Candled today and it looks like 6 out of 8 developing. Left the two in for another week just to make sure! I hope everyone else is having good development and fertility.
Wisher,
Your package is on the way. I was able to get one more duck egg for you. I guess the girls were feeling sorry for me watching me wondering around the property aimlessly trying to find their hiding place. One of them laid an egg in the coop! I'm sure they spent the last couple days...
Hey Wisher.....I've gotten you 4 BR Turkey eggs and three Duck eggs so far. Darn duck have been hiding eggs I just can't seem to find them. They are getting really good at it! I will be sending what I have tomorrow. Will send you a PM with the tracking # shortly afterword.
It could be better but not bad as you can buy live poults for $9 a piece from a hatchery. I would say $5 is more of a fair price for eggs as there is no guarantee that they will hatch. But allot better than buying them online and having to deal with shaken egg syndrome. Another plus is you can...
You do not have to but I definitely would not mix day old poults with month old chicks....Bad ju-ju there...... It is preferred to have a couple chicks with the poults to teach them how and where to eat and drink but not absolutely necessary. You will just have to be a little more attentive with...
TURKEY FACTS:
Turkey chicks need "a minimum of two consecutive hours of undisturbed time four times a day followed by eight to 10 hours of undisturbed nighttime rest." That's eight hours a day of rest, followed by an eight- or 10-hour night's sleep.
And I thought my kids were lazy!
Turkey meat contains tryptophan, an amino acid that the body uses to make serotonin, a neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate sleep.
Ever wonder why you are tired after Thanksgiving dinner?
I have 7 turkey eggs cooking, sending out a couple today and getting ready to gather as many as the girls will give me to send to my BYC friend! Looking forward to this one ladies and gents.
Anyone have some interesting facts to share while we wait to set?