Posts by newduckie

I have a goose on 8 eggs that should be within the next week. Didnt see the exact day she started setting so not sure of the exact date.

I guess i need to candle my eggs under my goose. I let it get away from me as to when she started sitting for sure. I know when I thought she was but then she was out and about every day for a week or so and didnt notice for sure when...

/loxie28 You do a wonderful job. Does it take a really expensive drill to do this? Thanks

guess I need to whine and gripe about my hen turkey one more time. I wrote a couple of weeks ago about looking for her nest because I knew that she had to be laying somewhere. She has always jsut dropped her eggs in the past on the...

I think turkey eggs take 28 days?? Not 100 % sure tho. I would say she will stay with the the nest for a few days after they hatch but will abandon it to take the babies to feed, so you will have to be ready to either take over with a...

She will get off to eat and drink.

Thanks for the reply. I have been gone and not near the computer. I did take all the eggs and I just didnt give her time to adapt. She needed that day or so to know that she had babies. She has once again turned into mom of the year....

Mine has finally settled in to incubate.... I think. And now that you say that, she was doing just that. She would sit on them but leave them buried and I thought that was weird. Now I have two sitting on eggs but have long since lost...

Originally Posted by kuntrygirl You need turkeys. You need turkeys. You need turkeys. You need turkeys. You need turkeys!!!. And by the way............YOU NEED TURKEYS! I have a royal palm Tom and a red bourbon hen, but I don't...

Well, not sure what to do now. The mama hen is sitting on the babies. But she is not getting them out to feed or drink. They were in the floor this morning and she was still in the nest. Put them back and they stayed all day. I went...