I guess you will know when they either lay eggs.. or crow, lol. Keep an eye on the neck and saddle feathers, which in roosters, get long and drape down beside the tail. In cockerels the neck feathers are pointy, and in the pullets, rounded at the bottoms.
Howdy neighbour! I'm from the Dundas/Flamborough area too! I have LOTS of birds. Both heritage and mutts. I like breeding the mutts.
And, Hi to the familiar PSO folks!! (too hot outside to do much.... so thought I'd visit BYC, lol).
In my experience with a hatch of turkeys (both sex's), they all got along, until they were about 7-8 months old. Then the fighting started.
You would be safer, if there were NO females at all. There will be dominance sparing... but as a whole they should get along. Especially if your going...
The females make a two syllable call... as well as the alarm sound. And good luck with creating harmony with the pickers and the pick ons. It won't happen. I've had this same group for eons... and they pick on the one boy. I have 2 of each sex. They also tend to be mean (all of them), to...
I have a big pen with about 30 guinea's in it... and ALL the females in it, are the ones yacking. As in every second of every day. Until I turn out the lights.
A female thing, I think, LOL.
May as well add 25 or so more... one is just as bad as 20.
2013 I had horrid hatches, with everything. Humidity was too high, from what I read.
2014 I started dry incubating. I only added water when the digital readout said it was in the 20's. (I have a thermometer/hydrometer, that measures humidity in the room, OR put the probe into the hole in...
I had two horrible hatches, then I started dry incubation. As in adding NO water to the trays at all. My hydrometer told me the room humidity was at about 58-65%. I only added water to the lockdown stage. I still had a few turkey eggs not hatch, but did hatch 12 out of 16 set. One was...
I just put day old poults with week old poults, and they got along great! Just keep an eye on them for awhile, and see how they are getting along. All mine were heritage palms and some were crossed with red pencilled palms. I don't see why the bigger breed turkey wouldn't get along with the...
I purchased 3 heritage turkeys last fall. They were hatched in June. I paid $180 for them. They are red pencilled palms, and relatively rare here... as they came from Porters... but they do NOT ship to Canada any longer. There are two Toms, and a hen.
This spring, I have the hen with the...
Yes, a chicken can incubate turkey eggs, is shes die hard, lol. Turkeys take 28 days opposed to the chickens 21.
Just had a little brown mutt chicken hatch 5 turkey poults, she loves them as if they were chicks.
Hey.... I have lots of relatives in Powassan!! Debbie Sharpe Wuilleme is my cousin... and Lyle is her husband. My uncle/aunt and all 3 girls moved there when they were kids! We are all so old now, LOL. Do you know them by any chance?? I think Debbie worked in a grocery store in/near Powassan.
It was fun!! We should have a 'night' time night at the cabin.... fire in the pit... and watch the flying squirrels!! They are a blast.
They live in the roof of the cabin, lol.
OMG.. never thought... I have a billion pepper plants... all different exotic kinds too. Darn!! When I mean lots, I mean LOTS! If you want more... come get them, lol.
Hey... let me know when you guys are going to meet!! I'd like to join in. I'm kinda in the area too! Only just getting back to this site.... kinda busy.