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I just bought a sportsman 1270 incubator which is a few years old.. It was modified with all kinds of upgrades... I have the manual here and it talks about the auto turner setup and levelling etc but each time I go to take a look the trays are all tilted to the left.. I have made it turn the...

So we have breeding pens of royal palm, eastern wild, black spanish and bourbon red.... everyone has been laying for about 3 weeks except the bourbon red. Obviously its not the feed or time of year... does anyone have some thoughts of what may be her issue.... she is supposed to be a couple of...

My simon wants to buy a breeding pair of black spanish turkeys...... the gentleman said the hen laid 30 eggs last season but its hard to get info on these birds... guy says the birds are 2 years old and he wants 100. a bit high in our area but very rare so not odd if they lay as expected...

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Does anyone used spagnum (peat moss) in their coops instead of shavings..... we cleaned out that shavings and put in the spagnm instead and found that it was drying out the poop much better and the "aroma" is better but it is so brown that the dust makes the inside of the coop look awful... Anyone?

So we have a saga here... we got some turkey pairs/trios last spring... they all free range and some of the chicks then disappeared (new to turkeys lol). Got some new chicks and they went into lock down facilities until they were about 3 months old. One of the birds that stuck around was a...

So our little silkie has been broody for ages but the last couple of days she gets frantic when you take her stolen eggs.... we have two new girls who are laying and believe they have our fayoumi roo romancing them so this morning we marked two eggs layed by our silver pencilled pheonix and a...

So last weekend we went and got some POL chickens from a local breeder... while there of course he spends some time showing us his set up (it was too cold last March when we were there the first time) in this mix were the cutest little call ducks and dispite not really wanting them I caved and...

So we got a cute little call duck this weekend who is now all alone (dog got her little male friend....) so I put the little duck in with the laying hens to protect her, I feel badly for her because she needs special access to the feed and she can't roost with the others... I thought the two...

we picked up some new chickens today and they also had ducks.... we got two little call ducks today, the whole way home one actually sounded like a piglet squeel!... we stuck them in the hut the geese hang out in... too cute, when we went to put the geese to bed these little tiny ducks scared...

http://www.ftcldf.org/litigation-FDA-status.htm Apparently you have no fundimental right to choose the foods you want to eat/provide for your families!!

I have built my coop and based on the setup pens the breeder I got my turkeys from (his were small freestaning units about 2' square and 4' long with an "outside" and "inside" and a nesting area...... I arranged a spot to do this as an addition on my coop. Now I am wondering what yours are like...

I bought the sweetest African Gray Geese last spring (I think 2 males one female)... they would be about 9 months now. The one I think is a female has gotten NASTY the last month or so she will approach you, head down... sometimes hissing, sometimes looking to bite. If you go near their hut...

I read somewhere here yesterday about someone changing their geese' feed to layer pellets... is didn't even occur to me to do that, nor did it occur to me to change the turkeys up (I will be breeding some of them). At what stage should I change them up and do you feed just chicken layer pellet...

I read somewhere here yesterday about someone changing their geese' feed to layer pellets... is didn't even occur to me to do that. At what stage should I change them up and do you feed just chicken layer pellet or is there a goose/water fowl layer? Same question for my turkeys....

I am planning on breeding several of my turkeys next year. I have recently built them a 8x8 coop and have left a spot off the side to building attached breeder boxes. I plan on building something to block them off from the main coop but I am unsure how big to build the boxes so they will be...

we initially thought that the silkie was laying small eggs.... we had one that was about 2/3 the size of a small egg but this?... it must be the silkie right, it couldn't be an easter egger... ? it is actually the size of a quarter.... perfectly round and everything.... I mean, how do you...

We recieved a call from the shepherd rescue organization where we adopted our other shepherd. The humane society was notified of an abandoned three year old shepherd they felt was in such bad shape they wanted to put him down.. east coast geman shepherd rescue took him on. Max lived with a 90...

So I have this series of mystery birds from a local breeder which are not at all what I ordered... in posting all the pic's on a previous post most thought this peep was a barred rock (which is fine) ... these peeps are now all 21 weeks 2 days. all my roosters crowed at about 12 weeks...

I posted this in the coop section but I know some people only pop into the topic area of interest... I would love some help! Thanks Shelley https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=390373