Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[SilkieSensation]

I see 2 or 3 with a tan tint to the heads. Those should be the mottleds. Looks like you may have 1-2 lavenders. They will be the lightest color with uniformly light blue feathers. The blues will have darker patches & spots of almost black scattered through the feathers. The black may or may not be mottled. I haven't figured out how to tell on those yet. Look for white tips on the feathers of both blue & black at about 4-5 months old to tell for sure who the mottleds are.

Oh, my!!! They are adorable! I never thought of turkeys as 'cute'... but I'm gonna have to reconsider!

I have more eggs if you need some to fill space under another broody...lol

[COLOR=0000FF]Thank you!! I think we're going to have a hard time eating them. Any clues as to how to sex them? Is the bump on the head a boy trait? [/COLOR]

A very large snood is a good indicator at this age as are thick legs. Neither is 100% accurate, but should give you a fairly good idea since they all hatched together.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

so cute!! I am getting mine tomorrow

I'm baaaaack!! Did ya miss me? Did ya miss me?

run...run.................yes, of course I miss you

....

 

[sharron]

Hahaha seen this on Facebook.

i have to have my husband put that on the back of ours, but would say, mini horses, mini cows, bull or CHICKENS

 

[barbiegirl]

Knoebels is having scout day Saturday.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

i have to have my husband put that on the back of ours, but would say, mini horses, mini cows, bull or CHICKENS

omg!! I love you Sharron

..MINI cows..MINI horses...oh, how I dream...

 

[chippysmom327]

I need some guidance on my new chickens. I had them in the penned off section of my coop. Chippy has always been the dominant chicken of the flock. Always. Well, I let my new chickens into the coop while Chip was free ranging. They meandered out of the coop. She was literally fine with the hen but as soon as the rooster touched the grass she was one top of him and they were fighting and fighting. I figured I'd let them fight it out but when I saw the roo's comb bleeding I stopped it. She started attacking him again and he kept submitting to her but she kept beating him down anyway. When he'd defend himself she'd just be meaner. I put HER in their old pen and let them be in the yard and the coop. Did I do the right thing by separating the bully? What else should I do?

ETA the pen is inside the coop, they could always see eachother.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I feel like a pest but I have a question for you guys again. I've noticed a behavior going on that I need to know if I should be concerned about our not. I've caught one of my BCM cockerels (6 1/2 weeks old) twice in the past couple days with his foot on the back of our little Cookie (7 1/2 week old OEGB) just picking at the feathers on her back. It looks like he's just holding her down. He stops doing it after a couple seconds. I haven't seen him pull any out or do it to anyone else but the big concern is will he hurt her? He's considerably larger than her and she's so mellow that she'll literally let anyone just walk all over her. Is there anything i can do to put an end to it?

 

[chippysmom327]

I feel like a pest but I have a question for you guys again. I've noticed a behavior going on that I need to know if I should be concerned about our not. I've caught one of my BCM cockerels (6 1/2 weeks old) twice in the past couple days with his foot on the back of our little Cookie (7 1/2 week old OEGB) just picking at the feathers on her back. It looks like he's just holding her down. He stops doing it after a couple seconds. I haven't seen him pull any out or do it to anyone else but the big concern is will he hurt her? He's considerably larger than her and she's so mellow that she'll literally let anyone just walk all over her. Is there anything i can do to put an end to it?

Can you take a video maybe? He *may* I say this with a lot of doubt, be trying to mate with her but just doesn't really know what to do yet. Do you give them lots of protein?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Can you take a video maybe? He *may* I say this with a lot of doubt, be trying to mate with her but just doesn't really know what to do yet. Do you give them lots of protein?

I usually don't have my phone with me when I see it and by the time I would get it he wouldn't be doing it anymore. They are on an organic grower formula. I don't know the exact protein that it has. I got it from a mill that a neighbor of @borderbigade operates. Then I ferment it for them. I give them a few meal worms every now and then. Thinking maybe they need more proein? I can try to get a video of it but chances are slim.

 

[fisherlady]

I need some guidance on my new chickens. I had them in the penned off section of my coop. Chippy has always been the dominant chicken of the flock. Always. Well, I let my new chickens into the coop while Chip was free ranging. They meandered out of the coop. She was literally fine with the hen but as soon as the rooster touched the grass she was one top of him and they were fighting and fighting. I figured I'd let them fight it out but when I saw the roo's comb bleeding I stopped it. She started attacking him again and he kept submitting to her but she kept beating him down anyway. When he'd defend himself she'd just be meaner. I put HER in their old pen and let them be in the yard and the coop. Did I do the right thing by separating the bully? What else should I do?

ETA the pen is inside the coop, they could always see eachother.

I would have done what you did and separate the offender... give her a 'time out' so to speak. Give it a day and try again, she will loose standing in the flock by being separated so it may bring her back down to size, so to speak.
There will be squabbling, but it shouldn't be so horribly extreme.