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    Is there any way to encourage my hen to brood?

    I suspected that’d be the case. They are such fascinating birds. I mostly hope she starts brooding soon because some of the eggs date back to 3 weeks ago, I just don’t remember which ones XD
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    Is there any way to encourage my hen to brood?

    Hi! Was just wondering if I could encourage my hen to brood somehow. I have two Turkey hens (going to add more later this year), my 8 month old one is currently 14 days into brooding, but her mother, who hatched poults last year, hasn’t started yet. Here’s the thing, she has a nest filled with...
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    🖌Community Art Nook🖌

    Hi! I’m an average artist whos been getting back into watercolor lately. I do traditional and digital, pencil, pen, paint… anything really. I love drawing dinosaurs, eyes, and birds. Here’s some of my latest works Currently practicing turkeys, hoping to eventually be able to sketch all my birds...
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    I'll paint your chickens!

    Hi! Love your art, not sure if you do turkeys, but could you please do my Sugar and her poults. I totally get it if not, but if you can, I’d love either of these to be made into art, as they both feature my favorite poult, you pick. Backgrounds can be ignored on both. Please and thank you (...
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    Sneezing/Clicking Turkey Poult

    Not particularly experienced, as I’ve only raised turkeys 4-ish times, but I had a few like that who just fixed themselves. Maybe look up some gentle supplements that can be put in the water? I did that for mine, just don’t remember what I used. Sounds like you’re doing everything right, so...
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    Are these eggs too small to hatch?

    I think she is. She weighs a lot less. That’d explain it. Thanks!
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    Are these eggs too small to hatch?

    My first time layer hen started laying about a month ago, she’s been doing pretty great with egg production so far, and has been brooding since the 10th. She has 5 of her mother’s eggs, and 4 of hers, they are all fertile, and appear to be developing just fine. But her eggs are so tiny compared...
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    Questions about fertile Turkey eggs.

    I wonder if the same happens under a broody. The girl I suspected was trying to brood has been consistently sitting for the last few days now, and she’s doing great so far. When I did incubator hatch I kinda just threw them in there and hoped for the best 😅 it worked out fine, and I only had 2...
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    Random White Female (We think)

    It may have been abandoned, or escaped. They can travel pretty fast and far, mine can outrun me. Looks like a young bird from these pictures, so it’s not too unusual for them to run off, my 4-6 month olds almost always have a phase where they want to escape. As of what to do with it, that’s...
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    Questions about fertile Turkey eggs.

    Yeah. I assumed they were false, but was curious about the temps they could stand.
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    Questions about fertile Turkey eggs.

    My ladies have been laying well, and I have around 17 fertile (I’ve seen the Tom mate both of ‘em) eggs. Here’s the thing, it gets down to 40F here at night. Is that cold enough to cause issues for the eggs? One of my hens sat on them one night, but other than that they’ve been on their own. I...
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    First time brooder being difficult

    Thanks. My goal was never to rely on her, and I should’ve brought the eggs inside whilst I was gone, but I didn’t for some reason. I was going to be relying on her mother, who is a great brooder and mother, and I was going to let the younger one hatch a few if she wanted. I don’t have a demand...
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    First time brooder being difficult

    60-70F at day, and 45-50F at night. In the summer it’s up to 90 at day, but it isn’t summer yet.
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    First time brooder being difficult

    One of my 2 Turkey hens has started exhibiting some broody behaviors. She stayed on her nest last night, so around 19 hours of sitting on her nest. She is sitting on 15 fertile eggs, that she layed 12 of, and her mother layed 3. Both hens have bred. The issue is that, today, she has no interest...
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    Tiny Turkey egg?

    I went out to check on my birds, and there was a tiny egg in the middle of their area, just sitting in the dirt. I have a penny for comparison. It looks just like a mini Turkey egg. I candled it, Doesn’t appear to have a yolk, just whites. At first I thought it could be a crow egg, as they are...
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