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    Bad egg

    I just recently got rid of 8 cartons of eggs no issues and started collecting again. I've had these eggs maybe 2 weeks in egg cartons I have about 5 cartons. I started noticing a smell from one egg so decided to open it up and it was black and oh lord rotten. How can this egg be rotten at only 2...
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    Need help chicken/turkey Lice/mites

    I've read a number of post about chicken lice and mites... a lot are suggestions but never know if they work. I need to know what has worked for you 100%.. This is what ive tried and has not worked. I've tried 10% permethrin and dipped all the chickens and turkeys as stated in the...
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    Flies, flies & more flies

    I don't think so we don't have any drains in our yard. And went all through the area nothing dead! :/ not sure what the issue is..
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    Flies, flies & more flies

    just about last week we've had so many flies it's been unreal. They are in our coop and run. I clean poop out daily and I use thr horse litter that normally dries the poop up within 30 or so minutes. I have sticky fly traps hanging, I'm using the liquid fly trap stuff now and nothing seems to...
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    Hatching/egg advice

    All the ones that I've hatched always had a black spot and veins within 7 days so I wanted to make sure before I throw them away and replaced. Thank you for the quick reply. And I will throw them away to be safe.
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    Loss of feathers on chest

    So mine had the same thing but on her bottom if you look closely around the remaining feathers it maybe that she has mite/lice. I was able to get ahold of mine and mine had either mites or lice so I treated with permethrin 10 and I have one more treatment once it gets below 100degrees here I'll...
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    Hatching/egg advice

    I've hatched maybe 13 turkey eggs so far.. but I never had this problem I don't think the ones I put in the second round are fertile. I have 4 eggs in there they have been in there over 10 days and it just looks like the yolk in there no black spot no veins nothing. Should I replace them? Throw...
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    Turkey egg???

    I'm going to say they are not at all bad as roosters. My turkey only gobbles when something startles him or my kids yell out back... Where we live we can't have roosters but we can have turkeys/toms so I guess they don't make that much noise
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    Turkey not getting bigger?

    Once he/she gets bigger he will be placed outside with the chickens and other turkeys I have. The chickens/turkeys all older eat all flock food. I will see what they have at farm & home with higher protein and switch him/her to that and see if that makes a difference. He's just right at 4...
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    Turkey not getting bigger?

    We hatched a turkey about a month ago and doesn't seem to be growing.. he/she was a single hatch and was the only one in the crate. I have seen it eat and drink. I've given him all flock crumble. Is there anything else I can add to his food or switch his food to something that can get it to gain...
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    Male or female?

    I can see 2 females :P
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    Cost hatching eggs

    I most definitely won't be shipping them l. Would just be local sales.
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    Cost hatching eggs

    I have tons of turkey eggs that I thought about selling. I've hatched maybe 30 turkeys from the eggs that have been laid but can't keep up with putting them in the incubator anymore. I thought about seeing if anyone would like to purchase them. We do have a tom and all 30 we've put in the...
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    Broody hen to incubator

    I'm not sure what its suppose to look like when they internally pip. Tried looking up YouTube videos and can find any good ones for turkeys. Alot of ducks and chickens but their eggs are alot clearer to see. Here's a couple videos maybe you can tell me more about it.
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    Broody hen to incubator

    I had a little but of a mishap with my hen. This was her first year laying. She had a total of 15 eggs before she decided to sit on them. Went on vacation 5 days later she was only sitting on 4 eggs. (100% sure he ate them) came back out a day later and she was down to 2 eggs. Here's the...
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    Are turkey hens good moms?

    I just had my first year hen (black) sit on 15 eggs.. went on vacation. Came back 5 days later and she ate all but 2 :( I have another hen (gray) that started laying and thr black one was laying on them so I'm taking all the eggs to place in incubator so they don't get eaten again :(
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    Missing eggs?? Options

    And the hut she's in smells so bad like death so I think she's breaking them open and eating them. I took the 1 egg that was under her and placed in incubator
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    Missing eggs?? Options

    I think she's been eating them. I watched the whole day and saw nothing no animals near. And moved her to take the eggs and there was 1 under her within maybe 3 hour time difference
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    Missing eggs?? Options

    She finally got up and I could see in there.. there's only 3 eggs in there!
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    Missing eggs?? Options

    It's a little hut.. there's also fencing around the whole thing. Never had raccoons in there... and I don't think we have them other animals here. I live in missouri Should I pick up the eggs and place them in the incubator?
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