A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

Blue Slate with Blue Slate = 50% Blue Slate, 25% Self Blue (aka Lavender) and 25% Black. Blue Slate with Self Blue = 50% Blue Slate and 50% Self Blue. Black with Self Blue = 100% Blue Slate.

I guess I don't know what you mean by ns?

Sweetgrass breed true as long as they are not carrying a hidden recessive gene.

I knew I would remember that wrong some how ..,
Thanks

 

[OneMountainAcres]

This makes me so angry, frustrated, and upset. I recognize almost half of these birds. She bought them from me at the swaps last year It's heartbreaking and just so wrong! A friend of mine who also sold her some birds is heading to the humane society first thing this morning to find out what he can about adopting them back and is going to let me know. I'm just so angry right now

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155941334011583&id=365669406582&sfnsn=mo

 

[memphis]

OMG. Aurora, I will never understand people like that. I hate some of your birds were involved. What a horrible story.

 

[duluthralphie]

Good morning..
I had 6 bug eyed babies hatch yesterday....This is not a good year for hatches for me. I think it might have finally dawned on me what is wrong.

I have had poor hatch rates, lots of quitters and the poults are weak, of the 6, 2 will have to be euthanized. They are having joint problems they can not or barely walk. They seem okay at hatch then a day or two later the legs seem to stop working properly.

I think it is a combination of things.

First, I am hatching earlier than normal, about now is when I start to hatch most years.

Second I normally use a pre-breeding turkey feed for my adults. I decided to skimp out this year, because I was being cheap with too many birds to feed, and they started laying before I start the feed. I normally start it in January to give them a month or two to condition them.

Third my moisture content plunged then peaked this hatch. The float stopped working and I did not notice it, when I did I replaced it and forgot to cover have the tray to slow evaporation...(old age senility setting in)..

Next year I will do it different, I will have my breeders in pens without chickens. I will have the none breeders either in the freezer in November and eat frozen turkey instead of fresh at the holidays. I hate feeding expensive breeder turkey formula to the chickens. I will treat the turkey breeders like I do my show chickens. Individual pens and only the breeders will be fed the "good stuff".

R2elk, does this sound plausible, or do you think it could be something else? (like too many years with inbreeding?)

On the bright side I have another polka dot! 2 browns and one black that are healthy. I did not plant any RP eggs this time. I have a decent blue slate coming up, at about 2 months. I might even show him/her. It has been upstairs to watch TV in preparation for cage training.

I will add pictures as an edit from my Iphone in a minute.

I saved you the pain of seeing the cripples...I need to run to town to get some sleeping vaporous gas for them... I used my last little bit to start a stubborn engine...silly me.

 

[CindyinSD]

@Auroradream26 I’m not on FB. I tried the link, in case, but it didn’t work. I’m sure my imagination hasn’t overdone it in supplying the details. I’m so sorry. People who abuse and neglect their animals are.... well, mostly they’re not entirely “right,” mentally and emotionally speaking, but that doesn’t make it any less horrible. Not your fault in any way, in case you’re beating yourself up over it. You couldn’t have known. I hope the two of you will find a way to get those birds back.

 

[duluthralphie]

@Auroradream26 I’m not on FB. I tried the link, in case, but it didn’t work. I’m sure my imagination hasn’t overdone it in supplying the details. I’m so sorry. People who abuse and neglect their animals are.... well, mostly they’re not entirely “right,” mentally and emotionally speaking, but that doesn’t make it any less horrible. Not your fault in any way, in case you’re beating yourself up over it. You couldn’t have known. I hope the two of you will find a way to get those birds back.

Did I mention you owe me $10.65 ?

 

[CindyinSD]

I do?

 

[memphis]

Ralphie...what is pre-breeding turkey feed?

 

[sfgwife]

Blue Slate with Blue Slate = 50% Blue Slate, 25% Self Blue (aka Lavender) and 25% Black. Blue Slate with Self Blue = 50% Blue Slate and 50% Self Blue. Black with Self Blue = 100% Blue Slate.

I guess I don't know what you mean by ns?

Sweetgrass breed true as long as they are not carrying a hidden recessive gene.

I meant bs not ns. :/. Thanks for the info!

 

[duluthralphie]

I do?

Yes......Your snowstorm caused me to waste a full bag of feed on my chickens and turkeys that were free ranging for the last 10 days....

If you do not end this storm today it will be up to $21.30 you are lucky I did not add in the sales tax.....