First Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon- Join us! Set Day: Easter - Page 36

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Originally Posted by NotAFarm 

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Originally Posted by cmfarm 

Yay! I got my eggs last night. The lady had 10 and they are bourbon Red turkey eggs. I also got a few quail, silkie and welsummer eggs that she had too. And on a side note my duck eggs are hatching today! They were not supposed to be here until Tuesday. I guess they wanted to be Easter ducks, and Birthday ducks (it's my birthday today too, I am now officially 30).

 

 

 

I've been unofficially 30 for 25 years!! 

 

 

You are sooooo my Mommy  Every Year on her Birthday we would ask her how old she was and she would say 36 Then when we would ask her what year she was born in you would see her fingers twitching while she tried to figure it out

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Originally Posted by jandrusrn 

if I only had that problem, Deb..... I'm hoping to "sneak" in a batch of eggs and maybe just maybe the hubby won't notice.  what are the chances?? 

 

Jane

My hubby really doesn't want any peacocks because of their noise level soooooo I plan on hatching the turkeys then try to reason with him that at least they aren't peacocks

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Originally Posted by Arielle 

DH and boys are off to grandma's house for Easter Dinner--still have chicks zipping, so I felt the need to stay home and monitor the new chicks. ANd set the turkey eggs of course.

 

How do we handle shipped turkey eggs? THe same as chicken eggs?

Yes same way.

 

I don't know about turkey eggs being "unreliable" on their timing.  Last year when I set the six for the Easter hatch, I had one hatch on Thursday before Easter.  The rest of them hatched out with the chicks.  I have only hatched them once so I don't know if this is "normal".  28 days seems to be right.  The one that hatched early, hatched during a power outage so I came home to a cooled of incubator and a poult that was very lethargic.  I was frantic.  Luckily DH remembered that we have a 110 outlet in our car.  We plugged the bator in and it warmed up.  The poult got a lot more active and then the power went back on.  I was so relieved.  Anyway, just set 27 turkey eggs.  12 Lurkey (BR) and the other 15 half Black Spanish half ROYAL PUPLE PALMS.  Can't help myself, I giggle every time I say it.  So stoked to see the babies and we just set them. 
 

 

Royal Purple Palm sound lovely! 

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Originally Posted by Melissa Rose 

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Originally Posted by jandrusrn 

if I only had that problem, Deb..... I'm hoping to "sneak" in a batch of eggs and maybe just maybe the hubby won't notice.  what are the chances?? 

 

Jane

My hubby really doesn't want any peacocks because of their noise level soooooo I plan on hatching the turkeys then try to reason with him that at least they aren't peacocks

 

When I picked up my eggs from Denny (lotsapaints), she told me she finds the incubation on turkeys to be more like 27 days.

As far as age (three+ decades past 25 here), I've always said, if you're going to lie about your age, say you're older.  People will look and say, "You look great, you don't look anywhere near ___".  If you lie and say you are younger, they are going to think "What the h__l happened to them?"

Deb

cmfarm - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Looks like I won't be setting today, 6 pipped ducks left for the Easter hatch-a-long, and 1 in the process of what I guess is a duck zip, they don't seem to zip as quickly as chicks.

Yeah, I'll be late, too.  I woke up to 13 hatched chicks and since then there have been two more, so my Easter Hatch is right on time (for actual Easter Sunday).  I want to put all the turkey eggs into one incubator but there are two wet chicks and several more eggs in it.

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Originally Posted by debs_flock 

 

Yeah, right now I'm kind of stuck.  I have three Genesis 1588.  Two of them have 39 eggs split between them for the Easter hatch.  The third has 11 Lakenvelder eggs going into lockdown tonight.  One of the first two needs to finish up by tomorrow so I can set the 11 turkey eggs.

 

And then someone needs to slap me, I have 5-6 dozen chicken eggs being shipped to me from three different sources on Monday.

 

I need someone to stop me!!!!!!!!!!  My DH is an enabler, he just keeps building coops/runs.

 

Deb

 

Hope you left room, I send extras!
 

DH mentioned the wild turkeys were the focus of my BR toms this morning. Haven't seen wild turkeys for a number of years. Nice to know they are surviving the constant building.

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Originally Posted by Ray_n_Debi 

Hope you left room, I send extras!
 

 

YAY!!!  Absolutely, if necessary you always solve the problem by buying another incubator!!!

Deb