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I think the dirt bath was a bit mucky don't you? What do we call them now? Midget yucks? Don't you just love sloppy weather?

I'm laying down on the couch trying to respond to some emails when all of a sudden there is noise like none other coming from all around my house. I'm thinking a possible predator at this time of day? An unexpected customer? Maybe UPS? So I go look out side. . Harvey is at the front...

Eva is a BBW that is going to be 2 in march. She was one of two girls I had for pets. Gracie died on New Year's Eve. Eva gets to come in when she gets too cold running around with the midgets. She stays in the foyer and plays with things clucking and a plucking. But outside waits lover...

Midget White Turkey eggs available.  I get 6 a day currently.  We put some under our broody chickens and had 100% fertility.  They are currently hatching, so we will see what the hatch rate will be, so far only one has died in the shell and we have had some cold nights here in Wisconsin.  I will...

Last spring I purchased some Midget White turkey eggs from two different breeders. The first batch all have/had brown eyes now that they are older. As poults they of course had blue. My second batch are a bit mixed. One has beautiful blue eyes (Frankie is of course a keeper) and the rest all...

I just received some chicks that I think are Aseels. I'm really not sure what they are as the guy doesn't speak the best English. All I know is that he ordered them from Tiawan, they will have very long necks and not be big like my Dark Cornish. This was an unexpected delivery. He gave me 12...

So in this years Broad Breasted Whites I have had two anomalies that I'm looking for input on. The first one died about a month ago. He was sitting next to me when he started gasping and his head turned dark. I quickly processed him. When I was pulling his feathers I noticed a round bulge...

Tonight I was counting birds and noticed that our Black Star had some goopy looking stuff on her bum. I saw yesterday that she wasn't as spry as normal, but was busy and didn't get a chance to really check her out. I pulled her off the perch and took her over too the hose to rinse her off and...

I was sitting out in the garden and my two Broad Breasted turkey hens, Eva and Gracie, were sitting with me. Gracie climed into my lap for some hugging (yes I am a hugger and lover. I'm old and still play with my birds), so I was petting and loving her when George, the Chinese White gander...

Hi I recently purchased a Brinsea Octogon 40DX. I also have a Brinsea Eco20 that works awesome and have never had a problem with it. I've used the 40 once with very mixed results. I had 48 eggs to start, 3 weren't fertile, 26 hatched over 2 days, and the rest were all dead in the shell...

I have three Chinese White geese and one sassy gander named George. George's girls are Sadie, Penelope and Lucy. Of course you have to have a Lucy goosie don't you. Anyway Sadie has been thinking she wants to set eggs since mid December. I keep my birds laying until after the holiday egg...

I got this email from a friend that knows about all my critters and is exasperated. DUCKS IN HEAVEN !!! Three women die together in an accident And go to heaven. When they get there, St. Peter says, 'We only have one rule here in heaven: Don't step on the ducks!' So they enter heaven...

I've got me another broody, so I MUST let her set some eggs. It's that time of year where the chickens eggs are all muddy footprints and nastiness. I read on here that someone tried a bleach water wash that improved her hatch. Since I'm not in the mood to spend hours and hours on here looking...

I'm kinda mad about it though. Mr. Blue otherwise known as Blue eyed Billy was hugh and always stayed near the girls. I was just starting to think I should keep him for a breeder when something got him. We pulled up to the house and my son saw a turkey thrashing around. By the time I got...

Last year Ezzy left her chicks on her own when they were about 10 weeks old. This year I had to remove her when they were 13 weeks as I needed the broody coop. Drucilla went broody for her first time this year and did a terrible job hatching. Her first batch were all bad or she cracked the...

Hi, I have some chickens that I'm not sure what they are. I thought they were GLW but they aren't fluffy like the SLW. They are also very meaty feeling and they always have a hugh crop. My son calls them blueberries as they remind him of the girl on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that...

Well we had two girls go very broody on us (we're not ones to turn down a broody EVER), but our broody house was currently occupied by two other girls and their prodegies. So we set up one of our smaller coops that only has two nest boxes. We moved the girls in and all seemed well until Sandy...

I had to butcher one of my BBW today unexpectedly. He had developed a hernia a few months back but appeared to be in no pain and ate enough to make me swear he had worms which he didn't. Anyway his hernia burst today so I quickly took care of him. When I pulled out his heart I was surprised...

I have 11 toms and 10 hens this year. Lucky ME! Anyway one of my toms never struts his stuff for me anymore. He is however hanging out with the girls all the time. He even jumps the fence daily with the girls. Yesterday I was putting him back over the fence and I felt something very odd...

I got my turkeys the first week of May this year (about a month later than normal). At two days old they we strutting around and would try to gobble, which came out peep peep peep. I knew right away that I had 11 little tommys. They grew and matured very quickly this year. They are also...