Arizona Chickens

[turkeybreeder]

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but if mareck's is also for 1000 birds its too much vaccine
but i dont have anyone to help me vaccinate them
i can take them to the west valley also if anyone can help
me vaccinate them and if anyone has the vaccine
we have turkeys eggs i can trade for

 

[turkeybreeder]

here are my turkeys
everyone check out lilacs
at porterturkeys. com
i just created that color also
with the help of kevin porter

 

[Tanichca]

Turkeys! They look deliciou-i mean, cute!

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

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"Stuff happens", but it's worst when it all happens at once like that. If it makes you feel any better, you're not the only one - in the last week, I've had three rabbits in a row kindle on the wire instead of the nest box.

I have Australorp x Delaware and Australorp x Barred Rock crosses available. They hatched March 16th, so 6 weeks old today. They're healthy and active, and have been outside for a while. If you guys are still planning to check out our place this weekend, you can see them, and also maybe get some ideas for some "good enough" housing. (We'll get a barn someday. Really!)

Bryan

 

[turkeybreeder]

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we ate one this year it taste delicious
i will post pictures of the baby turkeys
in a week or two once the hen gets
off the nest they are really nice

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

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Or rabbits. I stopped selling junior rabbits to newbies around Easter, but offer a rental service (which no one seems interested in) so I'd get the animal back after the novelty wore off.

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

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Great idea - if I had ANY freezer space!

Thanks!

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

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The "snood" does take some getting used to, as does their head color changes from red to white to blue (patriotic birds!). I still don't like Ottoman's snood falling across my hand when I give him scratch. Eww. But it's so cool to watch him strut all the time, that more than makes up for the ick factor.

In Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys, the author says you can remove the snood on day-old poults with nail clippers.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Most feed stores carry shavings, and usually at a far better price than the pet stores. Tell us where you live and we can recommend feed stores.

Do not put chicks with hens that they are not already raising--they are likely to kill them.

You need medicated starter for the chicks, and a good layer ration for the hens. Arizona Feeds is pretty much garbage; just about any brand is better.

The hens will be fine with the current temperatures. The chicks will need heat for at least a couple of weeks. The rule is that they need 95 degrees the first week, 90 degrees the second, and 5 degrees less each week until the temeprature needed matches the ambient temperature. I have some outside on the porch that get heat at night, but not during the day (unless chilly or windy). My youngest are inside in the storage and laundry rooms, which stay pretty warm. They get little added heat. Basically, if they are chirping frantically, they are uncomfortable, and it is likely that they are cold, hungry or thirsty. If they are constantly lethargically sprawled, they are too hot.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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WHAT is the point of having chicks in a classroom if not so that the kids can see and learn? And how will they do THAT if the chick is in a tote? And the teacher didn't bother to learn basic chick care herself?