Posts by AVizcaya

From what I have read on the turkey forum turkey eggs only hatch well when they have been at 60% humidity or higher for the entirety of incubation. I have no personal experience but was discussed here...

She didn't seem sensitive to my touch either. Just paranoid, right?.... Right?!?! RIGHT?!?! OK... Just convince me there isn't anything wrong. lol

I am being a bit paranoid at the moment but I just want to make sure there is nothing wrong. I picked up one of my Black Sex-links yesterday and found this: I wouldn't have been concerned except for the fact that is it redder than I...

Are you hatching yours? Broody or incubator? Or are they coming at poults? Where from? How very exciting! Don't we all just love spring?!?!?!

I am beyond excited!!!!!! I have a dozen fertile eggs being driven to my doorstep of the original flock of the Wishard Standard Bronze Turkeys!!!!! Took MANY emails and phone calls but it is finally happening this Wednesday! I had to...

Turkey hens are bit different than chicken hens, their broodiness is dependent on a particular number of eggs in a nest, usually 15-20. Don't know if they can count but it's like they have this magic number in their brain and when they...

Quote:Originally Posted by Irish Ridge Thanks!   I suspect it was one of the meat strains.  The tom got really huge and fat, he eventually messed his leg up and we had him butchered.  He was so big we had to put...

Quote:Originally Posted by Irish Ridge I don't mean to hijack the thread but I have to know...What breed of Turkeys do you have???I never had any luck getting the Bronze Turkeys we had to breed.No problem, turkeys don't get...

That is very interesting. I can't find any reference material on it and appreciate the information. We all just end up playing a game of trial and error anyways. What's the worst that can happen? We loose several eggs. Oh well, life goes...

Ok, 2 eggs were taken away at 8 hours of incubation and 6 were taken away at 24 hours of incubation, if anyone is interested I will update this when hatch time comes for my third hen. With 8 eggs in the nest, plus maybe 12 more she will...