A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[OneMountainAcres]

We've got the ice and snow. 3-5 inches of snow followed by up to a half inch of ice tonight :/ Not going to be fun.

 

[CindyinSD]

Aurora, that’s so not fair. Our weather has been really nice today. High of 30. So grateful, even though we haven’t been clobbered anything like you all.

 

[Molpet]

So far today
Freezing rain.... .17th inch of ice so far, then snow, then wind, then freezing rain, then snow, then dawn,then rain

32 days of some kind of precipitation in a row...old record 19 days

It's been a fun month

 

[gluglu]

The influence of propolis as supplement diet on broiler meat growth performance

https://acta.mendelu.cz/media/pdf/actaun_2015063020411.pdf

 

[Molpet]

The influence of propolis as supplement diet on broiler meat growth performance

https://acta.mendelu.cz/media/pdf/actaun_2015063020411.pdf

That's expensive to buy around here
A reason to have bees

 

[OneMountainAcres]

The fun continues here :/

 

[MontainBourbons]

Hello everyone, just last night I had trouble with a raccoon in the coop and of course, he took one of my only 2 toms. I currently have 23 hens but I believe that only 10 of them have been laying due to the time of year right now (only been getting 4-5 eggs a day). I remember hearing that one good tom can service up to 40 hens, but I am not totally sure if that is accurate.
I am definitely going to order more chicks for my flock for the sake of diversity, but I was just wondering if the hens that I have currently will have good fertility considering there is only one tom left.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Molpet]

did you check eggs for bullseyes ?

I would think the issue might be he would have favorites and skip some girls.

might need to split up the hens in 2 groups and rotate the boy

 

[MontainBourbons]

This just happened, so I'm not sure what sort of fertility I'm going to be left with.
Before the attack my fertility was excellent.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

This just happened, so I'm not sure what sort of fertility I'm going to be left with.
Before the attack my fertility was excellent.

Best advice I can offer is just set every egg you get and keep the first group to raise out for another Tom. Fertility is going to be whatever it ends up being. There's not a whole lot you can do. Separating the hens in to two groups may help but it may not make much difference. Good luck!
I'd offer to send you some bourbon eggs but my girls stopped laying.