I was so unlucky with hatching turkeys this year...
Bought a pair of adult Bourbon Reds but now of the eggs I got from them was fertile - I put some under a Muscovy and some in the incubator.
I bought some from eggs from Ebay - two lots. Lot one - none hatched. Lot two - two hatched (pure white although I was told they are pied!). One died three days later in the brooder, and the other one was living with quails for couple of weeks, then I bought some Norfolk black poults. The little white one drowned in the bucket of water at the age of 6 weeks...
The black poults started sleeping on top of the fence, I got scared something is gonna eat them at night, so I sold them. Now I'm regretting - I should have kept them.
This coming spring I'm planning to get a pair or trio of adult turkeys and incubate some eggs under broody chicken hen.
Has anyone tried that?
Bought a pair of adult Bourbon Reds but now of the eggs I got from them was fertile - I put some under a Muscovy and some in the incubator.
I bought some from eggs from Ebay - two lots. Lot one - none hatched. Lot two - two hatched (pure white although I was told they are pied!). One died three days later in the brooder, and the other one was living with quails for couple of weeks, then I bought some Norfolk black poults. The little white one drowned in the bucket of water at the age of 6 weeks...
The black poults started sleeping on top of the fence, I got scared something is gonna eat them at night, so I sold them. Now I'm regretting - I should have kept them.
This coming spring I'm planning to get a pair or trio of adult turkeys and incubate some eggs under broody chicken hen.
Has anyone tried that?
