stress

    We have plenty of heat and humidity in Nebraska too. If they seem extremely stressed we give them a little gatorade. We started doing this when my kids were showing poultry in 4H, it is very effective and the birds really like it. The only drawback is that they drip it down their necks and ours...
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    free range turkeys

    All of our birds are free range and they all stay around the house. The chickens return to the coop in the evening, we herd the Toms in at dark. When our turkeys were young they chose to roost in a tree on our property, but once the seasons changed and there was less forage available for them...
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    Why does this turkey sound like a duck?

    We have a black spanish poult who sounds like a duck when he chirps. I've never heard this before, but haven't had this breed before either. The other black spanish poults don't make this sound. Is it an atypical sound, or does he have a problem? Has anyone heard this before? I think he is going...
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    Hi from South Central Nebraska

    Hi everyone, we live on a small farm in Nebraska. We have been raising poultry for 7 years. It started with a 4H project for the kids and now the whole family is enjoying it. We have only 3 mature turkeys - we keep losing them - but about 20 poults. We also have about 15 laying hens, several...
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