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They went at it for about 30 minutes pretty crazy.

Good ole winter storm leon But it is supposed to be 65 saturday...

Taking free range a little too far - next he'll want a license!

Friday night I had the worst predator attack in my short history of raising turkeys. I believe it was a racoon. 6 Initial deaths. 2 teenagers beheaded 3 (3 month olds) killed in various other ways 1 hen with an entire leg ripped off. And the worst thing I've ever experienced, a hen that was...

This is not an ad for here - simple a statement about how much demand for them there is! Seriously these guys rule. I thought even I was a little crazy for putting 50 eggs in the incubator right behind the first 30 for the year. I am pretty much sold out, taking reservations for a third...

So yesterday I was thinking to myself that I had done a good job. For once I had built something ahead of time and no more raising birds inside! The hoop coop/brooder. Ahh nice and prepared for the hatchings next week... wake up this morning and go to refill the water in...

I have 1/8 of an acre of pasture on my 3.5 acres of land. Here is a turkey crop from a tom I processed this evening. (Didn't have time to separate and with hold food like normal) The cover crop i use if you are interested: http://www.groworganic.com/soil-builder-mix-raw-lb.html The...

Here's what the fall harvest of turkeys brought in - after a trip to the feed mill Just about all the weight my truck can handle. I should be good for a while - even with it almost being time for poults! I put together a custom sized pallet from scrap wood last night - it works much better...

You may have to turn it up a little best I could do with my phone. Sounds like my chicken hens egg laying song. I have never heard this before today.

The largest bourbon I have raised to date. (red arrow) Probably going to keep him for breeding,the two behind him are last years toms. I estimate he'll be 25 lbs at normal slaughter time vs 19-20 for my toms last year. Anyone else have pictures of big heritage breeds?

So I don't have a barn and my birds are kept in open air pens with range roosts. TS/Hurricane issac is possibly headed my way. I am freaking out a little bit. My contingency plan is to rent a uhaul trailer, line it with plastic and stuff everybody in it. It will be crowded but better than...

Bakground info: I live on a lake and have just recently finished fencing (within the last few weeks) my fence goes all the way down to the lake. It does not have a fence in front of the lake as I did not wish to ruin the view from my house. Mistake! Neighbor up the road had his two newish...

Noticed this a few days ago and separated the ones I could notice. I have tylan i have been giving them in there water for 2 days (tommorrow being the 3rd) and I am not seeing much if any improvement. Going to check now that everyone is on the roost but I thought I saw two more starting to...

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/emu-50993-video-.html I want to adopt him!

This is about a 1/3 of them all bourbon reds in various stages of growth the oldest poults are 5-6 weeks now. Those are my two motorcycle chasing toms.

I know it is a sign of aggression - but I don't know how to stop it. Every morning I leave on my motorcycle I have to defend myself and go faster then I would like on my dirt driveway because they chase me! Seriously these boys have it out for my bike. Good thing I am armored when they try it...

Had a big thunderstorm here this afternoon and when I got home I found a poult that was out of the pen. It's wing is badly broken - bone sticking out at the first joint by the body. It is 5 days old. Is there any hope of a decent recovery or should I cull? I raise turkeys for meat - not pets...

I finally have poults after several false starts from my girls this year - learning curve on both our parts. The first one was out around 10 am Sunday and everyone else was out by Monday morning. Yesterday evening (Monday night) I gave the poults to the girls still nesting. It took them (2...

I am fencing in my property this weekend (or trying to - doubt I will get it all done!) I am not concerned with the turkeys hopping the fence. I am the gate however. I am worried they may use the top bar to just hop up and over. Does anyone have any ideas on how this can be prevented? Wire...

This is my first season attempting to breed bourbon reds. All was going well I had eggs and hens sitting on them. Then I started finding cracked eggs. I thought it was just random then it got worse. I found a dead almost fully formed poult, then another. I moved the hen to a different nest box...