California - Northern

[OR4-hmom]

I really need to find some extra time off, the quail are starting to crow in the laundry room.

 

[ronott1]

I really need to find some extra time off, the quail are starting to crow in the laundry room.

Time to process or build a coop for them?

 

[fowlman01]

When I get a bigger place to raise birds. I want to have those white turkeys with the black tip feathers. I thought the toms were so striking and looked so pretty. Ill need to find the picture again

http://thumb1.shutterstock.com/disp...-his-feathers-to-attract-a-mate-133439330.jpg

They are Royal Palm turkeys

Walt

 

[caychris]

They are Royal Palm turkeys

Walt

any one know what they are like

 

[fowlman01]

any one know what they are like

They are the smallest of the APA recognized turkeys. They are mellow birds.

Walt

 

[chrissyr]

Anyone have experience with frontline not working?
My Bresse are in a new pen , and are the only ones to have some sort of creepy crawlies on them. Either lice or mites.
I sprayed under their wings with frontline and they still have them.
Cleaned and sprayed the coop 2 days ago.
But they still have them. Thought frontline would knock them out.
I only sprayed under their wings.
The bugs kind of make crusty scab areas as their home. Tiny brown or red things, can't really tell.
I put another squirt on their back because I know 3 squirts are recommended.
They seem to crawl on feathers and skin and freak me to no end . I can't quit scratching after seeing them.
I also put DE on tonight... The birds not me

 

[ronott1]

Anyone have experience with frontline not working?
My Bresse are in a new pen , and are the only ones to have some sort of creepy crawlies on them. Either lice or mites.
I sprayed under their wings with frontline and they still have them.
Cleaned and sprayed the coop 2 days ago.
But they still have them. Thought frontline would knock them out.
I only sprayed under their wings.
The bugs kind of make crusty scab areas as their home. Tiny brown or red things, can't really tell.
I put another squirt on their back because I know 3 squirts are recommended.
They seem to crawl on feathers and skin and freak me to no end . I can't quit scratching after seeing them.
I also put DE on tonight... The birds not me

It is likely feather lice and live off of the feather shaft and not the blood.

Try poultry dust and repeat after 7-10 days.

 

[capayvalleychick]

Hi all - I am having chicken health issue which I am already trying to solve in the health/diseases thread. Does anyone know of a poultry vet in the Greater Sacramento area? I am hoping UC Davis is not my only choice. Every vet group I call either has no avian expert or if they do, they are not keen on seeing chickens. (Parrots get all the glory.)

I took some chickens to this vet, years ago: http://birdandpet.net/

I did this in addition to having submitted some chickens with symptoms to the CAHFS lab for necropsy. The vet in Roseville needed the lab results in order to make a diagnosis and plan for treatment.

Edited to add this good resource for details on poultry health problems: http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avian-atlas/

 

[capayvalleychick]

any one know what they are like

I had a couple RP females and loved them. They were so friendly and they make lovely sounds. Management was an issue, that's why I don't have turkeys. One died when she got her head stuck in a bucket. The other left with the wild turkeys.
If you want to eat them, the RP is not the best choice for meat, due to their size. The Beltsville Small White is equally small, but has a better developed breast.

 

[caychris]

I had a couple RP females and loved them. They were so friendly and they make lovely sounds. Management was an issue, that's why I don't have turkeys. One died when she got her head stuck in a bucket. The other left with the wild turkeys.
If you want to eat them, the RP is not the best choice for meat, due to their size. The Beltsville Small White is equally small, but has a better developed breast.

Im partial to dark meat though so wouldnt bother me. I do not need an especially large bird either. We slow cook our turkey in a stone bowl at thanksgiving. Makes for a terrible turkey to carve but delicious tender juicy meat.
We use two of these
http://www.amazon.com/Pampered-Chef-Stoneware-Rectangular-1435/sim/B000WJ1XV4/2

We brine the turkey using a citrus brine mix for 12 to 18 hours
Then I put some halved onion, celery, pealed cracked garlic cloves and a frozen stick of butter in the turkey
Lather garlic butter on the outside of the turkey then
cover in a spice blend of rotisserie chicken,Johnny;s great Ceaser garlic spread, and a citrus basil spice. (poor some inside the bird as well)

Then we cook it breast down in the bowl at 400 for an hour then reduce it to 200 for the next 8-10 hours.

I usually have to remove about a couple quarts of juice or the bowl overflows.

Sorry but all the turkey talk and the fact that I saw the mom and babies this morning again made me think of thanksgiving.