And just when I thought that I was done with hatching for the year. I go over to my neighbor's house to give her some eggs and I stumble across one of my hens that has set up camp in the corner near her barn by her garden. She is setting on 20 eggs. I don't know how long she has been sneaking...
My last poult hatch for the year hatched last night. My girl hatched 8 babies. She had decided to set up camp in a large sticker bush. So, I had to gear up and put on a coat, boots, gloves, helmet, etc. to remove the happy family from the 4 foot sticker bush. They are all safe and secure in...
Thank you. I"m so excited about my new babies and she is such a good mommy. I'm so glad that I don't have to take care of them. I'm up to my eyeballs in critter "to do stuff". :gig
I had a turkey hen that set up camp (went broody on eggs) across the street from me in a wooded field. Well, I had been going to check on her twice a day (AM & PM) to make sure that everything was ok. I also had been leaving food out in a large dishpan and also leaving fresh water for her and...
For all of you Bourbon Red turkey experts, I have a question. I noticed that one of my poults (about 4 months old) has more white in color than the brown color. This is the first in years and EVER that I have seen this in my bunch. The little buggar is absolutely beautiful but I"m puzzled as...
I have a turkey hen that has been setting up camp in the woods and I knew nothing about it. I busted her yesterday. She is setting on 12 eggs. :somad :th
Here is a pic of the first bunch of poults that were hatched a few months ago. As if I'm going to let him sleep in that tree at night. I had to get the ladder to get him down.