turkeys

We just processed our 4 month old flock or 14 turkeys and the folks processed them for us said that 3 of them had “bad livers” - sort of a greyish color. They all seemed very healthy - ranged in weight from 13-20lbs (the Toms got very big) and all were eating and drinking well and didn’t exhibit...

Hello, I need help, please! I have a small flock of chickens and two Bronze turkeys that are 6 months old. I thought they had CRD and got advice from a guy who runs a feed store. He recommended .5 cc Bio Mycin injected over daily for 3 days. We did this and they got worse. After 6 days he...

Hello, I need help, please! I have a small flock of chickens and two turkeys. I thought they had CRD and got advice from a guy who runs a feed store. He recommended Bio Mycin injected over daily for 3 days. We did this and they got worse. He said to try it again for 3 days. We just finished the...

I am raising out a batch of heritage turkeys (mix of Bourbon Red, Black, and Midget White) and they are doing great. After two years in a row of them roosting on top of the chicken coops and other buildings and pooping and subsequently fouling (fowling?) my rainwater collection systems, I have...

One of my hens has came down with blackhead im afraid. Yellow dropping. Droopy wings. Listless. I’ve separated her. She’s still eating and drinking. I put cayenne and garlic in her water. Along with electrolytes. And have flagyl on the way for her. I know she may be lost to us already but my...

Unfortunately I had a case of Cocci hit my mixed flock of turkeys and chickens. Today is day 5 of treatment and I have baby turkeys hatching. Will they need to have corid as well?

We have a very large and fenced in backyard with a few chickens. Recently a CO worker informed me he had 2 turkeys 3yrs old in a small cage he needed to rehome. These are white turkeys both female and although they were fed well due to no exercise they gained an enormous amount of wait probably...

Have a family member that I'm visiting this week and they just had a mother turkey hatch 8 turkey chicks. They're probably no older than a week. They all look the same to me. I don't know what breed they are, but they're most likely mutts or mixes. The dad is completely white and mom is white...

So I was just given a pair of black Spanish cross turkeys. The male's face is quite swollen, which we knew about before we brought them home. We know the person who gave them to us and he said he thinks they got into a fight and the facial swelling was from that. I do not see any...

Okay, so we bought some turkey eggs (red bourbon) from someone local and we're at the hatch date now. We started with nine eggs, freshly collected, but it looks like only two will hatch. I had to throw several out over the last few weeks as I found them not developing. Is this kind of hatch rate...

New to BYC. Been raising poultry in Baileyville,Maine for over 10 years. My current flock currently consists of 5 New Hampshire reds. 8 light brahma. 12 silkies. 5 EEs. 1 buff polish. 6 royal palm turkeys. 3 Rouen ducks. And 3 khaki Campbell ducks. I think that's it lol

So I’m incubating Turkey eggs for the second time. I put 24 eggs in 10 days ago and took 4 out on day 7, as they were not fertile, but all the other eggs had veins yet I couldn’t see and movement inside the egg. I did some research and read that I should check the eggs at a later date. So today...

In the spring of 2021, I brought home my first Sweetgrass turkey hatching eggs. We hatched out about a dozen, and bought a few SG poults from other farmers to diversify the genetics. We ended up with a great flock of about 16 turkeys. They had their own coop separate from the chickens and ducks...

Just curious cause I know I definitely do this does anyone Intentionally or unintentionally come up with nicknames for your poultry

Hi all, I need to get some partners for my tom, but what breed(s) of turkeys are the best layers? I really want to get either Bronzes, Narragansets and Slates, but what do you all think is the best breed for egg laying? That's what I'm going off of. Egg laying ability. Just please don't say...

Hello turkey experts! I would love opinions on the sex of my two turkeys. I would like to add more to my flock but want to verify what I have already. I’m pretty confident one is a male but I’m not sure about the other. They are approximately 12 week old Black Turkeys. The one I’m not sure...

So i have a Blue Slate tom turkey and I'm looking to get him some females, I'd like some Blue Slate females, but I have some questions about Blue Slate girls: 1) Are they wonderful egg layers? 2) Do they go broody? 3) Are they good mom's? 4) Are they friendly birds? 5) Are they good foragers...

Hi All -- Second year in a row I am raising up a bunch (25-30) of heritage breed turkeys for holiday eating. Mostly mixed breed heritage (generally looking like standard bronzes but some lighter) and Bourbon reds. Last year, I didn't clip wings and these strong flyers would roost all over, but...