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    Question about poult colors

    I hatched 14 turkey cross poults. How do turkey colors work? #1 is gray in color with a white eye mask, I have 2 of them. #2 is black/brown with white eye mask, 2 of them. #3 is chipmunk, 8 of them, various shades. #4 is the grey/white chipmunk, 2 of them. Will the grey ones develop into the...
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    Midget White Turkey Poults Dying

    Where did you hear this? Have you experienced losses yourself? Is it a particular medication? I don't think this is true. I feed purina medicated chick starter to turkey poults and know other people who do as well with fine results. In my experience poults are just more fragile than chicks...
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    Disturbing poult behavior

    I wonder if you can distract them somehow, do they have a lot of space? Maybe a bigger brooder? Hang some sort of toy for them to peck at? Turkeys just peck. In my opinion MUCH more than chickens, it's like they just can't help it, things catch their eye and they have to peck. Some poults more...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I will totally post pictures! The turkeys went back in the incubator, the chickens left them, they are focused on the baby chicks now and chasing them around and sitting on them! I just stopped the auto turning, I'll start it up again when the turkeys hatch which should be by tomorrow if all...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Hi there! I'm new to hatching with broodys. I have 5 booted bantam crosses 4 of which went broody and between them hatched 5 chicks out of 5 eggs I gave them. Great job! The chicks hatched out yesterday and the day before. My question is as follows. I have 2 turkey eggs that are due Monday. I...
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    Hatching eggs! Broody hens x4! My first broody hatch!?

    Here is Velocity and chick #1 that hatched yesterday in spite of my messing with it. The good news is ALL of the other eggs appear to have hatched. The other nest box with the 3 hens smashed in it I checked and each hen appears to have chick or two under her. I'm impressed as these were...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you for sharing. It would be nice if it worked out like that. I'll see what happens.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Suggestions for dealing with multiple broody hens? I have four broody bantam mutts sitting on eggs that appear to be hatching today. 3 of them are in one nest! The 4th has hatched her chick in a seperate box. I got some shipped eggs and was incubating them myself until all the bantams started...
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    Hatching eggs! Broody hens x4! My first broody hatch!?

    Ha! Yeah, thanks bobbi. You are right, hens got me and my incubators beat! Good news is that chick did hatch out. It's peeping and drying off under mom. Do moms and chicks need to be separated from the rest of the flock for a while? I doubt the baby is gonna make it up into the coop. Will...
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    Hatching eggs! Broody hens x4! My first broody hatch!?

    I'm using BYC for therapy Right now I have 4 broody hens, 3 of them are smashed in the same nest box. They are bantam Xs so they can fit... sort of. I had some shipped eggs that I really didn't have high expectations of. It was very cold here when they were shipped and they ended up sitting...
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