they are afraid of birds that eat birds-hawks, falcons. Maybe play some raptor noises when they come around, get an owl or hawk statue for the top of your coop?
I have some young (5mo old) roosters. I will be culling soon. I have noticed that some have combs that are tall and flop over, some have what I think of as the rose comb (kinda flat and rose looking) and a few have extra long "hairs" starting to grow out of their heads. Which should be culled first?
I hope you all had a great Valentines day. I am glad that I found this thread with the top turkey people, quite by accident.
Here's what is going on. I have a small flock of 3yr old bourbon reds. 1 Tom, 4 hens. My partner and I have decided to get out of the turkey "business " Now I have a...
I had a broody hen sitting on eggs for aver a month. I took some eggs out from under her and candled them. Nothing. So I took the rest away and replaced them with 3 newer laid eggs, waited a week and candled those. Again nothing. So I ended that experiment. I suspect that 2 toms spend more time...
Ok...so for the last 3 days there has been a hen on each nest-at least when I am looking lol. I have left all the eggs in each nest and am not expecting a huge hatch out, but am wondering if any will hatch. There are still eggs being laid somewhat close to each nest and if they have not been...
Well I guess mine are going for that high magic number. There are now 16 eggs in one nest and 18 in the other. We have taken steps to make the entryways Tom proof. Any day now ladies!
I have 2 nests in the turkey pen with 8 eggs in each as of last night. I have not seen any of the hens brooding said nests. Do they have some "magic" number they wait for? I have 5 hens so am guessing that all of them take turn laying in one or the other nest. OR does a nest belong to one hen only?