South Carolina

[Joycats]

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I left the facebook group...one guy just kept putting too much junk on there that I got sick of reading..

I may be leaving it too, the cockfighting thing is just too much. Now I'm afraid to advertise any of my birds on there knowing there are cockfighters on that might buy. I detest that "hobby".

 

[Joycats]

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Very nice - that would be great for call ducks. Not sure how you could do the pond. Just keep in mind that it will need to be emptied and cleaned pretty often. I've yet to find a pump that can handle duck water.

 

[Joycats]

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Those are beautiful turkeys!! I really like that color. I have the bronze breasted turkeys and they are such PETS! They follow us around like puppies.

 

[Joycats]

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Let me know when you want some eggs to try. I would trade you some chicken eggs for some of those turkey eggs later.

Just an idea.

 

[RedBugPoultry]

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I know that this is done many times with large fowl cochins, but never heard of it done for silkies.

Oh my, they do? I don't do it with either of these breeds and have no problem with fertility in either!

 

[huckleberryfarm]

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Well, come on! I'm here every day now.

White is an off switch for color. You don't really know what is hiding underneath the white. You could get just about anything... especially if you don't know the history of your whites. You should be getting eggs. The only color silkie that takes longer than that are my buffs. My whites generally start laying at 6 months. If you start getting eggs, you have a rooster and NONE are fertile (and your silkies have a lot of fluff around their vent), then you might consider a trim. But I wouldn't mess with it until then. Just my opinion!

 

[RedBugPoultry]

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Very nice!! And I like the Coral Blue guinea on the other side of the fence!!

 

[huckleberryfarm]

Question: For Turkeys, how do you raise them and what do they need to live in? Same for ducks. I'd love to have both, but my husband is probably not going to splurge on more coops for me. Now that the guineas are outside and doing well, they are working out great. I managed to raise them with the chickens and didn't need anything else for them. If it gets really cold, will they need to go in somewhere? What temperature should I be concerned about. So far, they're fine.

Do the turkeys and ducks free-range like the guineas? I have a big pond near the chicken area. I'd love some magnificent turkeys wandering around!

Joy, I might take you up on an egg exchange!

 

[huckleberryfarm]

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Very nice!! And I like the Coral Blue guinea on the other side of the fence!!

My 7-yr old daughter was looking at the turkeys and said, "Hey! They have guineas!" So that's a coral blue? I have some like that I think. Do they have dots or something else?

 

[RedBugPoultry]

Ok, I have been trying to figure out how to drop the FaceBook page so I stop getting notices. I too am fed up with it. I need to go study this and get off it.