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    Gobbler setting on eggs? Has anyone had this experience?

    I had a Rio Grande male that we called Metro (after "metrosexual".....). I had a lot of toms at that point, and I guess that took the pressure off him to be macho, so he was allowed to be true to his own nature - which was to hang out with the hens, rarely ever gobble, never displayed until he...
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    Getting Poults to Eat - Egg Yolk is the BOMB!

    Thank you for all the great posts here. I am finally having a "decent" hatch of turkey eggs, thanks to the advice of many people here, especially Steve of Sand's. I turned my incubator down to 99.7F and 55% humid for incubation and 98.5 for hatch and 85% humid. and used shaved down foam egg...
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    How often do make turkeys gobble?

    If you are in a city, a tom is probably a no-no. You should find a new home for him or expect a visit from officer friendly, depending on the sense of humor of your neighbors. Check your town/city and county ordinances - having turkeys at all may be a no no - animal control is the best source...
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    help, poults won't eat.

    Sorry to hear about your lost poults. I, too, have had a really rough time in the past with poults, but I am trying again. Last time I incubated I had 13 turks and 6 chickens in my HovaBator1588 - all the chicks hatched and only 1 poult made it out. The dead turk eggs were fully formed but...
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    WANTED: Oregon/Wash : Rio Grande Turkey Eggs

    Looking for fertile Rio Grande eggs in Portland area for incubation. Thank you Andy 971-404-5888
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    Incubating Wild Turkey Eggs - Help Needed

    Followed incubator directions explicitly as far as which trays to fill and when, I checked humidity during last 3 days with electronic hygrometer and it read 77%. All the unhatched eggs were not pipped at all, but had feathered poults inside. Bummer! I am inclined to turn the temp down and...
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    Incubating Wild Turkey Eggs - Help Needed

    Hi All - Looking for help with incubating wild turkey eggs. Have Rio Grandes and just finished a disastrous hatch with my new GQF incubator. Out of 20 eggs, about half were infertile. Of the remaining eggs, all developed into complete chicks, but only one successfully pipped out and is...
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    Rio Tom Gone Broody!

    Thank you for posting with info. I had no idea that toms did this in the wild - I thought the sexes went their own ways after breeding - but it makes sense when you consider how long a hatch takes and the vulnerability of a ground nest. Not the best pics ever, but you get the idea. Metro and...
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    Rio Tom Gone Broody!

    Has anyone ever had a tom go broody? I have one who is a five year old Rio Grande who has taken turns with a hen - presumably so she can get up to feed each day. It is amazing to see - he very gently slides in next to the hen, and tenderly scoops the eggs with his beak til they are under him...
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    Help! Fraud? Has anyone done business with Surehatch or surehatch.com

    Transaction completed, all equipment rec'd. Still have not been able to determine where those phony PayPal emails came from, but Surehatch came through. Good prices, good customer service if you leave a message, they will call back. Slow slow shipping, but I am just grateful to have the...
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    HELP! Has anyone done business with Surehatch Incubators? Fraudulent?

    Update - It would appear that all is okay. Was able to verify with GQF that Surehatch is one of their distributors. Spoke to individual at Surehatch again and got a little more info - they use something like virtual terminal, and they also use Paypal - but he indicated he had not emailed me...
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    Help! Fraud? Has anyone done business with Surehatch or surehatch.com

    Update - It would appear that all is okay. Was able to verify with GQF that Surehatch is one of their distributors. Spoke to individual at Surehatch again and got a little more info - they use something like virtual terminal, and they also use Paypal - but he indicated he had not emailed me...
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    Help! Fraud? Has anyone done business with Surehatch or surehatch.com

    Boyd - Thanks for the response. I did forward the suspicious emails from "PayPal" to their fraud protection department. THEY (the real PayPal) told me that they were phishing emails and that the emails were fraudulent. So, I am left believing that this is a scam, though no additional charges...
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    Help! Fraud? Has anyone done business with Surehatch or surehatch.com

    Help everyone! I placed an order with Surehatch Incubators for a Hova Bator 1588, egg turner and candler, calling the phone number on their website (because I don't trust using internet for purchases to unknown companies - silly me). I used my debit/credit card and was told my total with...
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    HELP! Has anyone done business with Surehatch Incubators? Fraudulent?

    Again - has anyone actually made a purchase from Surehatch? The virus protection and spyware is moot (and yes I have both)- I made this purchase over my cell phone, not via the internet.
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