A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[TurkeyTimes]

Way too adorable Aurora! Love it! Cute lil baby wasn't getting off for nothing lol

 

[PolarBerry]

When do your hens quit laying for the year? Or does it just slow down a lot then drop off?

I bought a second incubator to see if a different one gives me better hatching results but may be near out of eggs when it arrives! Although will have it for spring at least. I may give coturnix quail a try as a quick egg/meat source and they’re pretty popular here.

I think a big part of my bad hatch rates is the fact my house fluctuates temps so much in the summer. When I had them in the closed off guest room that stayed more consistent I had better hatch rates. Not much I can do though without a stable temperature area though... plan on having one and getting or building a cabinet incubator in the future when have room for it.

 

[rjohns39]

I don't know if this will work or not

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1847994691904166&id=100000809582857

Too cute But I get a bang out of the jealously attacks...

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Tommy was NOT amused! Immediately after these pictures, he started running around in a panic trying to get that thing off his back lol. It took him a couple minutes!

 

[TurkeyTimes]

Too stinking cute! I love that little poult! He wants his free ride lol

 

[memphis]

LOL! Now that's a video that I'd like to see! Poor Tommy! But how funny.

 

[memphis]

Back to hot and unnecessarily humid here. Just let dogs out to run & it's like walking into a sauna already. Daisy will be hugging her fan today!!
Did get them out for a stroll yesterday evening. Neighbor has a new pekinese puppy. It looks like a giant wooly worm. Nothing but fur with two eyes poking out. The girls were so confused. Pup didn't say a word and I'm not sure the girls knew what it was. They eye balled it then slowly retreated into the yard to graze. Even Annie was speechless.
Daisy is still flying like a pidgeon. She stands on her toes & revs up those wings. Then she'll do touch & goes down the yard. I think she might have quit laying & just feels good. Maybe? Maybe...without the feeling of an impending egg she's more inclined to fly.

 

[R2elk]

Four days ago the Royal Palm hen hatched another egg but must have stepped on one of the poults so she still had 10 poults. She seemed to have abandoned the last 4 eggs so I collected to dispose of.

I tossed the first egg in the pit and when it cracked open there were live kicking legs sticking out. I took the other 3 eggs to the house and candled them to find that one was a blank, one was rotten and one was internally pipped. I fired up the hatcher and put the good egg in it.

I went back to the pit, disposed of the two bad eggs and crawled in far enough to get the still live egg. I took that egg and since the yolk was absorbed, removed the remaining shell and placed the poult in the hatcher with the good egg. I believe that because the poult didn't go through the straining and pushing to get out of the egg that it did not have any control over its legs. It would lay there sprawled on its back and could not turn itself right side up.

I got a small container and put the poult upright in the container so that it could not end up on its back. It did not take it long to tip the container over and end up on its back again. After numerous times of going through this I got a taller container for it and tried again.

The next morning the good egg hatched and was fine. The flopper was still getting out and ending up on its back. It couldn't turn itself over but it could jump up out of its container. I got concerned for the second poult when I found a poult on its back but there was still a poult in the container. The problem poult had gotten out and the good poult had crawled into the container.

I finally put enough support around the container that the problem poult could not tip it over and end up on its back. The next morning there wasn't any poult in the container and both poults were standing up and walking about. Later that day I took them out and put them in the brooder with the guinea keets. They were both eating and drinking very soon after being put in the brooder.

I left them in the brooder for a couple of days and took them out this morning and let them join their mother and their ten other siblings. Mama now has all 12 and I can't tell the difference among any of them.

 

[memphis]

Wow R2elk! I had to laugh about the good poult crawling into the container! Sounds like they are going to be just fine. Thanks to some good nursing! So shes being a good momma??

 

[R2elk]

Wow R2elk! I had to laugh about the good poult crawling into the container! Sounds like they are going to be just fine. Thanks to some good nursing! So shes being a good momma??

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