➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

That's the one.

Never heard of them.



Where is boss man?
@R2elk
That's one of his new names.

 

[Molpet]

Does anyone have any experience or opinions on the "artisan gold" turkey variety?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/are-artisan-gold-turkeys-broad-breasted.952313/

 

[Tesumph]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/are-artisan-gold-turkeys-broad-breasted.952313/

Thank you!
This is what our local co-op got a shipment of. We (MIL and I) are trying to decide if we want to get a few of them or wait until Ideal starts shipping poults out in April.

 

[R2elk]

Does anyone have any experience or opinions on the "artisan gold" turkey variety?

Artisan Gold is a brand name for a Black turkey. There is nothing special about it.

 

[R2elk]

I'll try one real coffee tomorrow but if I get wired I'm blaming you all.

Did you have real coffee today or not? Feel free to blame me if you had real coffee and it made you jittery.

 

[Tesumph]

Artisan Gold is a brand name for a Black turkey. There is nothing special about it.

Figures. We're gonna get a handful and see what happens.

 

[R2elk]

Figures. We're gonna get a handful and see what happens.

Tips on Starting Your Poults

I start my poults at 90°F measured at the bedding level. I feed them 28% protein turkey or game bird starter.

Because I live on a sand dune, I use the free sand as the bedding material in the brooder. Poults learn best to start eating by sprinkling some of the starter on the bedding. It may take them a few days to realize that the stuff in the feeder is food but they will quickly learn to pick feed off of the bedding.

Do not use wood chips in the brooder to start. If wood chips are used as bedding, proper sized grit must be supplied. Without the grit, they will plug up and die from the wood chips that they eat because they cannot digest them without the grit in their gizzard to grind it up.

 

[Kiki]

Did you have real coffee today or not? Feel free to blame me if you had real coffee and it made you jittery.

No I did not.
I had too much to get done today and didn't want to take the chance of not being able to do stuff because I was feeling bad.

I'll try again another day.

 

[Tesumph]

Tips on Starting Your Poults

I start my poults at 90°F measured at the bedding level. I feed them 28% protein turkey or game bird starter.

Because I live on a sand dune, I use the free sand as the bedding material in the brooder. Poults learn best to start eating by sprinkling some of the starter on the bedding. It may take them a few days to realize that the stuff in the feeder is food but they will quickly learn to pick feed off of the bedding.

Do not use wood chips in the brooder to start. If wood chips are used as bedding, proper sized grit must be supplied. Without the grit, they will plug up and die from the wood chips that they eat because they cannot digest them without the grit in their gizzard to grind it up.

Thank you.
I think wood chips are my only option. I will essentially be raising them on my covered porch until they're big enough to move into my MIL's coop.

 

[Kiki]

Thank you.
I think wood chips are my only option. I will essentially be raising them on my covered porch until they're big enough to move into my MIL's coop.

Peat moss.
Home Depot 12ish bucks will last until you kick them to the curb.