I need advice! I have a healthy flock of Salmon Faverolles and I want to add some more from another blood line. I bought 4 hens and a Rooster and they are tagged and seem very healthy but I have one or more of them with a runny light gold poop> I have done corid because i did see small traces of...
I need help, I hatched 3 turkeys and they are about 3 months old! they are getting sick one at a time. no symptoms except lethargic , loss of appetite, and balance ( which i say is because they become weak! someone suggested Marek's disease. i have grown peacocks and peahens and grown Turkeys in...
I have about 3/4 an acre that I let mine free range on and have a coup they go up in at night! but my turkey's and peacocks free range completely ! they have an old barn they roost in at night and hang out at night
We looked her over and she looked completely normal! But I don’t really know what to look for! I have had these chickens two years from hatching and not a single problem! So as far as experience with anything other than normal everyday healthy birds , I am still a newbie! I have been super lucky...
I have , 6, 2 year old laying hens and one rooster. I clean their coop everyday. they have been very healthy AND ACTIVE. tHEY FREE RANGE DURING THE DAY AND UP AT NIGHT. i WENT INTO THE COOP TO CLEAN AND ONE OF MY HENS WAS IN A LAYING BOX. i ALWAYS PET THEM AND SAY HELLO. I went to pet her and...
I have a pair of slate blue turkeys . they are they are 8 months old and my hen started laying eggs. i thought they did not lay until spring. she is dropping them everywhere . They were free ranging but i have pinned them because she is wondering off i guess to nest. are these eggs going to be...
When would you let them out to free range with the turkeys? I have A lavender pair if Turkey's they are raised with, the same age. I just worry about them getting killed by a hawk> I put them up at night but I don't know if the peachicks would go back into their pen to roost. I have a tall barn...
that is interesting!! I can pick mine up ( even my rooster) and they will cuddle and coo to me but have not had one jump in my lap! they will come talk to me , begging for treats! haha I love them though! so neat to raise them. I can't wait for them to start laying!!
I just hatch 2 peachick in may and I moved them to an outside pen about 6 weeks ago during the day! they are very attached to me as well. I raised them with two lavender turkeys the same age! The turkeys are free range now but I have not let the peachicks out of the outside pen yet because they...
Trying to introduce two 4 month old juveniles to the parent couple so I can keep them all in the same pen. Momma bird starts jumping and pecking the kids! Father just ignores them. Any suggestions!