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i noticed today that one of my Royal Palms (about 7 months) had a strange thing poking out of his chest. at first i thought he'd impaled himself on a stick! upon inspection, he has a strange growth. it's about the size of a quarter, maybe a bit larger, of rough, bristly "hairs" that are sticking...

my turkey pen has turned into a gladiator arena. these are the first turkeys i've ever had, so it's been very "learn as you go." i've got 2 Bourbon Reds and 2 Royal Palms. i was thinking that one of the Bourbon Reds was a hen, but i'm pretty sure they're all boys now. they are somewhere...

i hatched 5 chicks from my own stock on 5/29 (making them almost 3 months now). 3 of the chicks looked to be pure Buff Brahma and have developed into really lovely Brahma pullets. the only strange thing is that one of them is really small. she's probably about 3/4 the size of her sisters and...

so, i was moving the turkeys from their tractor into their new pen and i broke one of their wings. i grabbed her and she threw her wing out and it just snapped! it was pretty loud and made me nauseous. i knew instantly what it was. naturally, it was the hen from the pair of Bourbon Reds i was...

my little partridge silkie hatched out two of her own chicks. they are most definitely not out of my gray silkie roo. so now i'm trying to figure out who the father is, because one of them is a total stunner! the beauty. check out those tail feathers! i want 10 more like this one! the other...

Ricky lost his loving partner, Lucy, several weeks ago, very suddenly. i was terribly worried about him now being the only goose and getting lonely. he mopped around a bit, always looking for her. it broke my heart. i moved the turkeys in next to him, in the hopes that they would keep him from...

i found one of my 4 month old Araucana pullets hanging upside down from her foot when i went to put the chickens in for the night. i thought she was dead since she wasn't moving at all, but she came to when i touched her. she had caught her foot in the fence going back into the coop. i have no...

i've been meaning to put together a first aid kit for my birds. i'm leaving for a business trip in 3 weeks and will be leaving my Mother in charge of caring for the birds, so i figured now was a good time to get this together. i raise my birds naturally (no vaccines, no medications unless it...

when i went out to put them up for the night, i found my goose Lucy (tufted roman ~2-3 yrs old), laying in the grass. she didn't get up when i approached her which was strange. she let me pick her up, which she has never done. she obviously couldn't stand up and was breathing irregularly. she...

when i went out to put them up for the night, i found my goose Lucy (tufted roman ~2-3 yrs old), laying in the grass. she didn't get up when i approached her which was strange. she let me pick her up, which she has never done. she obviously couldn't stand up and was breathing irregularly. she...

so, my little turkey babies are growing up! tonight, two of them started gobbling!! it was the cutest thing i've ever heard- so very pathetic and yet they were trying so hard. they've also started to display: spreading and dropping their wing feathers and spreading what little tail feathers they...

do you wing band your turkeys for identification and, if so, what do you use? i've used and really liked the Jiffy style bands for my chickens, but they aren't big enough for turkeys. i've got 2 Royal Palm poults and 2 Bourbon Red poults and i need to find something that will work as well as the...

do you wing band your geese for identification and, if so, what do you use? i've used and really liked the Jiffy style bands for my chickens, but they aren't big enough for geese. i've got 2 tufted Romans (2 yrs old i think) and i need to find something that will work as well as the Jiffy bands...

set for Saturday, June 26th, from 2 pm til whenever. I'm thinking light, picnic type potluck: egg salad, deviled eggs, potato salad, watermelon, etc etc... and BYO drinks (sodas or whatever- tap water will be available here at the farm). Feel free to bring your swimming gear as it should be...

when i was moving the pen this morning, one of my 4 week old Bourbon Red poults got it's foot caught and it ripped the top of it's foot open. as far as i can tell, there isn't any structural damage to the foot, but a large flap of skin was ripped off (well, it's still attached on one end). i...

when i was moving the pen about 30 mins ago, one of my 4 week old Bourbon Red poults got it's foot caught and it ripped the top of it's foot open. as far as i can tell, there isn't any structural damage to the foot, but a large flap of skin was ripped off (well, it's still attached on one end)...

i bought 3 pullets at an Amish sale the other day that were marked Araucana (2 months old). i feel incline to trust the Amish, but i know this is a contentious/confusing issue so i want some opinions. i thought one was rumpless but now i think their tails have just been pecked. they do seem to...

i bought 3 pullets at an Amish sale the other day that were marked Araucana (2 months old). i feel incline to trust the Amish, but i know this is a contentious/confusing issue so i want some opinions. 2 of the pullets have single feathers where a tail would be and one appears to be rumpless...

my second round of chicks was supposed to start hatching today. this hatch has been fraught with problems, mostly because my Orp hens seem to be a little hatching stupid, so i wasn't surprised with nothing happened today. i'm not rushing to any conclusions and just giving them an extra couple of...