Recent content by KeriT

Piedmont, SC here....Check out our FB page "Spring Lake Farm" :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm in SC and I'm praying this doesn't bleed over to other states. This is just unfair because CptCluck is right, they will end up using this whole thing as a basis for making us pay double or triple what we already pay to raise and feed them. In tired of the government sticking their noses...

Thank you so much for the advice. We are actually getting the garden tilled this weekend. I think I am just going to put everything in the ground. That is how I have always done it and never had these problems. I had just tried the seed starting because of the cold snaps but I agree with you I...

Ok. I opened the greenhouse during the day. Idk what the temp inside was day or night. It was chilly at night and warm during the day with some variances. It's been weeks and some of the seeds were ones I had from last year, some were from online, some were old so I knew those may not come up...

I am new to seed starting and I started three 72 well seed starting kits and NOT one came up. I put water in and had a little in the bottom pan and put the lid on that came with it and put in my little outside greenhouse. I got nothing, what did I do wrong??

Christmas (Chrissy)-hen and Thanksgiving (Tank)-Tom :)

I have five that are five days old and I had one do a strut at a day old! It was so cute lol

I keep them at room temp. They will not start developing until they go in the bater or under the hen so collecting them until there's enough ensures they will all develop together. I think I'm just going to incubate this go round bc I'm not sure she will go broody since she's so young plus I'm...

Ok I just have the one hen and she's young still not yet a year old so I think I will just incubate them. I have kept them at room temp and turned every day so I'm hoping for the best :)

does that mean that turkey eggs stay fertile longer than chicken eggs? Bc they say up to 10 days for chickens and if a turkey lays every other day that would be almost a month! Lol

Thank you so much! That is helpful I might just incubate these when my chicks hatch out of the bater (I only have the one) I was hoping I could gather them and keep them in the house and by the time it warms a little I could put them back in her nest for her to sit on. Have you ever done that?

How many eggs will a hen usually lay before setting? My hen is laying about an egg every other day and I've been taking them in the house so they don't freeze. I'm turning them like I do my chicken eggs that I'm going to incubate but this is my first year with turkeys. I wanted to put them all...

Ok thanks. I just figured if I got enough to put out there all at once that she would naturally sit on them. Also I have heard that turkey eggs stay fertile longer because it takes so long for her to lay a good sized cluth to sit on. They lay an egg every other day till they have 15 or 20 then...

I have a pair of turkeys who will be a year this spring. They have recently been mating and the hen has laid some eggs. I have been gathering them as she lays them (about every other day) because of the cold and ice (I'm in SC) I'm trying to keep them in the house for her to hatch when there is...

Oh yes don't open the bater for a pic. I ment if you have a pic already you can load it. Sorry lol