It is very exciting. If you have chickens as well be careful. They look like a chicken egg that isn't quite right. I would have not thought anything about it when my husband brought it in but my daughter said it was awfully pointy on one end. She was right so I looked more closely. Low and...
That is a good point. I just know we are having some major remodeling done in January and didn't want to mess with babies at the same time. I will be getting an incubator in a few weeks so I may just go ahead and try. That would put them hatching mid February. As long as all the construction was...
I agree retlaw. She is in full production mode. We keep 2 fake eggs in her nest and she lays faithfully almost every day. I go out every day to gather the egg so it doesn't freeze. I don't want her to hatch them out yet as it is just the beginning of winter. I have sold 6 of the eggs so far. I...
Well she has laid an egg everyday this week. I cracked open 2 of them to see if they are fertile and they are. I am not wanting to hatch any eggs right now so I will sell them if anyone wants some Blue slate hatching eggs. Let me know if anyone is interested.
Today I have fount 2 more turkey eggs in the duck nesting house aka the dog house. We don't have a dog it is for the ducks. My question is are they even viable? Last night it was not freezing and today the temp is 45F. It is going to warm up over the weekend. Any suggestions on what I should do...
I got my first turkey egg yesterday from my blue slate hen. My concern is it is December. Will she continue to lay? Honestly I wasn't expecting this. We found it on the floor in the coop, but I didn't realize it was a turkey egg until I start researching a little. My biggest concern is she was...