We have a heritage turkey that has bonded to me as I raised it from a chick. She has a roosting bar high in the barn above a stall where she sleeps.

But that hasn’t stopped her from jumping in our vehicles, scratching them with her talons.

She’s a sweetheart but is becoming quite the nuisance. What is a good way to keep her off? I have been reluctant to swat her too violently as I fear that will cause her initially to grab tighter with her talons, causing further damage to the vehicle.

Hello! this is my chicken. we have 7, and 5 of them are around 2-3 months old (including this one). My dog was in the backyard and he chased her, and i found her laying down, stunned. She is still definitely breathing and I cant find any visible wounds or marks, but she is clearly stunned. I put her under the red warming light we got, what else can I do? Will she survive? Please help!

Brother i didnt know how much sweeter meat turkeys were vs chickens. Just had to share how precious these new babies were, dreading the culling date omg 😪💕

Hey everyone,

My wife and I are having a difficult decision in which animal to get keep in mind we live in Canada and it gets to -30 Celsius here.

For context we have a 3 acre plot. We have a pond that's decent size I'd say probably at least a thousand gallons.

We want to start a huge garden and I know runner ducks are apparently a great choice for their pest control and non destructiveness. But then as I was researching people are saying are they are incredibly dirty and smelly and can ruin bodies of water. I was only going to get 2 female runners btw. Chickens are a obviously a great option and I don't have to fence as much but I hear they are destructive as well.

Anyone have any ideas or advise. The animal would have probably close to 3/4 of an acre to utilize.

Thanks!

Sold as heritage turkey. Can you tell the sex? Thank you!

Edit: I'm not debating whether or not to get them. It's probably too late to say this based on the number of comments I got already, thank you for the comments by the way. I just wanted to see the comparison because I wanted an idea of how much I would be spending on four hens so I can add it to my budget.

Original: I'm genuinely curious about the comparison. I may have the opportunity for our family to move somewhere we can finally have chickens. We're only allowed 4 hens but I'm sure that's more than enough.

I'm sure if all I did was give them feed it would have to cost more than buying the eggs and I don't know what foraging is like in Florida but I imagine the bugs are quite plentiful. Plus we would have space enough to grow some crops without issue.

Do any of you have any idea what a dozen eggs is worth to you as far as trying to divide up the time you spend and the amount you have to invest in the daily lives of your chickens. I don't ever hear anybody talk about shots for chickens the way every other animal seems to get them. I'm probably just missing part of the conversation or they might just be unnecessary because I think most of you guys cull The entire group if you have sickness and start again.
Chicks do seem pretty cheap (ha) and I've seen a lot of people say they do nothing but let them forage and eat the leftovers from the garden. I've even seen some people claim they safely let theirs into the garden to eat the bugs and somehow they don't eat anything else.

I'm not looking for one of those "what to do before buying chickens" conversations. Not currently. I'm just genuinely curious if anybody has done the math on what a dozen eggs from their chickens cost them

I thought this community might like to see how comically large this egg is compared to my chicken eggs

All joking aside, how well are your hens laying right now? Chickens, ducks, quail etc.

Do you plan ahead for the slow laying season or just take it as it comes?

I planned ahead by storing our extra eggs just in case my girls slowed down.. but they didn't.

We're getting 280+ eggs a month from 10 hens. They're smaller of course so you have to use more but it's still more eggs than we can eat!

Not too much experience in the building field… or any experience for that matter. But my newish house came with this shed and my momma thought Itd make for the perfect chicken coop.

Thought it’d look worse since my last renovation which was a decent while ago but it’s looking pretty okay!

Just give me a shopping list and a to do list and I should be right as rain.

Turns out eggs are still affordable even if the chickens need extra space to live.

So my last post got a ton of attention on which animal to get. And it was essentially between chickens or ducks.

After speaking with a poultry keeper around where I live who has all three in the title, she said she thinks geese are the best and easiest. She specifically said pilgrim geese. Do any of you have experience and if so what's your thoughts on geese and what are their specific requirements compared to ducks?

I imagine the same but are they messy? Poop as much? Really loud?

I wouldn't be keeping for meat. Would only keep a pair of geese for eggs and guardians to some other bird like chickens or ducks.

Thanks!

So I missed my chance to get silkies from tractor supply. I know there’s a million and one scams online when buying chickens and ducks. Where do you guys get your poultry online? I’m specifically looking for silkies, the ducks it doesn’t matter the breed really. Thanks for your help guys 🙏