i just bought nine bobs 2 male 7 hens and am wondering about breeder pen size.i wanna split them 5 and 4.the cage i wanna use is a rabbit hutch my grand father built when i was youmger it has 2 levels that are 4footX2footX15inches is this to small if so i have a second layer on my corutnix cage...
i am so happy my first time incubating quail and a great hatch so far out of 40 eggs 20 have hatched and 10 were no good when i candled them and the rest i have yet to see anything out of them i just moved them to the brooder and have a few quastions do they have to be shown water like ducks and...
getting into larger breeds of turkeys and starting to raise quail. i have one pair of midget whites laying great thet where hatched last fall and i have hatched about 20 out of them this year. and i also have one eastern wild hen that has been breeding with the midget tom she is laying as well i...
out of nineteen eggs only three have started to hatch but 2 nevermade it out of the eggs and one is fine and happy in the brooder. the temp is at around 98-100 depending on where theyre at and the humidity is around 60- 75%.will the rest still hatch or they done for and why iis this happening i...
i was just wondering how long it normally takes for eggs to hatch i have 2 eggs that started hatching last night one has a whole in it the size of a pencil and the other is all cracked up but now holes how much longer does it take. and how long till the rest start after that. thanks doug
my eggs are supposed to go into lock down tomorrow does it matter when i do it just wondering because i have to work at 530 in the morning and dont know if i should do it tonight or before work or after thank you doug
my midget white tom is sitting on my wild turkeys nest. she sat on it for a day and he has been on it for the last two no eggs have broke and he seems to be taking care of the nest. why is he doing this im sure it is not normal. and what can i do to get him to stop and will she take the eggs...
i am looking for some call duck near north central indiana any color preferably duckling but would be interested in a few pair as well. my mom doesnt like m turkeys and wants somethin for herself and i want something small so this is what we decided on thanks.
i found my hen today with blood all over her and limping. i dont know what happend but she has a big slice in her side. could the tom have done it or something else.what can i do for her or can i do anything
today after five days with no eggs out of my BR hen i decided to check my nonsense hay loft where they roost. sure enough there was a nest with three eggs on a burlap sac.i couldnt believe the crazy thoing i have never heard of turkeys laying up high. is it normal or do i just have a odd bird...
i have a gqf hovabator #1602 i have adjusted the temp and got it down from 105 finally but it is showing three different temperatures and i just added a fan. one thermometer shows 99 another 99.5 and the other is 100.8 they are all in different locations what can i do to get it right thank you doug
i just went out and found my first egg out of my bourbon red pair and i am just wonderin how to store the egg till i can go buy a incubator on payday i read somewhere that they had to be at like 70 degrees and what direction do you store them i plan on just hand turning so they will be on there...
Hello everyone,
I live on an acre lot and raise heritage breed turkeys i currently have 2 pairs of Midget Whites a pair of Bourbon Reds and 15 BBW and BBB.
I also raise Leopard Geckos ,Cattle, and the occasional Cornish X.
Looking to learn a lot of new information and find some new friends.
Doug
i am looking for a few different breeds of turkeys. i am looking for midget whites, bourbon reds, royal palms or holland whites. they can be poults or adults i would like a couple adult pairs. thanks doug