I have 4 bronze turkeys and 1 bourbon red, they are all young adults about 7-8 months old, we have been having a lot of very wet weather and I have noticed that the bourbon red looks very wet and bedraggled lately whilst the bronze turkeys seem to have lovely shiny waterproof feathers - the...
I hatched 7 from 12 posted eggs so I was really pleased - the remaining eggs never started so I was impressed by getting 7 to hatch at this time of year - last hatch of the season for me - I clearly have 3 girls and 3 boys but 1 is really hard to tell - it has clear dark stripes chipmunk type...
I just hatched 5 bronze turkey chicks :) - 4 hatched by themselves without much trouble - 24 hours later the 5th I could see had internally peeped but had made no external pip s I made a pip hole - he made no attempt to hatch so I assisted - after another 12 hours or so he did make it out but...
I recently hatched a single bronze turkey from a batch of eggs - unfortunately it was the only one of 6 to hatch - it would appear I may have had too much humidity and the other 5 could not get out of the egg - I helped lucky and he/she is a lovely strong 4 week old now :-). - my problem is that...
I have 6 bronze turkey eggs about to hatch - 1 pipped 24 hours ago but hasn't done much since - it is still only day 27 - another has stuck his beak out of the egg but has done no more. For hours - can this take longer with turkeys:/ ???
I have had problems with a laying hen for the past couple of weeks - about 10 days ago I noticed she looked thin and was not as interested in food as the others - I checked her crop and it seemed like a water balloon and so I thought about sour crop - I vomited the bird ans sure enough smelly...
2 weeks ago I hatched 4 baby Cobb chicks from 6 eggs incubated :) - all was well until about 3 days ago when I chick went off his legs - thickening of the knee joint, walking on his hocks and then the leg was being held out in any direction and the toes curled as the foot was not being put flat...
I came home today to find 1 of my 2 week old chicks who was fine this morning cannot stand properly, his toes are folding to the side and he is moving around on his knees which look a bit swollen and rough - what is wrong with him he was fine this morning :(
3 of 4 eggs hatched and 3 chicks now in the brooder :) I had to assist the 3rd chick as it was more than 24 hours from pip with no zip but it all went well - chick number 4 I also decided to assist as it is now past day 23 and I could see no airspace on candle ing but could hear scratching -...
My first egg pipped about 19 hours ago - the chick has enlarged the hole by pecking all around the pip but has not made a line - does this mean the chick can't turn - shall I assist ?:/
I set 6 eggs on Saturday 18th may at 1pm - 4 made it to lockdown but nothing has happened and it is now either day 21 or 22 - can anybody give me any tips - I am using the Brinsea mini Eco and have followed the instructions so the humidity has been high or about 3 days.:(
I have 4 hens eggs on lockdown - set the eggs at 1pm on 18th May - I started with 6, 1 was discarded at day 7 no development, 1 was discarded at day 14 early quitter - 4 were alive and well at day 18 - this is my first time and I am using the Brinsea mini Eco - I recon they are due to hatch...