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So tonight my local power company is pulling the plug from 10pm-8am the next day. I have a batch of turkey eggs on day 23 and I am trying to decide if this power outage is acceptable or if im going to need to find them somewhere to go for the evening. Anyone ever had an extended power outage...

Wondering if anyone has an opinion on who might make the best thanksgiving dinner this year. We will be deep frying the bird, if that influences anyones decision. Looking to choose the bird that ought to have the best flavor.

I have started a small farm business in Oregon. Currently focusing on microgreens production, but I am strongly considering expanding into a limited commercial poultry operation as well. Oregon has some very favorable farm-to-table style laws that allow home processing and sales so long as...

Anyone have a favorite? Tried doing an average sized cockerel today using some fancy ones from cutco and they SUCK big time, work less well than the walmart specials for 15 bucks. I'm going to be doing big turkeys so they need to be up to that task. Thanks

I had a 'hatch' of bourbon reds about a month ago that I only managed to get 2 hatchers out of. One was stronger and healthier right out the gate, and another was weaker and maybe 2/3 the size. The larger one managed to drown itself, and that possibility is no more, but now I am down to just the...

My first batch of bourbon red is currently hatching, and one of the birds has started pipping in the lower portion of the egg as opposed to near the top. It stuck its beak out saturday, and is still alive, but has not progressed. At what point should I intervene? It is currently day 27 and there...

So I am currently on day 18 and about to start my lockdown. Using a forced air incubator with an egg rocker, temp steady 99-100f. I had the humidity a bit too high for the first ten days, lowered it, and all seemed well except for air cell development in many eggs which never seemed to progress...

I am on day 14 on a batch of chicken eggs, and while candling last night I noticed that the air cells seem to be uniformly smaller than expected at this time based on photographs I have seen. The humidity level has been a steady 50-60% during the incubation period, but I haven't been able to...

I recently acquired 3 jennys and a tom, they hatched last year and are getting adjusted to their new home. They free range most of the day but have a covered run at night. I have clipped the wings on the girls to keep them from becoming too adventurous, and just yesterday I found the first egg...

Looking to get some turkey poults this year that met a few parameters- 1- Able to self reproduce 2- True breeding 3- Larger, whiter breast meat 4- Preference for a more traditional turkey look, but no all white birds I'm leaning towards Narragansett or a hybrid thereof, and was considering...

Good evening. Starting to think about next years turkeys and was wondering if anyone here has some good recommendations of where or where NOT to get my poults in the spring. I am leaning towards a classic narraganasset but am open to others that are true breeding as I intend to keep these around...

I free range about a dozen mixed birds near Eugene, Oregon. They have about an acre to wander around which is fenced in, and surrounded by seasonally flooded swamp. At one point or another, most of the birds seem to develop what I interpret as the symptoms of gapeworm. The rolling head shake at...

Happy almost thanksgiving everyone. The time has come for me to harvest the last of my turkeys, a broad breasted black that probably weighs around 20lbs. I have been very disappointed in my turkey dispatches so far. I want to make sure this last one goes better so I'd love some advice. I'll...

I thought it might be helpful to have a thread where people can post pics of various dressed breeds of fowl, both domestic and wild. What the bird look like on the outside is nice, but as a carnivore I'm more concerned with whats on the inside. Please include the following with your images-...

Tis nearly time to harvest my turkeys. I have harvested plenty of chickens, but this is my first experience with a larger bird like this. I want to make this as quick as possible for everyone involved while also maximizing the meat quality. With chickens, I grab them by their ankles, give them a...

So, first batch of eggs hatching. Everyone except this one seems uniform in color and how they appeared immediately upon hatching was uniform as well. They are all bresse. This one looks very different. 1) he is grey in feather coloration and purplish body. All other chicks are yellow feathered...

Woke up this morning to find one of my eggs beginning to hatch!!! Should I just leave them alone? The egg turner is off, temp set at 99.5, humidity 60-70%. I have a brooder ready to go with a heat lamp, food and a waterer ready to go. How soon after hatching should I remove the bird?

On Tuesday I received a new rooster for my flock from a commercial source. It is the only new bird, about 6 months of age and currently the only rooster. He is physically larger than the hens already, of which there are 8. They have been without a boy for about a week now. First night, I kept...

After my rooster was killed, I was able to reacquire a 6 months old bird to replace him. Sadly, when he arrived he seems to have a decent lice infestation centered on his neck and face area but noticable everywhere. Yesterday I gave him a thorough dust bath with DE and today applied a 0.2cc drop...

I keep hearing that these things just happen but it doesn't make it any easier. Last week my full grown (or nearly so anyway) rooster died fighting off a what I believe was a racoon. It was my fault, I left the coop open. It hadn't been a problem til that night. It was quite the battle: feathers...