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post #111 of 170
3/29/12 at 11:42am
I have a really dumb question. Is it possible to have a turkey lay miniture eggs? I am getting an egg every other day and it is about the size of a banty chicken egg but it is pointed and has spots like a turkey egg...just tiny. I have been waiting for her to lay an egg but hasnt happened unless these are hers
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post #112 of 170
3/29/12 at 1:07pm

Yes, I have a website:

www.etsy.com/shop/goldeneggpysanky

 

And I'm still looking for anyone with infertile Turkey eggs!

One spoiled labradoodle and one spoiled husband.  Two sons in the US Navy, one in broadcasting.  Would love some turkeys but local laws prohibit...Ukrainian egg artist looking eggs...any eggs...turkey, duck, goose, banty chix or duck, peafowl, largefowl, pee-wee chicken, partridge, quail, pheasant, pigeon, you name it...  www.etsy.com/shop/goldeneggpysanky

 

 

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One spoiled labradoodle and one spoiled husband.  Two sons in the US Navy, one in broadcasting.  Would love some turkeys but local laws prohibit...Ukrainian egg artist looking eggs...any eggs...turkey, duck, goose, banty chix or duck, peafowl, largefowl, pee-wee chicken, partridge, quail, pheasant, pigeon, you name it...  www.etsy.com/shop/goldeneggpysanky

 

 

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post #113 of 170
3/29/12 at 1:52pm
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I have a really dumb question. Is it possible to have a turkey lay miniture eggs? I am getting an egg every other day and it is about the size of a banty chicken egg but it is pointed and has spots like a turkey egg...just tiny. I have been waiting for her to lay an egg but hasnt happened unless these are hers

When my girls first started to lay, their eggs were a little smaller at first but not as small as a banty chicken egg.

NPIP Certified-115 Chickens (50 chicks), 13 Geese (12 gosling), 19 BR Turkeys (5 poults), 7 Rabbits, 60 Muscovy Duck, 29 Guineas (15 keets), 9 Peafowl, 8 Sheep, 1 Goat and pea, turkey and guinea eggs cooking in the incubator.
 

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NPIP Certified-115 Chickens (50 chicks), 13 Geese (12 gosling), 19 BR Turkeys (5 poults), 7 Rabbits, 60 Muscovy Duck, 29 Guineas (15 keets), 9 Peafowl, 8 Sheep, 1 Goat and pea, turkey and guinea eggs cooking in the incubator.
 

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post #114 of 170
3/29/12 at 6:33pm
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Originally Posted by kuntrygirl View Post

When my girls first started to lay, their eggs were a little smaller at first but not as small as a banty chicken egg.

my hen is aboutn 3 years old. she has never laid... I think maybe she laid two last year. but never any others.. I think she has a problem.. I decided it cant be hers because they are in a little nest. there is no way she could ever get into it.
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post #115 of 170
4/1/12 at 7:04pm
just a quick update on my turkey. She is obviously smarter than me... I did catch her just to feel her belly to see if i could feel any eggs. very gently... all that accomplished was her and Tom turkey flogging the snot out of me.. I though my wrist was broken for a bit... my fault tho. anyway, the stress of whooping up on me made her lay an egg under the roost that night. It is such a pretty egg. I want more and so I know she is laying and I watched her today and she outwitted me again. I know she has a nest out in the brush somewhere. she was gone for an hour or more and i looked and looked.. went to the house for water and came right back and she was in the chicken house and just looked at me. I SWEAR she was laughing at me. I just realy do not want her to go off and set on a nest becuase her chances of survival are not great if she is not locked up at night.. I just hope that I have the time to look some more, but i go back to work tomorrow so not sure what will do about it.. thanks for listening..
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post #116 of 170
4/1/12 at 7:08pm

We have had six hens go broody since Christmas Day.  We have had twelve hatch so far, with three broody bantam hens on a total of twelve standard eggs (one hen with 3, one with 4, one with 5) all due to hatch tomorrow.  If we see any chicks in the morning maybe I will remember to post pics.  

We live on a beautiful homestead in Kansas.  We have lots of bantams and standards (many breeds including: EEs, BOs, Speckled Sussexes, Delawares, Silkies, d'Uccles, Cochins, A few home hatched mixes, OEG bantams, and a couple undetermined).  We also have five goats (mixed origin), one dexter heifer, two pigs, and nine ducks.  Life couldn't be much better.

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We live on a beautiful homestead in Kansas.  We have lots of bantams and standards (many breeds including: EEs, BOs, Speckled Sussexes, Delawares, Silkies, d'Uccles, Cochins, A few home hatched mixes, OEG bantams, and a couple undetermined).  We also have five goats (mixed origin), one dexter heifer, two pigs, and nine ducks.  Life couldn't be much better.

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post #117 of 170
4/2/12 at 2:57am
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Originally Posted by newduckie View Post

I have a really dumb question. Is it possible to have a turkey lay miniture eggs? I am getting an egg every other day and it is about the size of a banty chicken egg but it is pointed and has spots like a turkey egg...just tiny. I have been waiting for her to lay an egg but hasnt happened unless these are hers


You don't happen to have guinea hens do you? Those eggs sound just like my guinea eggs smile.png

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post #118 of 170
4/2/12 at 7:45am

One of the hens has managed to get two of her eggs to hatch.  Both of the little ones are still very wet, but they look healthy.  One is yellow and the other is either black or brown but I can't quite tell yet since it is still wet.  The other hens have eggs that are making noises on the inside, so we might have some more later! jumpy.gif

We live on a beautiful homestead in Kansas.  We have lots of bantams and standards (many breeds including: EEs, BOs, Speckled Sussexes, Delawares, Silkies, d'Uccles, Cochins, A few home hatched mixes, OEG bantams, and a couple undetermined).  We also have five goats (mixed origin), one dexter heifer, two pigs, and nine ducks.  Life couldn't be much better.

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We live on a beautiful homestead in Kansas.  We have lots of bantams and standards (many breeds including: EEs, BOs, Speckled Sussexes, Delawares, Silkies, d'Uccles, Cochins, A few home hatched mixes, OEG bantams, and a couple undetermined).  We also have five goats (mixed origin), one dexter heifer, two pigs, and nine ducks.  Life couldn't be much better.

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post #119 of 170
4/2/12 at 7:52am
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Originally Posted by Silkie Chick View Post

One of the hens has managed to get two of her eggs to hatch.  Both of the little ones are still very wet, but they look healthy.  One is yellow and the other is either black or brown but I can't quite tell yet since it is still wet.  The other hens have eggs that are making noises on the inside, so we might have some more later! jumpy.gif

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Congrats. Post pics when you can.

NPIP Certified-115 Chickens (50 chicks), 13 Geese (12 gosling), 19 BR Turkeys (5 poults), 7 Rabbits, 60 Muscovy Duck, 29 Guineas (15 keets), 9 Peafowl, 8 Sheep, 1 Goat and pea, turkey and guinea eggs cooking in the incubator.
 

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NPIP Certified-115 Chickens (50 chicks), 13 Geese (12 gosling), 19 BR Turkeys (5 poults), 7 Rabbits, 60 Muscovy Duck, 29 Guineas (15 keets), 9 Peafowl, 8 Sheep, 1 Goat and pea, turkey and guinea eggs cooking in the incubator.
 

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post #120 of 170
4/2/12 at 10:03am

Having to help some of them hatch.  One problem with hatching outside is that you can't control the humidity.  I will try to post pics when more of them hatch!

We live on a beautiful homestead in Kansas.  We have lots of bantams and standards (many breeds including: EEs, BOs, Speckled Sussexes, Delawares, Silkies, d'Uccles, Cochins, A few home hatched mixes, OEG bantams, and a couple undetermined).  We also have five goats (mixed origin), one dexter heifer, two pigs, and nine ducks.  Life couldn't be much better.

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We live on a beautiful homestead in Kansas.  We have lots of bantams and standards (many breeds including: EEs, BOs, Speckled Sussexes, Delawares, Silkies, d'Uccles, Cochins, A few home hatched mixes, OEG bantams, and a couple undetermined).  We also have five goats (mixed origin), one dexter heifer, two pigs, and nine ducks.  Life couldn't be much better.

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