Turkeys were a bit more challenging. I brought home 6 poults, the biggest one died at 3 months, just put on too much weight too fast I guess. Necropsy was fine. I gave them tons of cayenne powder in their food & water to keep the blackhead away... They lived harmoniously with the chickens until...
Right now I have 24 in the backyard lol
I started off with 7 chickens in 2011... I have had up to 35 chickens at one time (a lot for the size of backyard I have) plus 6 turkeys... Gotta love chicken math. :)
Btw... I'm not sure if these eggs will even develop embryos. I stored them in the...
I have 3 Cochin bantam roosters, the eggs are marans, leghorn & silkies. Lol should be interesting...
I have 2 leghorn/cochin x chicks & a silkie/Cochin x chick right now, they're so cute.
ETA: mama here is a marans x New Hampshire red