A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

Still think she's a clever girl Ralph. Is she coming down at all to eat or drink?

 

[duluthralphie]

Still think she's a clever girl Ralph. Is she coming down at all to eat or drink?

i have no idea

 

[memphis]

My penciled poult is a dramatic hysteric. My mottled is rather layed back. Actually the mottled pulled a Daisy....closed her eyes and relaxed when I petted her little snood. Right now I'm just sitting with them. It's hot, don't want them to get too upset. So far so good. Daisy on the porch demanding a walk. Off we go...

 

[Eric Exley]

I had to turn off my Incubator, all 22 turkey eggs in it were infertile (they were in for 3 weeks none showed any signs of development), apparently the hens only bred to my tom once, and have not bred since, the two poults i did hatch are female (for some reason i am naturally good at telling if poults, and guinea keets are male/female)... i guess i'll separate my tom from them to see if him being away for a week will convince them to go receptive (my other thought is my peacock is possibly stressing them out causing them to be unwilling to breed to my Tom)

 

[OneMountainAcres]

The penciled bunch has discovered the roosting tree This is the same tree that ALL the youngsters and certain PITA hens have tried to roost in many times. I know that this is just the beginning of a summer of stressful bedtimes I might just have to go out and lock turkeys up an hour or so earlier than everyone else

 

[duluthralphie]

I had to turn off my Incubator, all 22 turkey eggs in it were infertile (they were in for 3 weeks none showed any signs of development), apparently the hens only bred to my tom once, and have not bred since, the two poults i did hatch are female (for some reason i am naturally good at telling if poults, and guinea keets are male/female)... i guess i'll separate my tom from them to see if him being away for a week will convince them to go receptive (my other thought is my peacock is possibly stressing them out causing them to be unwilling to breed to my Tom)

how old are the poults you did hatch?

 

[Eric Exley]

they are about 3.5 weeks old one appears to be a golden Narragansett, but the other looks like a bronze (i am making a guess the Tom has some hidden genes that i am not aware of)

 

[duluthralphie]

they are about 3.5 weeks old one appears to be a golden Narragansett, but the other looks like a bronze (i am making a guess the Tom has some hidden genes that i am not aware of)

ahhh..

i am thinking unless you can vent sex...i would not count your sex guesses at being much more than wishful thinking..

I was raised on a farm.. had birds all my youth... owned my own for 30 years...

and cannot guess the sex right at anything close to that young.. and i do worse on guineas...

 

[R2elk]

I had to turn off my Incubator, all 22 turkey eggs in it were infertile (they were in for 3 weeks none showed any signs of development), apparently the hens only bred to my tom once, and have not bred since, the two poults i did hatch are female (for some reason i am naturally good at telling if poults, and guinea keets are male/female)... i guess i'll separate my tom from them to see if him being away for a week will convince them to go receptive (my other thought is my peacock is possibly stressing them out causing them to be unwilling to breed to my Tom)

I would separate out the peacock rather than the tom. If the peacock has won the hens favor, you will have infertile eggs.

 

[Eric Exley]

The peacock hasn't won the hens, but he is somewhat aggressive, i'm planning on moving the turkeys to a pen of their own and just have the peacock live in the same pen that i keep my chickens (as far as i can tell he does not bother the chickens), but he does bother the female turkeys, and he does keep some distance between him, and the Tom (i saw the tom actually peck/bite him once for trying to take the Tom's favorite treat as i tossed it to the Tom)