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OK, I have a Tom and Hen that are Royal Palm Turkeys. They both will be 2 years old next May. My question is this: I have seen them successfully mate many times over the last year but have never had a fertile egg. I'm tired of putting un-fertile eggs in the incubator and wasting my time. -...

OK, I have read the sticky and I read question 3: Q 3 Can I use any kind of sex linked hen or sex linked rooster ( black sex linked or red sex linked) to produce sex linked chicks? A. NO So here is my question. I have a dozen Red Star hens which are sex link hens. I also have just one...

I’ll be hatching this Saturday. After candling the eggs, it seems as if 13 out of the initial 16 are progressing well. I live in the Mojave Desert and now that winter is here, the house stays more of a constant temperature and thus the Little Giant also stays more of a constant temperature...

OK, so there I was trying to incubate turkey eggs with my new LG and little did I know that my TOM was not yet fertile . . . even though he was doing his job. So after two batches of Turkey eggs with no luck, I threw in just a few more and also put in a chicken egg. Low and behold, the chick...

OK, I bought my first little giant incubator with an auto turner and I'm trying to incubate Turkey eggs. I have one hen and one tom. He always seems to be "doing his duty" but I never seem to have any fertile eggs. At least after 12 days with no signs of development during candling, I crack them...

I've been having troubles with Squirrels getting my eggs. I know it's them because I have seen them stealing. Anyway, I have been using a Squirrel trap with fairly good success. Then last week as the weather was getting hot, I noticed a trend: I would go out to feed the goats and find a...

OK, my female turkey is real broody. She has just laid about a dozen eggs. Can anyone give me advice about adding extra heat, restricting her from leaving the nest or any other advice about helping her out. I'm in the Mojave Desert and it is getting down to the mid-40's at night and high 60's...

I've heard of it and I have always had lots of mice around the coops but never saw my girls go for them. I've been doing this hen thing for about 2 years. Then, last night I went to put my girls away (bobcat proofing) and a hen had a mouse in her mouth. She was not sure what to do with it but...

OK, so every once in a while, snow comes along to the Antelope Valley in the Mojave Desert. But that is usually just a dusting. This time was something we have not seen since February of 1989! We got a full 8 inches of the stuff in the town of Mojave, 6 inches at Edwards AFB and a foot or more...

Do you think that might make a nice size Broiler?? After doing some more looking, I found out that the "Rare free chick" that McMurray inculed with my last shipment in the spring, was not in fact a Barred Rock like I thought but a Dominique. So now I'm curious what I might get if I cross him...

OK, I know that this has been covered in one form or another on this site but I'm still a little unclear. What roo and what hen can I use to get a good Jumbo Cornish X Rock like we can get from the hatcheries? Also, if the Cornish is of the bantam size, can they breed naturally or do they have...

Well I've been hanging out here on the site for a few months now. I'm having a lot of fun and really appreciate all the information people have to offer. I'm 45-ish, born and raised in the Los Angeles area . . . something that I'm not too proud of and have lived in the Mojave area in the Desert...

Home of Space Ship One, The Voyager, Breaking the Sound Bearier, Joshua Trees and 350 clear days a year! You can also see for 40 miles in any direction. Summer is 110+, winter doesn't really start until after Thanks giving, the night time temp in winter is usually no less than 20 degrees and...

OK, so I processed my first turkey that I raised here at home. I was doing the evisceration and I noticed how large the gizzard was . . . man, that thing is bigger than my fist! Anyway, I cut the gizzard open and found a 3 inch nail embedded in it. Where the nail was poking through the gizzard...

I have a barred rock roo who has been in his own pen since he was about 4 months old. This pen is isolated away from the other birds. All he can see all day is several turkeys but he does not have access to them. Now he is 8 months old and I want to breed him with a Rhode Island Red. I tried to...