- Oct 9, 2014
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So on a whim I bought a Tom and Hen Nar.... I figured I was good with chickens, and a turkey is just a big chicken, right?
Well all of you who have turkeys can stop laughing now.
My dog also knows turkeys are not chickens. She wont chase a chicken, but she sure wanted to kill the Tom. Which is sad because he is such a sweet boy. After my dog chased him he hid in my house on my daughters bed... so now he and his GF live in an enclosed pen (really I should enclose the dog.) and every time I let them out when the dog is inside they just sit on my back porch like I should let them in.. or he follows me arouund (then hen loves to run off and eat bugs, but the Tom is like a two legged dog).
Anyway, now the hen is laying eggs in a nest (she was born in Feb, which makes her 5 mos old.) she has sat on the nest a few times but doesnt appear to be broody yet. How can I tell she is going broody? When should I give up and toss the eggs? Right now I put them in a house at night. should I stop putting her in and let her try and set?
Also I have noticed the turkeys dont doop in their house like chickens, they do a bit but they always come out and have a huge poop first thing in the morning, and their is only a little scat in the house. Is that unusual?
Also I have this other concern. Tom is already kinda lonely. I worry what will happen to him if I have to seperate him from her if she sets. should I get another turkey and put him in a seperate pasture. He has good genes (big, thrifty, attentive to his hen and gentle.) so I dont really want to eat him now, but maybe thats the fairest way to treat him.
Anyone with advice feel free to share.
Well all of you who have turkeys can stop laughing now.
My dog also knows turkeys are not chickens. She wont chase a chicken, but she sure wanted to kill the Tom. Which is sad because he is such a sweet boy. After my dog chased him he hid in my house on my daughters bed... so now he and his GF live in an enclosed pen (really I should enclose the dog.) and every time I let them out when the dog is inside they just sit on my back porch like I should let them in.. or he follows me arouund (then hen loves to run off and eat bugs, but the Tom is like a two legged dog).
Anyway, now the hen is laying eggs in a nest (she was born in Feb, which makes her 5 mos old.) she has sat on the nest a few times but doesnt appear to be broody yet. How can I tell she is going broody? When should I give up and toss the eggs? Right now I put them in a house at night. should I stop putting her in and let her try and set?
Also I have noticed the turkeys dont doop in their house like chickens, they do a bit but they always come out and have a huge poop first thing in the morning, and their is only a little scat in the house. Is that unusual?
Also I have this other concern. Tom is already kinda lonely. I worry what will happen to him if I have to seperate him from her if she sets. should I get another turkey and put him in a seperate pasture. He has good genes (big, thrifty, attentive to his hen and gentle.) so I dont really want to eat him now, but maybe thats the fairest way to treat him.
Anyone with advice feel free to share.