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Hello there I'm a new chicken owner, I currently have 12 fully grown and laying hens who are great. I tried raising chicks last year but all of them died, so we bought fully grown chickens. Now it's spring and we have 10 Rhode island red chicks, 5 red ranger chicks, and 5 golden prides babies as well as 4 turkey pulllets (rir and turkeys are about the same age 5weeks I think). So far they are doing well and no deaths, rir have almost all their feathers and live with the turkeys :)
 
DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
Do you know what killed your first batch of chicks?[/

I think it was the cold but I'm not too sure, I had 12 Americanas (not sure about spelling) Who were fully feathered and living in the coop but still pretty small. I think they were about 7weeks old or older, they were perfectly happy and acting normal the night before and the next morning when I went to feed them they were all dead in different nesting boxes (it was early fall). I had a few who died about a week old with watery eyes and lack of energy. :(
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drumstick diva said:
Some folks feel it is better not to raise chickens with turkeys. 1) a tom turkey sometimes tries to breed a chicken hen and kills her or badly maims her in doing so.
2) some feel chickens can spread black head disease to turkeys
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Wow they try to breed with chickens?! O.O I do not want that to happen. Yikes... Do you know about what age this happens? My birds are still pretty small but I don't want to lose any of them.
I'm hoping to have a separate coop for my turkeys this summer but if they Breed young I'll build them one sooner.
I've heard about the black head, but as far as I know there are no out breaks in my area. I'm honestly at a loss with the turkeys, as new as I am with chickens I'm clueless about turkeys. I was planning to fence them in their own area.
 
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Sorry to hear you lost your first flock :hugs Hope things go a lot better this time. Good choice to keep the turkeys separate later on, but you might want to make sure you've adjusted the feed among all 3 types of chicks (layer, broiler & turkey). Here's a link to a recent thread about chicks and poults together: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-advice-is-appreciated.1299464/#post-21157702

Be sure to visit the turkey forum and meat birds for Red Ranger advice and ask any questions you may have.

Best wishes with all your flocks!
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