Show off your Old English Game Bantams!!

[jophus]

Awesome. Hope the weak one survives. Will they be all white as adults?

No, Sweetgrass are a very pretty tri-colored turkey, almost calico looking.

 

[WVduckchick]

Cool. I'll have to google them

 

[abbevilleoz]

Woke up to this. 8 so far with one potential, although one is very weak and not likely to survive.

. They just didn't like being watched!

 

[jophus]

Got 9 out of 10. The little weak one is doing fine.

Dear Lord, what am I gonna do with all these little guys?

 

[abbevilleoz]

Got 9 out of 10. The little weak one is doing fine.

Awesome! 90% on your first turkey hatch is impressive!

 

[jophus]

Awesome! 90% on your first turkey hatch is impressive!

Credit goes to Walnuthill. I just followed advice. BTW, they were incubated in a homemade styrofoam incubator (Hovabator shell I outfitted with an Incukit) and under advice, although it terrified me, I dry hatched.

 

[abbevilleoz]

Credit goes to Walnuthill. I just followed advice. BTW, they were incubated in a homemade styrofoam incubator (Hovabator shell I outfitted with an Incukit) and under advice, although it terrified me, I dry hatched.

Walnut is a genius, no kidding.

 

[jophus]

Walnut is a genius, no kidding.

I have living proof of that in my hatcher right now. No way that happens if I'd done it my way.

 

[abbevilleoz]

I have living proof of that in my hatcher right now. No way that happens if I'd done it my way.

She's helped me out a bunch, too!

 

[jophus]

She's helped me out a bunch, too!

Helps as well that I've hatched so many chicks, and had success, and failure. And sometimes, you just have to have enough sense to listen.

This was a fun hatch, and I'll definitely do it again since I have access to really good turkey eggs in a variety of colors.

I think I'm done this year though. I'm tired, and all these chicks are wearing me out. They're always hungry, and always into something, lol.

I can already see these turkeys are going to be interesting. They have trouble written all over their little faces.