Arizona Chickens

[Fuzzybird]

So sorry for your loss. I hope all the injured birds are doing better, and htat Little Turkey makes his way home safely.

Thanks, No sign of Littleone yet. I wish I could find at least her body so I know.

 

[Puffycheeks]

What a cutie! Looks like it may be a white chinese! Welcome to goose wrangling"!!!

 

[Puffycheeks]

Quote: Memphis-Guess time will tell , if yours starts getting curly feathers then I guess it is a Sebastapol !!!

 

[Puffycheeks]

I didn't know that a male turkey would fight with a male chicken, that sucks! This turkey might be going bye bye sooner than later.

I have lots of turkeys and never had a turkey and chicken fight!!!

 

[Puffycheeks]

the ducklings came this morning at 8:30am!!!!!!!!! i love holderreads!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can't believe it was overnight shipping. i brought them home and the fireman opened the box

and they were all alive!!!!!!!! i quickly set up a brooder and started pulling ducklings out and dipping bills into the waterer, he said "wait a minute, there are 17 in this box??????" um, not anymore. they are in this box! they sent a few extra, i couldn't possibly have ordered that many. so i received welsh harlequins, white magpies and silver appleyards. i sold 2 this morning. better hurry and clean out the growout pen.

and yes, i have duck pools and wading dishes. lucky duck was just pushing her luck. maybe she was annoyed that i have a fence around the people pool that the stupid basque keep flying into and she can't figure out how they get in and she can't.

memphis, bring me that goose. we'll pass it off for a pekin and you can have one of my loverly scovy drakes.

Congrats on your new baby duckies!

 

[Puffycheeks]

Well it has been a terrible ending to the day for me! Around 4 this afternoon I let the 2 standard poodle girls out to go potty in the back yard. I sat down to watch Judge Judy and dozed off. I woke up with a start and thought "the poor dogs why did they bark or scratch at the back door, it is so hot! I went to let them in and no poodle! I ran out and the back gate into the "farm" yard was open. My heart sank. I knew what I was going to find! The Turkeys and the young chickens that are with them were loose!
I found a carnage. Bodies all over the yard! I got the dogs in and went into where Les was taken a nap, crying hysterically! He came back out with me and Gabriel the Royal palm young Tom is dead as is Goldy my red bourbon young turkey hen. One baby turkey was dead. My polish cockerel Fancy was dead. Denise's Cochin baby was dead. 3 baby turkeys missing. The two red hens of Denise's came out from under the shed finally and Polish hen Muppet had hid under a kennel we had in the turkey yard. As we were looking a neighbor down road came up with one of the baby turkeys she found in her yard under her dogs feet but didn't hurt her. The babies can fly so 3 got away over the fence. One turkey came home later for dinner. That leaves just one baby turkey still missing out there in the dark somewhere.

Blue Bell is hurt! She did get herself wedge into some safty but her tail was pull out and she has one, just under the surface of her skin, wound on her back up a bit from her tail and some other minor just first layer of skin imbrasions. She did eat a but tonight and is roosting in her normal spot. I treated the wounds. Her poor tail!

I have a hunch but won't name names that the gate was left unlocked deliberately knowing I had the turkeys out and that the poos would get them or maybe by mistake but it was human done and we here never use that gate! We are going to get a pad lock for it so that can't happen again!
Puffy, I want more turkeys.

SO very sorry Fuzzybird. When you are ready, I've got your back on the turkeys! My royal palm is setting on a nest so in about 3 weeks we will see what we get! So glad Bluebell made it!

 

[Puffycheeks]

Can anyone tell where to look for the information on growing the fodder? Thanks

 

[GrannysRoost]

So sorry Fuzzy...I have a red bourbon girl that is like bluebell and cannot imagine, silly girl loves me I hope the little one shows back home....

 

[Drjennidvm]

Can anyone tell where to look for the information on growing the fodder?   Thanks

Its "Keeping a family cow" = KFC= Family cow.proboards.com
You can search "fodder feed" There are chapters 1,2,3 now and you will spend hours reading (just a warning) If you go to "home" the "pasture feed management" it's there too.
http://familycow.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pasture&action=display&thread=47939&page=27
That may be a link but I'm not good with computer stuff
Jenni

 

[desertmarcy]

Oh thank you for the thought and I so would love to get the breeds I lost back. Expecially my royal palm tom. Wish you were closer!
Thanks to everyone. I have a hard time today. I keep tearing up. The pen looks so empty. Blue Bell is doing good! Poor tailless sweet old turkey girl!

I've got extra Royal Palm toms, raising up a bunch from a different bloodline from the stock I have, the oldest are 3 months old now and looks like I've got more toms than I will need. If you know anybody close to you making a trip down this way, maybe they'd pick one up for you...they are only $20 this size/age, raised organically, too.