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[StinkyAcres]

It's finally snowing!!

 

[Chive]

I’ve heard that it’s important for turkeys to NOT imprint on either humans or chickens, because if they do they will treat humans/chickens like turkeys and be aggressive. What say you??

*Edit*
How can you raise turkeys to be friendly but not imprinted?

Really?! I didn't know about that...
I am not sure because I haven't experienced nor read about that. This is my first year with them, so I'm not very knowledgeable yet. I can see how that would be a bigger problem with males, as they are known to be very aggressive. Apparently, they are terrible.

 

[Chive]

It's finally snowing!!

Yes!! We were super excited when it started snowing! We had our friends over for Thanksgiving, so it was really exciting when we got up and found that there was snow on the ground. It snowed quite a bit and has been lightly snowing on and off ever since by us.

Happy Thanksgiving! Sorry this is late.
The turkeys were absolutely delicious.
What are your favorite dishes that you have on Thanksgiving?

 

[StinkyAcres]

Yes!! We were super excited when it started snowing! We had our friends over for Thanksgiving, so it was really exciting when we got up and found that there was snow on the ground. It snowed quite a bit and has been lightly snowing on and off ever since by us.

Happy Thanksgiving! Sorry this is late.
The turkeys were absolutely delicious.
What are your favorite dishes that you have on Thanksgiving?

Probably the mashed potatoes with gravy and green bean casserole.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Probably the mashed potatoes with gravy and green bean casserole.

I love green bean casserole!!!!!

 

[CombNWattles]

My mama makes cranberry sauce from scratch. And my Grannie makes gravy from the turkey giblets. Also I reeeeally like stuffing/dressing.

 

[bruceha2000]

If anyone is interested I have 2 more EE roosters than I need for my 22 hens.

• Zeus is the oldest at 1.5 years, got him as an "accidental cockerel from the farm and yard store" at 4 months old last year from the guy who looked after my animals while we went to my daughter's wedding in VA. He is very polite to me, not skittish and never aggressive at all.
• The younger one will be 4 months old in a week, accidental cockerel in a batch of 6 chicks I got from Murry McMurry after not getting any from the planned hatch of 8 blue eggs from 3 different hens. At the moment he is black and white with blue green sheen coming in on his tail feathers.

I'm happy to get pictures if anyone is interested.

The 3rd is the son of Zeus, the only chick that hatched. Zeus, I assume, has at least 1 blue gene egg but since no pullets were hatched, I can't confirm that. So I want to keep Bee since he is the son of Zeus and Rhea, a black and white barred EE from Meyer that lays blue. Thus Bee has to have at least 1 blue gene and if Zeus passed on one he could be double blue.

 

[andylawood]

Hi there i'm looking for two silkie chicks, preferably female, anyone know where i might find one?

 

[chickadee777]

Hey just taking a survey of egg layers up in our part of the north. This is my second winter with our flock, there are 3 of the original 6 hens. There were laying beautifully till the top bird was rehomed *and* it got very cold at the same time.

Trying to decipher if this is an egg strike or a normal winter break. They have no interest in nesting at all. Clean coop, nesting boxes, decoy eggs, fresh food and water, spoiled with scratch grains and soldier flies. Maybe a bit bored since they're not free rangers.

Last year they laid through the winter, but it was warmer and it was their first year. They went through a molt late this fall, but all their feathers are back. They look good and healthy, and seem happy for the first time as a flock in over 6 months. They have plenty of space now and their pecking order is much less tense than before.

 

[StinkyAcres]

Hey just taking a survey of egg layers up in our part of the north. This is my second winter with our flock, there are 3 of the original 6 hens. There were laying beautifully till the top bird was rehomed *and* it got very cold at the same time.

Trying to decipher if this is an egg strike or a normal winter break. They have no interest in nesting at all. Clean coop, nesting boxes, decoy eggs, fresh food and water, spoiled with scratch grains and soldier flies. Maybe a bit bored since they're not free rangers.

Last year they laid through the winter, but it was warmer and it was their first year. They went through a molt late this fall, but all their feathers are back. They look good and healthy, and seem happy for the first time as a flock in over 6 months. They have plenty of space now and their pecking order is much less tense than before.

Completely normal winter break. They only lay through the entire winter during their first year. After that they'll take a few months off every fall/winter during and after molting.