I recently purchased 4 turkey poults. A day after getting them one got a runny nose and one eye was running a little. I immediately culled this bird because I have a small breeding farm and I don’t do antibiotics. Should I continue to raise the other 3 as long as they don’t show signs or should...
Hey everybody I just want to introduce our farm, and myself. I’ve been a member of backyard chickens for as long as I can remember. This is a wonderful community of backyard chicken raisers.
My name is Tyler Crosby, me, my Wife, and 2 sons have started a poultry preservation/breeding farm here...
I recently purchased a used dickeys incubator and everything is working great except the automatic turner. The egg turner will move the trays fine in manual mode. But when I flip the switch to automatic it just moves the turner to the right one time and doesn’t turn them anymore. Is this...
I know there is people out there who make their living off of their farm. I’ve always wanted to be able to make my living with my birds, other animals, and forms of hobby farming. I would like to know any tips and tricks y’all might have for doing this successfully. I know it will take time to...
Hello everyone I am looking to get back into chickens later this year. I’m looking for breeders of exhibition type white rocks and barred rocks. Need someone willing to ship to South Georgia. Not just wanting 5 or 6 chicks, looking to buy atleast 20 of each variety if not more. Thank you in advance.
Hello everyone I havnt posted in a while but I have been busy building my career. But one of my true passions is breeding birds. I got out of it last summer and I am looking to get back into it this spring. I will be gone about 4 days a week and home 3. I am looking for some ideas on how to keep...
Alright y’all so we are gonna sell all our current breeds and start over with one breed. We are expecting our first child in August so we are gonna simplify our breeding program. I am very interested in the American heritage breeds. I’ve got a few in mind, but I need help deciding which one. I...
I just purchased an old style gqf 1202 incubator. My egg turner isn’t working because a rat chewed the wires. Could I replace it with a 1500 style turner motor?