Yeah, I am a sucker for Mille Fleurs and Creles.I just have Mille Fleur. Can you tell that is my favorite color pattern?Tolbunts, Jubilees, Olandsk, d'Uccles, Leghorns.....eye candy! I agree, the d'Uccles were my favorites until I got my first Legbars! Their personality is even sweeter!
I would love to hear from the people who keep turnkeys and chickens together. I have stayed away from Turkeys because of the Black Head issue, but sooo many people keep them together and don't seem to have any problems. I really only want a couple as pets to run around the yard. If they do end up getting Black Head, can it be treated with anti-biotics.
Boy, do I have some things to trade for you...... I must search around my house a bit!!!!
I have my chickens and turkeys together. With only one acre, I really have no choice in the matter if I want turkeys. I use rigorous bio security and have never brought a bird onto my property that has touched the ground anywhere else. Also, I get the birds in a tractor completely separated from the adult birds (but with the other growing chickens) until the birds are 16 weeks. From my research, by 16 weeks, turkeys are much more resistant to Blackhead. I also worm my birds really regularly to keep down the cecal worms. It is the cecal worms that are really the problem. That being said, it is a risk! I watch my guys really carefully. Once you get it, it lives in your soil and you are now a turkey free farm. It has worked for me and most small poultry keepers I know. The only ones I know that have had a problem are the ones who have taken birds from other places or didn't worm regularly. There is a treatment for Black Head. It is hard to get and by the time you know what you have the birds are probably dead.
