Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[Didi84]

I live in North Western Mckean county

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Here they are! Ducklings' first bath time!
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Pretty Sweet!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I live in North Western Mckean county

Welcome! Chester County here.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

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They look wonderful! Big and beautiful! Will you be eating them all or will a few be staying on?

I live in North Western Mckean county

Welcome, from Cambria county!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

My plan is to eat the turkeys, my son...he REALLY wants to keep them and breed them -he 'thinks' he's a farmer. I find that they are really hard to get acclimated to a coop and I'm not a fan of rounding them up at night.

 

[fisherlady]

That picture of your boy is Awesome!

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

View attachment 1069841 On the subject of eggs, are these fairy eggs a sign of a new layer just getting into the swing of things?

Looks like they might be from a new layer. Sometimes you just get strange eggs though. Most times it's just a glitch in the system.

I live in North Western Mckean county

Welcome to the fun!

View attachment 1070894 View attachment 1070895 My plan is to eat the turkeys, my son...he REALLY wants to keep them and breed them -he 'thinks' he's a farmer. I find that they are really hard to get acclimated to a coop and I'm not a fan of rounding them up at night.

Your boy is so handsome! And that goat! What a cutie with the hat. I must have gotten lucky with my turkeys, they all go in the coop at night with no problems. I pave only had one night that my Wheezy slept outside somewhere, but I think the Roo had chased her out. I don't know that I could slaughter any turkeys now, after having their cuteness around...

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Just an interesting thing I noticed today on one of my older chicks. They are about 8 weeks old, and they are cruising around on their own now, Mama Bielefelder was the last to let them go, and she laid her first egg yesterday.

This morning, I noticed one of the chicks (A Black or Silver Amer., can't tell the color yet) had this ball of feathers hanging from her neck. It was just dangling there, and she was acting normally. I try to keep an eye on everybody, but it's possible she could have had a tumor grow quickly. Thankfully, the chicks were hanging out in the garage later, where I could finally catch her.

Apparently, the poor thing had scraped her neck somewhere, and pulled the skin almost completely off, including the feathers. I don't think it was a predator, it didn't look like a bite, but more like a bad scrape on the top of her neck. I was gone all day yesterday, so I believe that's when it happened. She was acting completely normally, and it looked like it hadn't bled much at all. So I snipped the little puff of skin and feathers off, blu-Koted her, and let her go.

They are such tough animals! I would have never known about it unless I had been watching carefully. I think she will be just fine.





The poof is on the right hand side below, it's a bit hard to see.



Poor removed!



Any body need a chicken toupee?

 

[yoopergirl1211]

Looks like they might be from a new layer. Sometimes you just get strange eggs though. Most times it's just a glitch in the system.



Welcome to the fun!



Your boy is so handsome! And that goat! What a cutie with the hat. I must have gotten lucky with my turkeys, they all go in the coop at night with no problems. I pave only had one night that my Wheezy slept outside somewhere, but I think the Roo had chased her out. I don't know that I could slaughter any turkeys now, after having their cuteness around...

Just for future reference how many toms can you have in a flock? And if you dont slaughter them how long is a normal healthy life span? Do they get leg problems when they get older? I want to keep every single one now lol.

 

[dheltzel]

Just for future reference how many toms can you have in a flock? And if you dont slaughter them how long is a normal healthy life span? Do they get leg problems when they get older? I want to keep every single one now lol.

They live for many years, unless a predator (or vehicle) gets them. I think they are like roos, if they are raised together and stay together, they get along with some occasional sparring. I have 2 RP boys that are the flock masters and always hang out together. At least one on them is breeding actively with the hens because I have poults from them, but there are no injuries on anyone.
Some other colors/strains might not be so cooperative, so keep an eye on them. Certainly the broad breasted ones can have weight related issues that shorten their lives.