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I have a new poult. The young hen that was sitting on 4 eggs hatched one. 2 never started and one quit.

The chances of her raising her poult to adulthood is about zero. She is a helicopter Mom. The poult is not interested in sitting under the hen, the hen is calling for it and being ignored. Wherever the poult goes the hen follows and tries to sit on the baby.
 
I fear my RP and BR Toms didn't get the job done. No veining and two have a mass starting. That's at day 21.... I may have to bring them back together again... Thursday I'll candle the second batch of turkey eggs and hopefully have better results. As for chicks, just put 12 RIW and 15 BH in the brooder a day early... Bator humidity has gone wonkey. The pump quit working... Had one shrink wrapped holland that I successfully assisted hatch. (s)he is making quite the racket right now... That's my fourth assisted hatch, and I would have never known how if I hadn't been a greeter... It's amazing what BYC teaches you without you realizing it...
 
rjohns39 said:
Here's the poult that I found in my chicken house with a bunch of roosters. I don't think I ever gave you the pic...
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Yes, you did post that picture before. I am curious how a poult got that big without being noticed. I would not expect a wild hatched poult to sit that quietly and calmly in her hands.
 
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Does anyone else find this hilarious and adorable at the same time... He's tiny! But already so proud!
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For reference. Those are baby goats in the corner. He's the only one so far.
-sav
 
This time I numbered and dated all my eggs so can see which ones hatch. Did a quick candling to find 4 non fertilized, 1 Red ring, and 2 early failures. Interestingly enough the 3 week old eggs I threw in for filling the incubator aren’t all the failure ones. So now down to 38 still incubating. Probably a few failure ones in there/others that won’t make it but if I saw veins and not a red ring I left it for now since only at day 12. Air sacs looking good with dry incubation.
 
Ralphie....that poor moma hen...running around trying to sit on her poult. LOL!

And yes, Sav... nothing more charming than a bug eye baby strutting! Too cute!

Boy is it nasty hot here. I've put fans out in the yard. Also set up the wading pools in front of the fans. Found Daisy laying in one asleep. Asleep! My little wading pools can hold two chickens, or one sprawled out turkey hen. Walked into the back with a friend who thought Daisy was quite clever....hogging the pool in front of a fan. Got the hose out to water some stuff...funny how the chickens scatter but the turkeys love to play in it. Egg laying is slowing down here. Guess it's the heat.
 
R2elk said:
Yes, you did post that picture before. I am curious how a poult got that big without being noticed. I would not expect a wild hatched poult to sit that quietly and calmly in her hands.
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I wonder if someone dropped it off? my broody raised poults are not that tame @rjohns39 .. once I catch them they fight to get away the whole time.. but I only handle them if they get through the fence into the other pen.. of course they can't figure out how to get back in.
 

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