Recent content by Kelsey2017

HI I am going to follow along! It is my darling turkey that went broody so now I can join the 'club'. I was worrying about the clutch of eggs getting to cold the other night but low and behold went I knelt down to look in the dog house there was my BR hen doing her thing- good thing too...

Does anyone know if turkey eggs I found would be okay to try to hatch if they have been exposed to temps down to 40 degrees? There are 10 eggs in the nest, and I have 3 hens so they shouldn't be more than a few days old.

For those of you that have replied about Swedes. Not to jack your thread OP but more info is great. I have four Swede drakes that have to go. I am wondering if 10 months old is too old to butcher. I really like them so if they are no longer good eating I will rehome them. They look like they...

We did ours over the fire in a trash can. I had help to pluck but it went way faster then the broilers. I got started right off with stripping the wing tips and tail of the big feathers and my neighbor worked on the body. Took no more than 5 mins. Very few dark pins on the BR. We did two...

Congrats! We only raised 3 for butcher this year, being new to turkeys but WOW! They are amazing, we did BR and they made nice 15lb roasting birds. I love Turkeys, they are really tasty and fun. WTG!

My hen that went broody hasn't budged, I am really tempted to stick a couple of the unhatched eggs under her. Jaerhons are not really supposed go broody from what I understand, what is happening around here?

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Tonight when I went out to close up the coop one of my Jaerhon hens was all puffed up in the nest box. Kind of ironic because I just had our first few eggs hatch in the incubator. Not that either of us have our timing right or that she will stay serious. I just thought it was cute since not a...

The first generation of Christenstad (DBF and I's combined last name) Norwegian Jaerhon's were born today. I have never hatched chicks before and I am so proud. We are on way to our little slice of Scandinavia!

Thanks for the reassurance. I will have a few eggs that may hatch a little later (couldn't resist popping a couple more eggs in) than the rest but my humidity was low the whole rest of the time. I do have the vent open now but I will close it once I am more around 75%. It did drop a touch...

Super cute! Congrats on the spots, that will be fun.

I am mid hatch they started yesterday around 11 am and I have four so far and a few with external pips. I had to open the incubator to help a chick that was tangled in some strands of fleece, so I took super hot tap water and poured about a cup in the water dish. Maybe it will level out, but...

It seems bad, how could it go up so high when I have been opening the 'bator? I will open the vent hole and check in a minute. The relative humidity is higher today so it is easier to get it up there I guess.

I just read that another BYCer listens for a heartbeat with a stethoscope. If you opened a healthy live chick by accident you would feel bad. I would probably open any that didn't have a heartbeat/ movement. That way you would know what to do for the ones that were still alive, maybe?

I am going to have to move mine because of the poor decision I made with the putting something under the eggs. I don't want to but the one that had it's leg tangled still has fiber around it's knee and looks exhausted from struggling. I am sure it will die if I don't get it dried off and free...