Update:
The next two eggs from the Splash tom and the Self Blue hen hatched and are Self Blues. I have 1-2 more eggs to go and then I am done hatching Slates this year (I think).
Cedar
Here are my Slate turkey poults at a day old.... The parents of these guys are a pair of Splash Slates. I have a few eggs in the incubator which ought to hatch in a few days which are from a Splash tom and a Self-Blue hen. Out of 6 eggs I now have got my starter flock for my new farm here (I do...
My thing in turkeys are Slates. I have other varieties, but will always raise the Slates. I realize this is an old thread, but in case anyone else wanted to know sometime...
The greyish ones with the white faces are Splash/Slates. The ones which are all lighter will be Self Blue/Lavenders...
I found a neighbor had duck eggs and since we have a world's supply of snails and millions of Banana Slugs here at the farm (and I raise heritage vegetables for seed), I decided I needed ducks. I don't bring live chicks in unless it is from a certified source (NPIP), usually incubate fertile...
I have raised Royal Palms (since 1977, which started my love for heritage birds), Auburn, Black Spanish, (real) Chocolate, Bourbon Red, and Blue Slates in the past. I really have always had a thing for my Slates. Just starting up again at my new home, I currently I have Narragansett, Slates and...
Wow... Terry had another stroke. He had one about 2-3 weeks ago and he was telling me about it when I went to the hatchery. He has been fighting cancer for the last year.
Cedar
I stopped by there today on my way back home from a doctors appointment, as we did not get a call after placing our order a week and a half ago. I talked with Terry today and there has been some health issues with breeders (human, not bird -- one may have actually died, and one had her baby 2...
...bee hives in Wisconsin and my bf's hives in the Corvallis, Oregon area. Both are raw and both are filtered (gotta get rid of the bee wings and such *ugh*).
Like I said, before a couple years ago I would have said BS and 'you are going to kill your animal'. Most of the time I still do the...
I have been a vet tech for 20+ years and normally until the last couple of years I would have shaved it with a #40 blade, cleaned it with Betadine/Povodine, antibiotics etc. But the new thing I have been doing is proven thus far on for a stray cat who had mastitis and sloughed off 4 of her...
I know Terry and have met him several times. There has been some health issues on top of starting out, but I think all is better now. He is a really nice guy and seems to have a true love of birds. He has been hatching for others for a long time and is very knowledgeable.
Cedar
It is quite beautiful and SOOOOO quiet there. It will be a challenge however as there is alot of wildlife who I am sure would love a poultry dinner, not to mention cougar and bear. But we will have to work out a compromise... like leave my livestock alone and you can live. I realize I am moving...