Duck Chat withdrawal ....

[oldhenlikesdogs]

So the turkey poult and the splash Ameracauna are best buddies.... What to do...?

The only time I let turkeys be raised with and stay with chickens past the 6 week old point the turkeys started killing chickens at sexual maturity.

Unfortunately turkeys bond to whatever species they are raised with and will continue to interact with them after sexual maturity as if they are the same species, which means fighting and attempts at mating.

If a Tom it will be dangerous to your chickens, if a hen it may be a problem too as turkey hens that fight are persistent and brutal.

 

[Brahma Chicken 5000]

My Ameraucana pullets hate this weather! I found them in the coop in front of the fan panting!
I put a frozen water or seltzer bottle in their waterer every day and I gave them a frozen watermelon rind. The coop is shaded. This heat is unbearable.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

What is a good place to order turkey eggs?

 

[chickens really]

Hello...Im here. Went out for lunch and then I had to feed and water all my Birds and clean out the pools....

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

The only time I let turkeys be raised with and stay with chickens past the 6 week old point the turkeys started killing chickens at sexual maturity.

Unfortunately turkeys bond to whatever species they are raised with and will continue to interact with them after sexual maturity as if they are the same species, which means fighting and attempts at mating.

If a Tom it will be dangerous to your chickens, if a hen it may be a problem too as turkey hens that fight are persistent and brutal.

I think it's a hen. It's calm except when a human tries to pick it up then it spazes out a bit. It's name is literally Spazz. But they seem happy together.....
Trying to find a good place to order some eggs from so I can hopefully hatch some buddies for it

 

[chickens really]

My Ameraucana pullets hate this weather! I found them in the coop in front of the fan panting!
I put a frozen water or seltzer bottle in their waterer every day and I gave them a frozen watermelon rind. The coop is shaded. This heat is unbearable.

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Nothing enjoys the heat..I wet under my Lilac tree and the chickens cool off on the wet ground..

 

[Jaime]

What is a good place to order turkey eggs?

Huge tip, Never order poults. Tried doing that a while back and all 16 poults died within 48 hours Apparently ordering poults online is pretty risky and that you should always order twice as many poults than what you want. I would just get them locally, Try auctions or flock swaps or maybe put an ad up on craigslist?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I think it's a hen. It's calm except when a human tries to pick it up then it spazes out a bit. It's name is literally Spazz. But they seem happy together.....
Trying to find a good place to order some eggs from so I can hopefully hatch some buddies for it

How old is it? Generally you can't tell the sex of a poultry until it's 3-4 months. Sometimes young toms will display sooner. Getting more turkeys down the road won't necessarily help that it's too familiar with chickens already. The younger you get it away from chickens the better off it will be. Don't over handle it either, human bonded turkeys can often turn aggressive toward their human keepers.

Turkeys are a whole different type of poultry than others.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Huge tip, Never order poults. Tried doing that a while back and all 16 poults died within 48 hours Apparently ordering poults online is pretty risky and that you should always order twice as many poults than what you want. I would just get them locally, Try auctions or flock swaps or maybe put an ad up on craigslist?

I order poults from porters, all survived and thrived except the one that was doa.

 

[chickens really]

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