Recent content by BravoPavo

Great, thank you!

Hey y'all! I posted this in another older thread as a reply, but I ended up with a whole slew of new questions out of it, so I thought I'd renew the inquiry in it's own thread. We are new, up-and-comin' turkey farmers with lots to learn! Just built our first brooder, got an incubator. ordered...

Ok, thanks for clarifying! That's what I had thought. So if I date each egg, put them into the incubator as they are laid, and then take them out and into the separate incubator/hatcher on day 24, will that be ok? We don't have a separate egg turner yet to have them held on stand-by before...

Hey guys! This is an old thread, but helpful nonetheless. Question - if we put the eggs in as they are laid, then what to do about the 'lockdown period' where they are supposed to be higher humidity / not turned? Is it ok to just keep things the same throughout? Thanks for the advice!

That's a good idea! We can stick the hover in the corner, then it will only have two open sides to it. Less confusing for their tiny brains! Ha! I'm concerned about pile-ups too though... Im so glad this forum exists, or I never would have known anything about 'pile ups' or any of that! Thanks...

I found game bird starter, but they didn't have any organic! Major bummer. I wonder if this Nutrena brand you mention is organic, I'll look into it, thanks! Eventually I would love to make our own, but for now I just want to make sure they have what they need. They will be sold as organically...

Fish! Great idea! Thanks! The feed I bought has some fish meal in it. I suppose I can just add a bit more. Any input on the hover problem? They'll figure out to stay in the warm zone if need to, right?

Thanks for the reply!! These are the heritage breeds. We got some bourbon reds, some midget whites, and some blue slates. I agree that the BB's seem very unturkeylike and sad. You are so right, these guys are friendly! We have some now that are adults, we got them as juveniles (thus our...

Hey y'all! We just ordered our first shipment (from Meyer) of baby poults, and we couldn't be more excited! They should be hittin' the road to us here in So.Cal tomorrow. There's 24 of them coming. Hubby and I built a fabulous brooder, it's big: 4Wx8Lx4H, it is wood framed, plywood sides, and...