Recent content by mama24

I know this is an old thread, but I came across it during an internet search. We have two shows per year in Greensboro. One is in April and one I'd the central Carolina fair in September. We just closed up the fair yesterday and I was there all day. ;)

Oh, and Tom was a good daddy, but the poults could fit through the pen wire, so they kept disappearing until they could no longer fit. We have a lot of hawks, I think that's what got them. :( I'm hoping he decides he wants to be a daddy again in the spring so I don't have to try to hand raise...

We had the opposite problem. I got turkey poults where the bin was labeled Bourbon Red or Bronze turkey. I got 4, but the only 2 that made it are 2 bronze hens. Only they're broad breasted, and dummy me just realized that this week b/c they're so fat they're having trouble walking. It's very...

Well darn! Got my hopes up. Lol. Thanks!

Will spring goslings start laying around now or are these giant duck eggs? I have two Embden geese that I unfortunately didn't sex as babies b/c I didn't realize males and females looked different. I can't remember for the life of me what they looked like. One of them has always been both more...

I've never seen it in turkeys yet, but vitamin supplements added to the water always cute it in chicks. But I usually do the vitamins in the first week since the spraddle legs and curled toes are usually present at hatch. I'm not sure if it's too late, but it's worth a try.

The big gray tom is a year old. The rest are 3 1/2 months old. :)

The big one is my Tom blue slate, and the little black one is also a blue slate, but the two brown ones came from the feed store, and I'm not sure what breed. Any ideas on sex or are they too young?

All that mold and nastiness, I wouldn't be surprised if those chicks drop dead like flies. :(

When I first posted, I thought my turkeys were a year old. When I went to pick up the poults, my friend informed me that they were actually under a year old. I am 5'3, and his head comes up to my chest when he stretches up, though in normal position, it's more like hip height, maybe waist. He...

Yes, his caruncles and snood were enormous and would turn blue when we still had the female. She disappeared about 2 months ago, which is what seemed to cause him to go broody. He's lost a lot of weight since then. Btw, it's not uncommon for hens combs to get small and pale when they're broody...

good to know. How will they be with my ducks? That's what I'm worried about.

Thanks!

His snood and caruncles are definitely smaller now that I think about it. It must have something to do with the broody hormones b/c they were definitely a lot bigger and redder when we got him!

That's a 30lb metal feeder next to him. :) I have noticed his body shape looks a lot more henlike since he went broody and started caring for the poults. I think it probably has something to do with the brooding hormones. He's a big boy! :)