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  1. JenJuhasz

    2-week old chick with blister on head?

    Hi there - so an update - the 6 chicks the school hatched for me are now here. The one with the cyst or blister on its head still has it, the school drained it once using the instructions provided here (thank you!) and the fluid was clear, but it did refill. I can attest that the chick acts...
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    2-week old chick with blister on head?

    Hi fellow flockers - A local preschool hatched a collection of eggs as a part of their school curriculum (super fun for the kids); when the chicks are about a month old or school lets out, they pass along the chickens to my little farm. One of the chicks has developed what appears to be a cyst...
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    How can I stop RATS!!

    Feeling your pain! We had rats infest my turkey run...and now they've found a way into my super-duper chicken penitentiary. My husband and his father have spent days and days securing our coop - the entire thing (16'x20', split into a duplex) is off the ground by 3+ feet and has diamond mesh...
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    My last turkey escaped...will she come back?

    No - she did not. :( I spent an hour at dusk last night shaking a small bowl of berries and trying to call to her, but no luck. My husband is out there now combing through the blackberry bushes trying to find her, but I suspect she'll hunker down if she's around at all, as he's not her food...
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    My last turkey escaped...will she come back?

    Oh - she's about 4 months old, but always coop bound, until today. As mentioned, our yard has tons and tons of predators, so we've learned the hard way to keep our birds penned. I'd love full free range around the yard, but there's no way anyone would survive. Even penned, we lose a few to...
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    My last turkey escaped...will she come back?

    Not wild - a Mammoth Bronze. Just spent 30 minutes cautiously crouched outside the blackberry bushes with a bowl of blueberries in hand...one of her favorites. She'll eat from my hand if it's fruit! Earlier, when I was doing some yard clean up, I heard her cackling at me...but the...
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    My last turkey escaped...will she come back?

    We've had her in a secluded pen forever - we've lost the other 3 I purchased (2 died right away coming home from the breeder, the big tom I adored was killed by a skunk or a coyote in the middle of the night about a month back...not even sure how they got into the enclosure, which even has a...
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    36 inherited chickens - need help with a few basics!

    Wow! What excellent replies - thank you. I'll read up on trap nesting and coloring the birds. If we have an egg eater among the bunch...why would she only break in one nest box? There are always eggs in the other boxes. I'm not sure how to give the chicks their own private run...the coops...
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    36 inherited chickens - need help with a few basics!

    Hi, I've only posted once or twice on here... To recap - when we bought our house and moved in, in June, the prior owners left us their 19 chickens - who promptly reproduced and gave me another 20. Since then, we've lost a few (due to my inexperience and predators) and we're at 36 birds. The...
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    Hello hello from BC - newbie to birds, mini-farm-life, etc

    Wow! Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!
  11. JenJuhasz

    Hello hello from BC - newbie to birds, mini-farm-life, etc

    Hi - I'm Jen We just bought and moved to 2.5 acres in Mission BC. We were planning on chickens in a year or so to get ourselves settled...but it turns out the former owners of this place left us their 20 malnourished chickens and run down coops! It's been a fun, challenging process bringing...
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