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    Breeding bourbon red turkeys

    I have a very broody hen. She hatched her first poults and killed the first three. Seemed like she didn't know who or what they were and she was protecting her eggs. She let the next 2 live. Neither of those two lived too long but before we knew it she was sitting again. We started with 1 Tom...
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    Bourbon Red hatch

    How long will they continue to lay? I haven't removed the eggs and one of the girls sat on the nest overnight but got up first thing this morning.
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    Bourbon Red hatch

    I have three bourbon reds, a tom and two hens. They are about a year old and the hens have laid 13 eggs over the last two weeks. Neither of the hens are sitting on the eggs. Is there still a chance they will hatch them? Is there something I need to do? I would love some baby turkeys!
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    Bourbon Reds Laying Eggs

    I have three bourbon reds two hens and a tom. They are about ten months old now and I have seen a small amount if mating behavior. I haven't had any eggs from them but I noticed inside their coop there is a nest( from straw on the ground) and they put the shell from a honeydew melon right in...
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    It's cold outside.

    I have three bourbon reds, two hens and a tom. They were all born in April. They have a coop(shed with a roost) and an enclosed yard. I live in rural southeastern Arizona and we are getting cold nights (even a hard freeze or two ) these turkeys are sleeping outside. They have slept in the coop...
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    He broody!!

    Yes we are ready for some chicks and I will add a few more today and then stop. She got up to run outside and grab a quick dust bath and the rest of the girls were jumping up there. I had to pull them out and put her back in but now she is sitting happy again. I am thinking tonight we will move...
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    He broody!!

    I have a girl that just went broody 2-3 days now. She is in the favorite nesting box. I brought the dog kennel into the coop anticipating moving her in last night and three of my girls laid their eggs in there yesterday. Haven't moved her yet. Should I move the 4 eggs she has under her? Should I...
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