We had actually thought of that. It is just my brother who lives on the farm so he does the best he can. It was just the oddest thing that there were no feathers. There are still over 100 chickens, 15 turkeys and a few guineas. I get so attached to the little ones and enjoy them running -...
During the night on July 3, 1 hen with 10 peeps (she had 17 - 5 weeks old) were gone, so were 2 full grown ducks, a 10 week old blue slate turkey and another barred rock hen. The dog was in the house because he is afraid of the fireworks otherwise he sleeps outside when it is so hot and keeps...
How is everything going? Did everyone make it? It is so hard when first doing something like this, after awhile it is not so bad but I still get anxious and swear that I'm not helping anyone out of the shell. Then I have a turkey that works and works to get out of his shell and I can't bear...
I put 2 turkey eggs, 3 guinea eggs and 3 duck eggs under a hen (several turkeys, a few guineas and a duck were all laying in the same nest). I didn't realize that she also had 7 or 8 chicken eggs under her also. The chicks have hatched and we are awaiting the turkey, guinea and ducklings. She...
I do not have Bourbon Reds but would like to get some. I have Blue Slates, Narragansets (sp), Black Spanish. What we have are fairly easy to raise and really like to forage. We did lose a few when we started raising them. We had gotten 15 and ended up with 7 or 8. We now have 14 and had...
When Chickens Dream
My brother and I went together and bought some chickens. Started out with 50 peeps - 30 laying chickens and 20 meat chickens ordered from Farm Bureau. We got the meat chickens. Decided to order some peeps from Murrey McMurray. We ordered 25 brown egg layers with a...
We have a 'bator full of guinea and turkey eggs due to hatch next Sunday 6-19-11. Guess what hatched? 2 of the cutest little peeps. I'm so glad there are 2 of them. They were in tiny little eggs that look like guinea eggs. lol My grandkids told me on Friday that they heard peeping from...
Let's see if I can get all the answers to the questions:
Yes, the eggs are all from my own birds. 1 Naragansett tom and 1 hen, 1 Black Spanish tom and 1 hen, and 1 Blue Slate and 2 hens. They are all almost a year old. We had set 24 eggs the last time (around March), gathering the eggs from...
...They do hatch early for me. This last time the turkeys didn't hatch as well, not sure what is going on. Where did you read to up the temp to 102*? I am going to set guinnea eggs and turkey eggs on Sunday. We all try the best we can with what we know. I hope the 2 little ones are doing...
Thank you all - you make me feel so much better. The first hatch where we gathered all the eggs from the very first one laid did so much better. Yes, you are right, I need to focus on the little guys upstairs one who is already strutting his stuff (for a few seconds at a time anyway).
I am really feeling down although very happy to have at least 5 cute little Blue Slate poults. I had candled at 10 days and removed 10 eggs that were clear or had died. The rest were doing so well. When I cracked them open today they had stopped developing probably around day 20 or so. I...