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I need to know this also. A friend is going to save turkey eggs this spring for me to hatch. I was wondering if the turner will hold the eggs or if I will need to plan to hand turn the turkey eggs.
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Hey everyone! I'm joining! I'll be getting 17 chicks on the first of March. But sometime in the spring I'm going to be having a broody hatch some eggs for me. This will be my first time letting a broody hatch eggs. I usually incubate instead. A ways I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice? Or I can hear your experiences? I have already read a lot of broody articles and stuff. Just wanted some extra info.I'll be giving some updates and stuff when I get the mail ordered baby chicks, and when I get one of my hens broody.
Welcome!! I have no luck with broodies, so I hope the others can chime in for sure! I know to mark the eggs and pull any new eggs thereafter and candle same days as incubation so you dont get a exploder and have to clean hens and eggs!
he cant move lmao!! I did put his legs together to help pull the other leg, I am not sure I can fix this guy, seems like his "hip" ??? is pointed out and it dont really move, so I will take this contraption off tomorrow and see what he does without it, if he needs more I will rewrap him.
Hey everyone! I'm joining! I'll be getting 17 chicks on the first of March. But sometime in the spring I'm going to be having a broody hatch some eggs for me. This will be my first time letting a broody hatch eggs. I usually incubate instead. A ways I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice? Or I can hear your experiences? I have already read a lot of broody articles and stuff. Just wanted some extra info.
Cherry! Welcome over!
I did a broody hatch once, and I literally did set-and-forget.
I did candle a few times, mostly because 90% of the 2 DOZEN eggs she was on was infertile, due to the only roo gettin dispatched shortly after set date and some sneaky hens.
It was an irrisistable window...
Hey everyone! I'm joining! I'll be getting 17 chicks on the first of March. But sometime in the spring I'm going to be having a broody hatch some eggs for me. This will be my first time letting a broody hatch eggs. I usually incubate instead. A ways I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice? Or I can hear your experiences? I have already read a lot of broody articles and stuff. Just wanted some extra info.
welcome Cherries!
just follow along and enjoy the ride. every now and again one of us posts their hatching adventures.
seriously though, Sally has put together an awesome collection of methods, tools and stories on page 1 that just about everyone has contributed something to.
Thanks everyone. Has anyone ever had a Cochin hatch chicks for them? Are they good mothers? What's your experiences with them? I heard that they are excellent mothers. I have a lavender Cochin I want to go broody.
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Sorry... I haven't mastered the headspot thing, but there are a few other things that will help determine sex. While the males are supposed to have a well defined spot on their heads, at least the front part of the spot, I have females that had very similar marks. If the spot is blurred, barely visible, or spread over a wide area, it's very possible it's a female. Next I'd look at the legs. Males have mostly clean legs, but some may have light shading on the front of the shanks and toes. If it's a dark shade, it's more than likely a female. When they get around 2 weeks old, the females will develop long primary feathers on their wings, usually well ahead of the males. These primary feathers will be almost solid black, with very light barring at the ends. The females will most likely develop tails sooner than the males. When the male's primary feathers come in, they will be fairly evenly barred, and by 4 weeks it's quite easy to tell the two apart simply by the overall darker color of the females. The males will be forming combs and wattles at this time, which should be bright pink-to-red, compared to the short, pale combs of the females.@Ur-ur-ur-urrr Hi, since you have Barred Rocks can you tell what the injured chick likely is?I found out the eggs were not from the lady who sold them but hatchery eggs. Cockrel?
I tagged @Auroradream26 hoping she would jump on this; she must've missed it.
She has turkeys & probably knows the answer
I see she's gone now...PM her
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