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I was going to post this in the turkeys section but I think that here more people raise for meat. I have 5 Broad breasted whites, they are 3 weeks old and lately I have noticed them eating their own poo. They dont eat all of it of course but I have noticed them pecking at fresh dark brown sticky...

Since this is my first time properly keeping a few broilers I want to do it by the book. Locally I bought them (1) chick crumbs broiler starter (2) broiler grower pellets which they will be having within 2 days and on the growers bag it says that (3)Finisher feed should be started 5 days prior...

Last saturday we got 41'C by midday and 2 out of my 10 broiler chickens died due to the heat . They were still quite young, only 1kg alive(dead!?). Soon after I plucked and cleaned them and put them in the fridge thinking that they would have been ok for eating, but when I did mention my idea...

Hi, anyone from Malta or been here?? Guess not...but I still feel at home.........

Hi, I have bought 5 day olds a couple of days ago, put them on pine shavings and they started to eat it instead of the turkey starter crumbs I removed the wood shavings and spread some news paper. Now they are seemingly eating and drinking well. Do you suggest any particular points/hints? What...

Hi to all, i'm new to this forum, (only a couple of posts in the new members area) I'm also quite new to poultry, only 4 or so months, and at the moment I'm keeping a pair of Maltese Blacks, which are a rare and only local breed of chicken (I think they are as rare as Pandas...honestly!)...

Hello, I have been surfing the net for some good info related to chickens and the lot and I came across this great website of yours...!! I must admit that I have been addicted to the forum as you have warned! Anyone knows where Malta is? Well I'm from Malta, I started keeping chickens...