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He has the sick family members on antibiotics, but he doesn't have any opinion on farm practices. My question is more directed at whether or not it's something other poultry farmers have treated in their flocks in the past, or if it's just taken as part of life within a poultry flock and you...

My family and I have raised chickens at scale for many years now without issues. We raise somewhere around 1000 a year between layers, meat birds and turkeys. Recently we had a family outbreak of Campylobacter that is very likely from our chicken flocks. Everything I've seen seems to point...

Hi all, I'm curious what others scald their chickens at. After years of trial and error, and close to 4000 broilers, we've found that scalding between 170 and 173 at 3600ft elevation yields the best results, and produces a totally 100% plucked chicken. It also works best to have 2 to 4...

Links to kits to see setup: https://ibb.co/xjqGKVQ https://ibb.co/wJWrG9j https://ibb.co/2Y06GjQ I checked on them. The concrete floor under the litter is cool and with the heat lamp being on it seems they can probably self-regulate their temp by burying themselves deeper against the...

Hello, The wife and I have a small farm/homestead (1000+ poultry, hogs and rabbits). We have 3 rabbits, 1 is a buck, 1 is a doe, 1 is unknown but I suspect female. The rabbits are in our uninsulated, unheated brooder building in a separate pen. We are at 3600ft in the Appalachian mountains...

Thanks Samuel. I got them on some pig starter/grower I had left over from 4 months ago and they seem to be taking to it. Based on your recommendation I'll just keep on with the grower. I'll slowly phase out the whole milk.

Hello all, A lot of local farmers are starting to go under with the pork supply backing up due to processing plants being shut down. Our local community of farmers and rural folks bought a local farmer out of his piglets so he wouldn't go under. I picked up 2 piglets for feeder pigs. I am...

Thanks R2elk, I should have mentioned that they are beginning to squabble over feed/dominance much like how chickens do their pecking order. That makes sense that it's likely from that squabbling and helps explain why it's in the same spot on most birds. Having not raised turkeys before I was...

Hello all, We are raising our first flock of turkeys this year. I've noticed these two black spots near the beak of this Turkey. Several others have the exact same spots in the same area. Any thoughts on what it could be? The turkeys are all healthy looking except for one, which I will be...

Fertility of eggs is only important 2 to 3 times a year when we incubate. We have the 3 roosters because while the acre run is fenced, there is no covering. The 3 roos fight off hawks and other aerial predators. The roos are between 12 and 18 months old. The birds having the most problems...

Hi all, we have an acre run with about 35 to 50 hens and 3 roosters. About 10 to 15 of our hens are losing feathers on their backs, and tops of their heads. I am 99% sure it is our 3 roosters despite there being 10 to 15 birds per roo. The run has plenty of grass, brush and trees for the...

Really? That'd odd, I'm assuming Ocular Marek's is different from plain 'ol Marek's? We haven't had any paralysis, or dead birds in the flock.

One of our BR has an odd pupil. I've noticed it before, but never bothered to ask about it as she and the others are all fine. Any ideas what it could be? Her, and the entire flock are perfectly normal, I'm just curious what could cause it. Attached images of good eye vs bad

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if I record all of the egg colors that these offspring eventually produce, I may be able to kind of back-trace their genetics?

Hi all, We've reached the point where we no longer have to order laying chicks as we just hatch all of our own now. However, we have a mixed flock, so the resulting chicks are mixes of high-egg production birds. I am curious what the chances are for different colored eggs that the following...

What I usually do is I always refuse to tolerate any aggression. If the rooster walks sideways around me, like he's trying to show off I stamp my big leather booted foot near him to make him jump. If he ever tries to peck me or slash at me I grab his neck and pull it down to the ground, and...

Somewhat related...I went to church wearing a pair of chicken britches after chicken chores sunday morning (they weren't very dirty). My wife realized after the service that I had a hole the size of a quarter on my backside.

We have one. I absolutely love it, never going back to hand-picking unless I have to. 2 birds are plucked within 10 seconds. Just make sure you scald exactly at the right temp, if you go a little over it will sometimes tear the meat. I also have the occasional torn drumstick if the leg gets...

Pictures of suspected leghorn vs cornish cross The little one is obviously the guy I think is the leghorn

Yes, I can get one real quick. I'll take a pic of both the suspected leghorn and the confirmed cornish side-by-side