Things You Wish You Would Have Known?

[RollerDerbyLexi]

I decided against ducks do to the doo doo

situation. I know they are full of personality, but so are my hens and roo. Anyone have anything to share about Turkeys? I still have a want for a few Palms.

 

[chickrunfun]

I decided against ducks do to the doo doo

situation. I know they are full of personality, but so are my hens and roo. Anyone have anything to share about Turkeys? I still have a want for a few Palms.

well...I got nothing on palms to add my 2 cents to other than they are very beautiful birds and this one piece of property that my son and I went hog hunting at, the folks had palms just walking around everywhere and there was a palm hen there that picked him out and followed him till he picked her up and carried her around.but for a bit. Every time he put her down she'd follow him around for more.
Very sweet bird. And pretty. Dunno if you've see this page or not so...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=royal+palm+turkey

 

[ChickNanny13]

well...I got nothing on palms to add my 2 cents to other than they are very beautiful birds and this one piece of property that my son and I went hog hunting at, the folks had palms just walking around everywhere and there was a palm hen there that picked him out and followed him till he picked her up and carried her around.but for a bit. Every time he put her down she'd follow him around for more.
Very sweet bird. And pretty. Dunno if you've see this page or not so...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=royal+palm+turkey

Have had geese, turkeys, chickens, goats, pigs, dogs, cats, rats (domestic), mice, etc...
Love geese as watch dogs, they make noise & come charging with their wings flared out & they do give a good bite but like ducks their poop is a wash down every day. Turkeys we had a pair that we picked up at the feed store as chicks (didn't know we had a pair), daughter was happy they turned out to be a pair. However, the Tom got very protective of the Hen so they ended up in the freezer at 5months. They dressed out nice, skinned & still got a golden brown...deliciously sad. Chickens I continue with, although I raise them until egg laying age & they get sold every summer, I make my Grandma trip & no babysitter.

The poop is what keeps me from trying ducks & getting more geese

 

[chickrunfun]

...deliciously sad.

That made me chuckle a bit, I know the feeling. When I was a young Will we ate my goat and I didn't know it till my plate was empty. Think I may have said something like that...
One day, we'll have our spread and have geese and turkeys. Maybe not geese...have a distant but still vivid memory of being flogged by a mean mean mean one

 

[Lisa Wood]

That made me chuckle a bit, I know the feeling.  When I was a young Will we ate my goat and I didn't know it till my plate was empty.  Think I may have said something like that...
One day, we'll have our spread and have geese and turkeys. Maybe not geese...have a distant but still vivid memory of being flogged by a mean mean mean one 

Dont know if irs true, but i was told turkeys are so dumb they look up in a storm and drown. I dont think i believe THAT one. Here they just walk all over the place wild.

 

[Jensownzoo]

Okay, the horse pelleted bedding is working SO much better in the duck brooder than the shavings! I just have to give it a stir twice a day and the sawdust sinks and the intact pellets come to the top, ready to absorb more moisture. This is something I wish I had known...in fact, I think I may have read it on this thread!

 

[chickrunfun]

Dont know if irs true, but i was told turkeys are so dumb they look up in a storm and drown. I dont think i believe THAT one. Here they just walk all over the place wild.

Yeah, I don't believe that either, If it were true, when people go out hunting and it rains, we'd see turkey laying around...like a "pick n save" don't you think? Pick em up, no $ for shotgun cartridges. I been out there caught by the weather during turkey season and all every happen from that is I sit there getting wet. No free labor turkey for me.

Okay, the horse pelleted bedding is working SO much better in the duck brooder than the shavings! I just have to give it a stir twice a day and the sawdust sinks and the intact pellets come to the top, ready to absorb more moisture. This is something I wish I had known...in fact, I think I may have read it on this thread!

Doncha just love this site? Got you a question, post it and answers come. Ideas all over the place and you meet people and get the info on up coming swaps and all that!

 

[Shezadandy]

Okay, the horse pelleted bedding is working SO much better in the duck brooder than the shavings! I just have to give it a stir twice a day and the sawdust sinks and the intact pellets come to the top, ready to absorb more moisture. This is something I wish I had known...in fact, I think I may have read it on this thread!

That stuff is great for so many things!
Other than providing bedding for the goats and chickens, we've got a low spot in our garage- we built a little mini-foothills range (3-4") using the pellet material at the problem area and it acts like a dam. Gets wet, dries itself, waits for the next time.
Also wonderful stuff for loosening up clay soil for planting, before or after ... "use" ...

 

[harley587]

Okay, the horse pelleted bedding is working SO much better in the duck brooder than the shavings! I just have to give it a stir twice a day and the sawdust sinks and the intact pellets come to the top, ready to absorb more moisture. This is something I wish I had known...in fact, I think I may have read it on this thread!

Has anyone tried this stuff in a chicken coop?

 

[Jensownzoo]

Has anyone tried this stuff in a chicken coop?

I know there are people who use it or wood stove pellets in the coop. I saw it when I was researching my options.