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Hey All. We purchased a few turkeys about two months ago when our hen went broody and now they are getting significantly larger. This past week, their appetite has far surpassed their daily rationing of feed that I was giving the clan and they are absolutely attacking any and all food like...

About six weeks ago or so, I purchased three broad breasted bronze turkeys from the local feed store. So far, they're developing fabulously. They have access to their high protein feed for ten to twelve hours overnight and free range all day with the rest of my chickens. In the evening, they...

So begins the great meat rabbit expert at the Urban D Ranch. Yeah, I have to come up with a better name... Anyway, last night we picked up our first rabbit from a lady who posted it on Craig's List. She said it wasn't snuggling, but handled being pet. After seeing her daughter lunch in to the...

Ok, so I'm sure most of us on here are more in to the holistic, naturopathic and untainted values of life. Our children are probably more active and healthy than the typical American. So it particularly irritates the daylights out of me when our government starts praising these new nanny-state...

For those interested, I just ordered Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys. They are releasing the 3rd Edition early next month. I'm looking at getting a few turkeys, since my wife wants one to name "Thanksgiving" and another named "Christmas." I'm thinking a Bronze, Golden Narragansett or Red...

One of the chicks that we are tending to for another BYCer started this sudden head twitching and has a garbled squawk. She is only about a week and a couple days old. She eats fermented feed and has regular access to water using a chick waterer. Her crop felt ok and she doesn't seem to be in...

Hello All. About two weeks ago, we completely confirmed that our Partridge Silkie is a cockerel. He is significantly larger than our Splash Silkie, sits very upright with longer legs and just started crowing. I'm not sure he'll be able to mate with anything other than our Splash, so I'm not...

Hey All. I just got my first two eggs yesterday from my older Barred Rocks. My other five are too young to start laying. I've searched all over and haven't found anything good saying how to feed a mixed flock like this. They all share the same coop and free range at the same time...

Hey All... I'm having trouble finding a good salsa recipe that does not have bell peppers in it. My Mom is mildly allergic to them, but she loves salsa. I just made 15 quarts of my salsa at about 70c a pint, so it can be a great deal. I want to do the same for her. Any good recipes out...

This morning when I got home from work and went to let the girls out of their coop to free-range, I noticed our ~14 week Production Red, Sunshine, was laying at the foot of the roost in a sort of awkward position and she didn't get up the minute the door opened, like she usually does. When I...

Hey everyone. I just thought I'd try to get a small start-up company a little bit more press. I just saw their information through Homesteading / Survivalism's FaceBook page. So this three-gallon "aquarium" has a smaller grow-tank on top of it. An air pump forces air down in to the tank, which...

My wife promised a 12-year old friend that he could choose a chick to add to our flock once he got out of the hospital. Well, he gets out this Friday and we want to keep good on her promise. We currently have three 8-week pullets that are nicely feathered that have been outside in the coop for...

I started my mealworm colony about a month ago and have about a dozen beetles (that I can see). I noticed yesterday that one of them is split along the entire length of the back. Is this normal and why did it do that? I haven't read anything about them splitting like this.

Hello everyone. I have a regular 10,000 gallon pool that needs backwashed occasionally, about once a month. Instead of having it dump in to my sewer drain, I want to start flood irrigating my backyard with it. Would the yard still be ok with it or would that be too much chlorine for the...

Hello All. So, I'm extremely knew to actually having chickens. We bought our first two last week and I just added one today. I didn't look over the chick well enough before I bought her and noticed tonight that she has a problem with her vent area. I haven't been able to confirm it, but I...

Howdy All. Well, I’m not even a Newbie. I’m hoping to get a couple three or four chickens sometime this year, but I have a HUGE task to overcome first: convincing my wife (and her girlfriend) that chickens aren’t the nasty, disgusting creatures of horror that they think they are...

Hello All. I am brand new to the Forum and have been wanting chickens for about a month now. My wife is adamantly opposed to them, thinking they'll be the grossest, smelliest creatures on Earth. I am hoping to find someone near Peoria, Arizona that is currently raising them and has a good...