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    Nesting turkey question

    My hen has been on her nest for a while, over 35 days. I've been placing her food near her so she can eat, which she has, but how long is too long? Should I remove the remaining eggs? My husband is getting concerned we could loose her if she continues. She has hatched 12 so far. It seems she...
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    Do turkeys hold a grudge

    My hen hatched 12 poults over the last week or so. I've been removing them a day or two after hatching. She hisses and threatens but tonight when I took two more that hatched she became down right irate and threw herslef at the wired enclosure. I feel awful fortaking them. She's been very...
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    Collecting turkey eggs

    I've raised turkeys before, however this is my first time having turkeys lay and collecting them. Our hen has laid 3 eggs so far-- two or three days after laying the first egg. She seems very attentive to them so if I collect them will this disrupt her continueing to lay? Should I leave the...
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    Introducing poults to each other

    I have four poults. Two are 7 weeks and two are 11 weeks. They are in my basement right now separated but need to get outside in a mutual coop. How do I introduce them to each other? I've done this with chickens but never turkeys. TIA
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    6 week old poults kiiled by a snake.

    I put my four poults outside yesterday for the first time in a predator proof enclosure. I went to check on them two hours later and two were dead. One obviously from a snake. The other two were shaken but fine. I moved them back to the basement and now I'm afraid to put them back outside...
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    more eggs than hens

    collected 7 eggs today from 6 hens-go figure:hu
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    together but apart

    I have 6 red sex link hens about 7 1/2 months old. Reading this forum I considered myself lucky that my girls got along. Well I counted my blessings too soon I think. The last few weeks have been a challenge. The one hen that is being picked on does everything in her power to stay out of...
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    sour crop or two separate issues

    Hi I'm new to the forum(more like a stalker) but now I have an issue and search as I may I haven't come up with an answer so here I am. I spend about an hour every evening with my 6 red sex link hens. They started laying about 3 weeks ago and I've had an assortment of eggs, lg dbl yolks...
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