A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[aliciaplus3]

I now have 2 broad breasted crosses, spudley and darling..... both big birds

 

[memphis]

Ablyn is so handsome!!!

Turkey Times....growing your own dinner has got to be better than the standard Butterball! By miles!

 

[TurkeyTimes]

Much much better but I got very attached to my butterball. I tried too hard hoping it was a hen, just my luck lol. Brooded those little suckers in my house and they had free reign lol

 

[TurkeyTimes]

This is my Lyla lapper. She is just too sweet! I love this little freak, she is spoiled rotten. She is going to make me some pencilled blue fallfires next year!

 

[memphis]

I'll admit it....I'm too much of a wimp to butcher any animal I would raise for food.

Lyla is a cutie! Love a lapper!! How old is she?

 

[TurkeyTimes]

She is about 4 months. The youngest and most spoiled of the triblues. Cant go anywhere without her following me or sit without her in my lap. She is quite imprinted lol. Loves to sit in my lap, tuck her head under my arm and nap. Too damn adorable.

 

[aliciaplus3]

Still a week to go on the 7 turkey eggs under the chicken hen .... I ended up with 3 babies from my last incubator run, not bad.... one black and 2 bronze looking

 

[PolarBerry]

So looks like my incubator is in the 98-100.4 range. I added three different thermometers in varying spots to check for hot/cold spots. Could explain the poor hatches but it’s the best I’ve got. At least not getting readings of 102+! This freakish heat wave can stop anytime though... and now the horrible forest fire smoke settling in the area.

Fingers crossed for at least a semi successful hatch. Their laying has all but died off though!

 

[aliciaplus3]

Yeah we finally got rain! First good rain in like a year, smoke is cleared out of the air. First time we have had clean air all summer..... oh wait today is the first day of school so summer is over..
I have a big trip in September so I am not adding anything else to the bator.... the plan is to not have anything too exciting for the kids to deal with while I am gone. So shipped eggs due Sunday and next Thursday aug 30th and broody sitting on turkey eggs also due around Aug 30th and 2 turkey eggs due September 7th. Then I am done for a while. Stilts is the only turkey laying and I am not sure her eggs are fertile right now, I had found the tom a new home and the young one had not figured out the mating thing..... so looks like a slow fall

 

[aliciaplus3]

Bubba and 3 of the babies hatched by the silver snake.

one of the babies that is a different color..... still not sure what as t it will turn out like