Thank you Chknoodles.. I suspected female based on how I feather sex my Australorp chicks. But as this is my only poult (and the egg was a random gift) I was hoping for male so that I could just turn him into a magnificent pet :)
HI guys very new to Turkeys. Infact this pout is my first one LOL.. I was given 2 Turkey eggs by a friend of a friend any way I popped them in the bator with a batch of ducks and well only one of the Turkey eggs was fertilised and Wala! I am really hoping that this little poult is a tom (there...
I have a small prefab backyard pine coop in my large chicken run. I put youngsters in here once they are out of the brooder. In my adult flock I currently have 22 Australorp hens and 2 Australorp Roosters who all roost together in an open face shelter (Australia's weather gets very hot). They...
Hi guys,
I have just experienced my first hatch which was very exciting and now am wondering how I could do the next one better. Everything I have read states that the eggs can be stored for up to 7 days and should be stored between 15-20 degrees Celsius ( sorry for the metric but I am...
Thanks everyone, of the 20 eggs I set 4 turned out to be either not fertile or ceased development, 14 hatched by day 19 ( we have had ridiculously hot days so my storage temp may have been too high). Two little eggs left in the bator, a quick candle when I removed the 14 chicks who had been in...
Hi everyone,
Firstly congratulations on such a great site.. Absolutely first class information for a first timer like myself.. I live on a small farm outside of a town named Dubbo in New South Wales Australia. I run a small flock of Australorps and due to the price of the hens and the hit and...