Yeah, but I travel every week so they would have to go 2-3 days unturned. These aren't even my eggs and I'm not getting anything out of it so I really can not worry to much about them. Hey, we've already found out that one egg feeds the whole family!
Hey, I have hatched thousands of chicken, turkey, quail, pea, pheasant, ect.... eggs. A friend of mine has emus that started laying for the first time. He asked me if I would incubate them for him. I know nothing about them other than the little I have read on here and the internet. I...
I wouldn't ever do that! That is something they do at commercial production farms with 1000's of birds. Shouldn't be too much trouble with fighting in a back yard flock. The free range boys will spar a bit in the breeding season but usually not too harmful. We eat all the really aggressive Toms.
Congrats on the new birds! I am really glad they didn't try to head for home the day you brought them to their new home. Yes, new peas or turkeys will usually take off heading for home if you turn them loose when you bring the to a new environment. Not trying to freak you out, if they have...
I have a Dickey's incubator and a GQF sportsman and a GQF hatcher. Like the Dickey's better than the GQF's. I just put eggs in once a week and write the hatch dates on the eggs. I hatch chickens with my pea fowl and guineas whit my turkeys to use as trainers to learn to eat and drink. Pea...
Pretty much, but blue slates are blue are not black. If you look at the pic you can see the black running down the legs. I never suggested they were the best of show quality BS turkeys but it's what they will turn out to be.
2 weeks is about as long as you want to wait. I set every week. I bought a few of those LG egg turners from TSC and keep them in a cool room. I travel so hand turning and tipping eggs is not an option for me. I have everything automated.
Yes, too hot will cause this. Also, eggs being stored too hot before incubation could start the process. You should really try to get your temp right. 50% hatch rate is not very good. If I ever see less than 80% I would be really upset.
You know what they say, you should never assume! Its really too early to tell for sure. They can really fool you at this age. You could guess and maybe get lucky but by about 12 weeks you can be sure.
I know everybody is guessing without more to go on but the BLACK ones are Blacks. Slates poults are a light grey. Sweetgrass are yellow with a black skunk stripe down their back. Chocolate poults are brown. Royal Palm poults are all yellow at hatch and all the white colors too. The thing...
Very interesting! I think the hens will stay with the eggs. They can tell there are babies moving around in those eggs. I think once they hatch, both hens will look after both clutches as their own.
You could breed him with any hen you could get. Depending on the hen and his genetics, you could get many different color turkeys. You could still sell them but you would have a mix of colors and it could be hard telling what they would be. People usually look for a specific color bird.
It could be the dust from the wood chips. I start all my poults on a wire flood until they are about 6-8 weeks, Sounds like your doing things right. How is the temp in your brooder? Is it drafty? Watch for any discharge from the mouth or nose.
The black ones will be all black like a Spanish black. Not sure what the yellow will be other than a white turkey. There are many different white turkeys. Did you hatch these eggs or did you buy poults? If you bought them, they are most likely broad breasted whites. If they are you will see...