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Fifteen have now hatched. We managed to get food and water into the nests and watched as the mothers demonstrated how to feed. Whilst they can all hide under the mums' wings they are safe from mozzies so Mrs. T is still getting her way and we aren't moving them yet. A hen that we bought mature...

Mrs. T is determined that they will stay put for a bit longer. She sneaked out to the coops earlier and put small bowls of feed in the nests and the ones who have appeared from under the mothers' wings so far today are eating. There's no water in the nests but it's cool and drizzling outside...

Quote: You can never have enough turkeys running around Steve I'm OK with that but Mrs. T isn't so sure when they damage her carefully nurtured plants!

Thanks Steve. We now have ten hatched out of twenty eight so I'll try to persuade the boss that tomorrow will be a good day to move them all.

Our second hatch has just begun and given rise to a debate between Mrs. Thaiturkey and me. The poults and unhatched eggs are under two hens in the main coop. We will need to move them elsewhere under mozzie netting and away from the bigfoots. I want to do it now, as we did last time, and Mrs. T...