Farmer's Helper Poultry Supplements

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There are quite a few in the states. Please send me a private message and I may be able to help you locate some. People fail with them when they manage them as if they are domestic turkeys. Agriocharis turkeys require a different diet essentially similar to what one would feed most subtropical, deep forest gallinates that are highly insectivorous, like Crested Firebacks and Green Junglefowl. In other words, they need a diet rich in animal protein and fat and do not utilize the crude protein of vegetarian diets with any of the efficiency of wild or domestic turkeys.

 

[ivan3]

Thanx!

 

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You are very welcome. I've gone back and labeled the photos and added a few additional shots as well. I hope I haven't just complicated the original message with the separate text related to the photos. Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Wow, I've never seen pics of birds like these before! Thank you so much for adding the names.

I love the Green Junglefowl! I'm surprised that something like a chicken can fly for ten or twenty miles. That is so cool!

I would love to be outside and see a flock of junglefowl flying overhead. That would be completely surreal. I think it's awesome how they can change the colors of their combs and wattles, too...so interesting!

The oscellated turkey is beautiful, too. I didn't even know there was anything like a turkey native to places outside of North America.

Thanks again for sharing!

 

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I've only see them fly over the sea- low to the water a bit like plovers.
They forage in littoral pools- which strand sea life after the the tide goes out. The Green Junglefowl even has specially positioned spurs on its legs which aid in their retrieval of semi-terrestrial crustaceans called Isopds or Sand fleas as we call them here. When the tide comes back in, the Green junglefowl fly onto mangrove trees which form tiny islets and the males crow and crow- its a very faint vocalization when compared to the volume of a domestic rooster but it cuts through the distance like a knife through warm butter- and one can hear these long drawn out calls for miles- they sound a bit like croaking frogs over the breakers.
They take three years for their plumage to develop completely, though they certainly can and do reproduce before then.
Their eggs are greyish white with a yellowish tinge.

 

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I've been getting quite a few private emails from folks who are trying to sell eggs to help support their families. Because of the new popularity of backyard poultry flocks, there are more people rearing chickens than in probably fifty years. The problem is, that people end up crossing hairs- competing with one another and prices are one issue. My suggestion is to use our foragecakes so that the egg yolks are deeper orange than everyone else's and your birds are healthier too. Even free ranging hens could use a boost and our extruded kibbles are made of catfish meal, crustacean meal, turmeric, cinnamon,DE and zeolite. They help keep parasite loads to a minimum and provide the hens optimal nutrition as they are laying. Also, try our babycakes for your chicks and laying hens. They make a big difference as well.

Your eggs will be dramatically more flavorful, and of higher quality. Your hens will be healthier and experience less stress during moult.
With eggs of this quality- you can charge more and people will line up for your eggs to the exclusion of your competitors.
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