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post #31 of 664

4/6/11 at 8:22am

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Our Porter poults are due in early May! If they look as good as what we have seen others post, I am going to be pleased! Narragansett, Blacks and Jersey Buffs.

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4/7/11 at 6:38pm

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I would like to start raising bourbon red turkeys some time but for now I have order just 10 regular hatchery turkeys to try out and then I will move on to actually raising them. I like this thread.

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4/7/11 at 7:20pm

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I received in the mail today a beautiful tray of Beltsville White eggs. Thank you, sandspoultry! Can't wait to get started with my new breed.

Jen - Buckeyes, and Japanese Bantams (for the most part) Working on a flock of barred Hollands.

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4/7/11 at 8:32pm

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I would like to start raising bourbon red turkeys some time but for now I have order just 10 regular hatchery turkeys to try out and then I will move on to actually raising them. I like this thread.

What variety did you order? Though they are hatchery poults, you may still show them. You may even win a few shows. Jump in and get your feet wet!

Your prayers are appreciated! The divorce was granted.

I will be on/off BYC. If we owe you hatching eggs, please forward us the listing information. We are almost caught up on them and do not wish to miss anyone. Geese are now laying!

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Your prayers are appreciated! The divorce was granted.

I will be on/off BYC. If we owe you hatching eggs, please forward us the listing information. We are almost caught up on them and do not wish to miss anyone. Geese are now laying!

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4/7/11 at 8:42pm

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I received in the mail today a beautiful tray of Beltsville White eggs. Thank you, sandspoultry! Can't wait to get started with my new breed.

How many eggs did you get? Keep us informed. Hope everyone of them hatch!

Your prayers are appreciated! The divorce was granted.

I will be on/off BYC. If we owe you hatching eggs, please forward us the listing information. We are almost caught up on them and do not wish to miss anyone. Geese are now laying!

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I will be on/off BYC. If we owe you hatching eggs, please forward us the listing information. We are almost caught up on them and do not wish to miss anyone. Geese are now laying!

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4/8/11 at 3:32am

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I got 16 eggs. I have previously had problems with turkeys getting all the way to hatch day and then dying in the shell. Does anyone know what this is from or what I could do to prevent it?

Jen - Buckeyes, and Japanese Bantams (for the most part) Working on a flock of barred Hollands.

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4/11/11 at 4:10pm

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I would like to breed naragansetts--but I'd like to start with good quality breeding stock. When a big hatchery was having problems with the hens slow to hatch (and not having a way to process) I "chickened" out of the Narragansett order.

I thought that because the Narragansetts are a local (I'm just over the RI border) they might sell better than other turkeys.

Are there any other good breeders of these turkeys besides Porters???? I'd rather buy poults than do eggs at this point.

Thanks for listening.

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Eggs available: Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex

Grow where you are planted. --Unknown

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Eggs available: Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex

Grow where you are planted. --Unknown

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4/11/11 at 4:34pm

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I always thought cackle hatchery is a good place to get Naragansett. They have been raising heritage turkeys way before they where called heritage turkeys. They are one of the few hatcherys (privett is the other one) that hatches there own birds.