Do hens sometimes gobble? - BackYard Chickens
2012年8月22日 · Yesterday, I purchased 5 young (4-5) month old turkeys. 3 Narrangansett and 2 bronze to put with my 3 Royal Palms (2 male and 1 female). I am looking forward to seeing what I get from these birds. However about 15 minutes after I put these 5 "hens" in a pen, one of them began to gobble.
The Best Chicken Feed | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise …
2022年4月4日 · It's important not to feed chick starter for too long, as the high protein content can cause liver damage. This type of chicken feed usually comes in the form of crumbles and may look like sand or soil. The fine texture of the feed makes it easier for the chicks to gobble up and digest. 2. Grower Feed
Gobble noises--hen? tom? both - BackYard Chickens
2011年7月27日 · Both sexes trill as poults, only males gobble and females urt (kind of a bark) as adults. Both will display when young and puff up as adults, but only the males will dance, to impress a female. The female, when she is ready to mate, will lay on the ground in front of the male with her wings out slightly for balance, presenting herself to the male.
gobble gobble! | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
2008年10月23日 · Shelleyb1969 and her delightful little boy (who loves to play with our chickens and turkeys etc.) just came by to grab some feed. her son wanted to see my turkeys, so out we went. he chased them out of the coop into the run and 'GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE!' (they are 8 1/2 weeks old.) the First...
Table Scraps and Leftovers for Chickens
2018年11月21日 · Fun fact: chickens like to eat…a lot! Being omnivores, they will happily gobble down most anything you provide them with. This can be very convenient for us when it comes to disposing of our leftover table scraps and other unwanted food. Additionally, feeding table scraps can help cut back on regular chicken feed expenses.
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Understanding the Confusing and Mysterious Language of …
2022年9月24日 · There is really no better way to get the chatter going than throwing something tasty on the ground for your flock to gobble up. When they are eating, things sometimes get a little competitive. It’s not uncommon to witness a hen snatching food from another’s beak or getting a quick peck on the head when she eyed someone else’s morsel a ...
Do Turkey Hens gobble and strut?????? - BackYard Chickens
2022年11月22日 · I have never heard a turkey actually gobble, although I have seen some try and it not a real gobble. The laying down by a male turkey is also a sign of submittion to the more dominate turkey. When a hen lays down to to mate they spread there wings out some, they usually won't lay down unless they are ready to start laying eggs.
How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which …
2018年2月15日 · However, in each of these two cases, the chicken care giver was agreeable to performing crop surgery. (Perhaps a subject for a future article.) In both cases the surgery was successful in clearing the crop of the obstruction. However, the chicken in each case was still not showing signs of recovery, so the next step was to do a molasses flush.
Ways to make Tom gobble less? - BackYard Chickens
2018年4月5日 · They gobble day or night at the drop of a hat, any unusual sound, errant horn honk, door closing, feed bucket rattle, or shadow drifting by. We have a one acre lot that is 330 long and we built the pen at the very back edge!