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Since i reared 9 wriall black turkeys this year for the table. I have realy enjoyed there charatcures an now im looking at getting a stag and 3 or 4 hens as pets. Im looking at hatching there eggs and rearing the chicks for the christmas table. I like the look of the borbon reds and the slate...

Dose anyone know of a poulty slaughterman or house in north shropshire or north wales.? Or what is involved in getting a slaughter licence.

My duck has been pucking up and in it there are orange coloured mushroom type things, if hes thrown up will he be ok or do you think he need a vet ASAP?

I have a flock of Hubbard chickens which are now 10 weeks old. Growing for the table. 1 of them started to get a bit wobbley on its legs, an carrying its tail down. I thought it was possiably due to its skin being slightley red, which i thought could be due to its poo on its feathers since they...

I have finished the new turkey shed, built all the pannels for there run, just need to conect them together and they can move in to there new complex. Do turkeys require a dust bath like chickens? If they do dose anyone have any ideas as to hoe to provide one in there run which is just meddow...

Is it ok to give turkeys washed out chicken egg shells, to supliment there grit requirement?

Im now going to pen my turkeys in to prevent them from mixing with my chickens, they are still in the stable at the moment, as iv already got blackhead, got meds from vets an am in the prosses of worming the chickens. Iv got an 8ftX8ft shed which i hope is going to be big enough for 9 wriall...

Just been giving my turks there tablets, and watched them, some are doing firm poos, which is fine, some are doing semi soft/runny poos, which again i suposs is fine. But some are doing propper squits, which is very dark from what i could see, as as soon as that turkey squits all the others jump...

Just gone to feed my turkeys and one is just laying on the floor very very week. Why? How can i help him? Hes 7 weeks old. At the moment is in a towlel on the boiler trying to warm him up, what else can i do?

Would planting green manure be ok in a chicken and turkey run? Theres not a lot of grass in on of my chicken runs which i have now emptyed out, as its had chicken on for around 4 years an all but 1 got killed by a fox, so iv moved the last one in with some others an would like to put my hubbards...

My light sussex and silver lacewing eggs were due to hatch last friday in which 1 l/s an 5 lace wing did fri an sat, tonight since there was no sign of any hatching, i opened up the rest an they had fully developed chicks, but the yoke sac was still full an out side the body, the chicks were...

Does any of you guys use nipple drinkers? I like the idea of them i bought some of flea bay last year and they kept leaking through the metal bar bit, so put the whole idea on the back burner.Iv just collected 10 turkey poults wrial Blacks, an Iv now just hatched some silver lace wings and...

I run 6 hens with 1 cockeral. 3 hens are very bald I carnt find any mites or bugs on them so im taking it its feather damage from the cockeral. I think that saddles are for this? I looked on ebay for them and they are £6 each. Are they any good and do the hen generaly get used to wearing them...

I had a broody hen and her chicks hatched 6 weeks ago. I took the broody hen out of the main run when she started sitting. Mummy and her 3 chicks have been in a seperate coop and run and the main group are freerange so have seen them and cogragate around her run. Theses last couple of days mummy...

On Sunday some walkers found this group of 8, 1-3 day old chicks (still had egg tooth) on the road all huddled, after about half hour watching them from a distance waiting for Mum to collect them I decided to collect them up as on a country lane would soon get killed and put them in my chick...

I have been looking around at making my own incubator/hatcher and wouldered if a heat pad that they use for snakes and lizards would work as a heat sauce rarther than useing a bulb. I carnt find one on the internet so im gessing that there is a reason for this please advise. Also what would you...

I put 18 eggs in the incubator today and i have today bought 6 more which i should recieve next friday, but i never thought if it would halm my eggs that will have been in the incubator for 6 days already. Will it be ok or should i have planed better and put them all in at the same time?

HI i put some eggs in the incubator today Light sussex l/f, and just beeing thinking of a brooder for when they hatch, theres 18 eggs in total. What sort of size should i make it? Whats the most economical type of heat for them?Im hoping that they will be in the one brooder from 2 weeks old to...

Hi just woundering how to control the bottom beek from over growing, all my hens bar the cockral have this. Do i trim the beek with pet claw clippers? They are freerange and have acsess to all sorts of ground, grass, gravel, soil. many thanks

Today i took 3 of my flock to the vets to get this snotty nose and cough sorted as i had 1 die on Sunday. Now i was told it probable Mycoplasma and she injected the 3 hens and gave me the injections to do the rest. I did get a bit confused as i told her i had 3 chicks and she said you cart give...