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  1. R

    Turkey laying eggs after a clutch already hatched

    So I have a Narragansett female that has successfully hatched 3 chicks from a nest she had laid under a brush pile beside our shop. Afterwards, we kicked everyone else out & moved them into our coop with a small connected yard so the poults would be safe from predator birds. They are about 2 1/2...
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  2. TurGoosen

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  3. villagelifebiz

    I want to get turkeys, I don't understand anything about it - tell me the breed for Ukraine.

    Hello, everyone, I live in Ukraine, I want to keep turkeys, but I don't understand anything about it, what can you recommend for a start. I was thinking something like this: Red Bourbon turkeys (I read about them on this site, they say they are not bad), Bronze turkeys - but maybe there are...
  4. Petra_Farms

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  5. T

    Advice on breeds of various poultry

    This seemed like the best place for this, but if there is a better one, Mods feel free to move it :) I am looking to create a mixed poultry flock (for eggs, meat, and fat) for a (future) homestead, and I wanted to get first-hand experience and/or research tips from y'all on species and breeds...
  6. L

    Turkey Addition Help and Request

    Hello all and welcome! Looking for a little help. Currently, we have a 10'X18' chicken coop for 40 birds (2 Roosters and 38 Hens) and a small duck house next to the chicken coop and small tub for our 6 ducks all sitting inside a 50'x50' chicken run. Our chicken run is accessible to the chickens...
  7. EggAndTofu

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  8. Pearlescent

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  9. JennieLamb

    Bourbon Red Heritage Hatching Eggs

    Hi everyone, So after our BBB Turks sudden escape/disappearance around the 7 week mark, we decided to get Bourbon Red Heritage Turks. So they came in around early July, and started laying Monday March 11th. So, first, it doesn't matter how clean the boxes are, it's been muddy and they're MESSY...
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  10. S

    Coyote killed my Sweetgrass Tom

    I found the remains of my only sweetgrass Tom this morning. After all the work I put in to raise him and the sweetgrass females I planned to breed him to, it feels like a real kick in the teeth. Ever since the huge cold spell started the coyotes have been relentless in trying to get past the...
  11. B

    8 White breasted 8 week old Poults

    Hello! My Turkeys are 8 weeks old. They kept jumping out of their brooder, so we decided to move them outside. They have a basic chicken coop (I know we will need to get bigger but for not that is all I have), several heat lamps and a mixture of straw and pine shavings. Their food and water are...
  12. Huntergatherr

    World record Broad Breasted White Age

    My BIL has a 3.5 year old Broad Breasted White male Tom turkey named Leslie, that literally gets the BEST care. How can we enter him into the world record for his age? I can't find many records for oldest BBW turkeys!
  13. wonderlandfly

    Can one tame an adult wild turkey? (Female)

    I have two domesticated pet turkeys and today I found a wild injured turkey (they at have a bad limp) and put them in a dog carrier in my general turkey run. More on the wild turkey: It looks like her flock abandoned her and she is very skinny. I have doubts that a predator won’t just eat her if...
  14. wonderlandfly

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  15. UncleChuck

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  16. EstlHope

    Turkeys possibly attacked, no visible injuries, droopy and lethargic with closed eyes

    Hello all, We are first time turkey owners and have 8 heritage breed turkeys that are about 4 months old. We also have chickens, in case it matters. We keep them in electric netting that is regularly rotated on pasture. They have a tractor for food/water with roosts inside, plus a large...
  17. FalseToast

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  18. Chive

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  19. A

    Hi, just joined!

    Hey, I just joined. I've been idly browsing this site for a bit now, and I kinda just decided to join. I've just recently gotten into poultry, as my parents decided to just make their own eggs. I've got seven chickens and two turkeys, the turkeys personally being my personal favorites. Recently...
  20. Owen_Blandford

    Hen to Tom Ratio

    I got 6 turkey chicks from tractor supply and we think that there are 3 toms and 3 hens. is that a good ratio? They will be free-range turkeys.
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