So I only have one turkey left. It has had its eye swollen for about a week, but know it is starting to develop bubbles in his eyes!! What do I do?? Please help!!!
So my only turkey hen that is left is sick!! She is still walking around and eating her feed and drinking. But she want feed in the pasture and she is laying and acting slugish! I consalidated her. What do I do know??? Please Help??
I am really in need for about 8 silkie and cochin babie! I would like them to be all hens since I already have my roos awaiting! If you thinkyou could help me or even have chicks for sale please let me know!
I have two turkeys left and want to know whether they are both hens, both gobblers, or one of each. They are know three months old and starting to develop the skin on there had and throat. I would post pictures but don't know how?? Any advice you could give me to look for???
So I got some turkey eggs from a friend that didn't know how long they had been incabating. So Monday I pput them on lockdown because they looked like they were almost there. They pipped through the air cell 2 days ago, and as of yesterday they have stated to shake the egg and you can now hear...
So my 5 turkeys are have pipped through the air cell! So does anyone know how long now till they pip through the egg shell? When I candeled them to find this out I could hear them pecking and feel them moving around!!! By the way they are turkey eggs!!
I just recently hatched some keets which are now 3 weeks old. So I began to wonder when there triangle on there head and cups on there face would appear?? Does anyone know??
So it is about to be hatchicng time, or at least I think.I got 6 turkey eggs from a friend that said they were 1 week into incabating when I got them. So they have been in my little giant still air incabator at 65 degrees at about 100 to 102 degrees. I had candeled them, and figured out when she...
I recently was given 6 rio grande wild turkey eggs to hatch by my neighbor. One got craked though and I just now realized it. Will the egg be okay or is it no good. It didnt crack the membrane yet just fractured the shell then it go pushed in a little. I would post a pic but dont know how.
So if your reading this post, just to clear things up, I am not getting rid of my chickens! I am just mad at all the things they are doing to make me work like a dog. My hens for the past week have been playing a little game called run the broody hen out f her nest every 3 days. So I have moved...
So yesterday my Minorca hen started setting on her 12 eggs. She set all night but as soon as day break came she got off to get water and poop and when she went to get back on her nest there was a RIR hen in her spot. She got mad and hollered, but I had to go to work so I left. When I came back...
Anyone ever heard of a Minorca setting? I hadn't got the eggs in a couple of days and when I went to get them, to my suprise their set my only buff minorca. I didnt want her to set so I took her eggs, but when I got to the house I felt bad, so I took her eggs back down to the coop. When I got...
My hen have already tyed to set this year and failed due to a wild animal destroying their nest and eggs. They are now laying at the neighbors house by a tree that has blackberry bushes and weeds all around it. It is near a pasture and has about 20 eggs. Although last time they waited till they...
It is finally time for lockdown on my fifteen guinea eggs! So I was wondering what the humidity and tempeture should be? Plus I have some eggs in there also that I put in there a day later. Is it safe to go ahead and put them on lockdown a day early? P.S I think my guinea eggs are going to...
I thought my hen had a broken leg but I'm not so sure about that now. Her leg is curles under her and when she trys to walk she cant because she want straighten her toes out. I would post a pic but she want let me touch her enough to get a good pic. I put her in a seperate cage, but I dont know...
My girls have been laying for about a month. They are outside the coop so they would all (5 hens) lay in the cut-over and then something would get into there nest and eat the eggs. They then would build a new nest and so on. Anyway they finally found a good nesting spot 1/2 mile from my home...
I have one Rio Grande wild Tom and he is desperate for a female. So I have decided to get his some females. My question is I do not know if the hens will stay on my property or not?? I have 4 and a half acres of good hardwood which Giligan(Tom) loves plus my neighbors have a nice big pasture he...