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a broody raised that has had the chicks out with the flock knows when they are ready and safe, but then again my hen took em out free ranging with her as soon as she was off the nest that may be the difference there, once she weens see if she settles down, I have one broody that terrified the...

isn't gape worm a different treatment though? is not awake enough this morning though to even find the coffee so I will just shut up until properly caffeinated lol dang op thats expensive, I ordered the stuff on amazon for in case I need to do a fecal float test, for simple fact chickens aren't...

remember each chicken is going to be different, no matter they were raised together even. U have had pullets make bette brooders than moms, broodies it's a guessign game but when she feels they are ready she will wean em, i have has some that will ween at 2-3 weeks as long as theres no changes...

note sure but if chickens can get gape worm s can a turkey , coud have some type of infection going on too,

thats the spirit, some take more convincing, but they teach us a lot too

we raised meat birds with our egg layers , but we made em free range with em, instead of jsut fattening them up without to many issues as they were to busy finding food for their voracious appetite, we only serperated the ones that were overly aggressive and they were processed sooner than the...

some mommas will and some wont, they spent that brood time talking to eachother while chicks were still in the shell. I have some broodies that will take anything in while others won't, you should never give chicks to a broody you aren't prepared to raise your self if she rejects them. That...

one thing i always do for chickens after being treated for worms is give them yogurt along with vitamins, don't have a clue though on turkeys. Even if the local vet doesn't see feathered friends they can still run a fecal float test on a fresh sample for you, around here that runs ya about...

just keep seperated and keep an eye he is eating and drinking, their hormones are kicking in and it's gonna be crazy until they level out. my friend took one of my young roos as couldn't have more than one here and he almost gave his life defending his hens from a coon, had severe injuries and...

They look to be around 5 days old to me

so may of the seeds can be toxic to chickens, did you know some poisons are made from certain seeds?

mine passed away this morning at the age of 7.5 and this was the first year he didn't have a lot of healthy chicks hatch out

Lacto fermenting you put the grains in a bucket about half full of them then add water ti fill the bucket, stir it when your going to feed and add more when you take out, initial takes 3 days befor eready to start feeding them, the longer it goes you start seeing some sprouts in there but it...

Mine love spinach, garlic and all sorts if fruit and vegetables. Cilantro seems to be their current favorite for greens, what I fo as it's easy and so prolific is do several buckets to grow inside and then cut and toss to them, that way they aren't tearing it up. I lacto ferment 3*1 without...

always will Laura, did ya have a question