Hi there, so I've got a few eggs, all I have been candling the last two days because they haven't been moving around anymore and 2 look to be dead after a ton of movement for 3 days. 1 remening is still alive and is peeping but only if I nudge the egg or candle. It was moving a bunch a couple...
Just curious as I'm getting ready to use Pig Swig with my flock, have you found it necessary to follow up after 7 days? Or do you do it just as a preventative?
I've got 4 turkey eggs in the bator to test things out but I have seen a couple varying opinions and not finding anything in my turkey book. What's the proper humidity for turkey eggs? I know for chicken eggs you want between 50-65% until pipping is that not recommended for turkey eggs? I've got...
So I found this thread that helped answer that staggering question. I think I'll be fine if I add the turkey eggs after the chicken eggs since I've got 2 bators I can use one as the hatching bator at lockdown time. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/214533/incubatin-chicken-and-turkey-eggs-together
I've not yet tried to rotate hatches in the same incubator, how difficult would it be to hatch chickens and turkeys together? I just put the chicken eggs in yesterday. I know that turkeys take about 4 days longer than chickens.
Thanks, yes I know how to tell if they're fertile by cracking them, but that doesn't do me much good to then incubate them lol. Thanks for the info! I may move them so they can be a bit better protected. I want her to sit on them but if she doesn't I want to incubate them.
I have two 9 month old hens with my 9 month old Tom. He's been strutting quite a bit (I don't know if he's done the deed or not) and I just yesterday saw one of my hens on 2 eggs. The other hen today has been over there and looked to be helping in nest building. Now I have a house and covered...
Yes, he does have faint barring on the tail feathers. That's what throws me off. Still hard to tell I know, but can't get a good photo in the daylight, will have to wait until this weekend.
Sadly no, one that hatched knocked another that was hatching around and caused it's death. The one that did hatch only lived 24 hours. I had a lot of humidity issues, so I'm not thinking it developed properly. Idk.
Closer photos are sadly next to impossible. There are slight penciled markings on his tail feathers though they aren't real prominent.
These aren't much better photos but you can kind of see the markings I'm referring to on the one side of his tail feathers.
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Jake's Tail (I...
Here's a better view of the Jake's Tail band, I'll try to get a better one of all of them. The lady I bought them from ordered them from Porters Rare Heritage Turkeys and that's what she was told anyway.
If I've done my research correct, my Jake and one of my hens are both Pencilled Red Palms while my other hen is simply a Pencilled Palm with the narragansett coloring.
So I just brought home three 9 month old Pencilled Palms, they are gorgeous! I am still doing research on the breed and color possibilities. Any knowledge would be appreciated! I am feeding Scratch and Peck organic, non-GMO feeds with hopes of either selling hatching eggs (once I establish and...