A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

When I checked on the unauthorized incubator this morning she had one poult under her, a nearly zipped egg, an egg with a third of the shell missing and an egg with part of a dried poult sticking out of the zip out away from her. I gathered all 3 eggs and headed to the garden to bury them. When I was almost at the garden, the nearly zipped egg started moving in my hand so I popped off the top and put the live poult still in the decapped egg back under the hen. Back at the garden, I opened the partially shelled egg to find another live poult which I also put back under the minus the top of the egg. The poult that looked dry was dead and became part of the garden.

When I checked on her this afternoon, one poult was hanging out in the open. I could see a pair of little legs sticking out through her breast feathers. The legs crawled further under her before I got the camera. She refused to stand up and let me see what she was hiding under her.

 

[CindyinSD]

Awww! So sweet!!!

 

[memphis]

R2elk....you sure are quick to want to chuck them over the Rainbow Bridge. Happy some of them survived! What color is the hen??
That baby is too sweet sitting there posing for photos.

 

[duluthralphie]

I have a picture of Junior sitting on my leg.

Unfortunately, it has my ugly mug in it and has been turned into a campaign picture by my staff.

Sorry about the ad part.. I have no idea how to remove it..

 

[CindyinSD]

You’re running for office? How cool is that? Junior is a handsome lad. If you win, you should take him with you to the state house. He could be your bodyguard or bouncer... whatever!

 

[PolarBerry]

So what should I do about an egg eating hen? Sell/eat I assume is the best course of action. I saw a hen drop an egg in the run and then turn around and eat it... there’s already fake eggs in the nest box and they have free choice oyster shell and 20% protein feed plus black soldier fly/mealworms as treats so doesn’t seem nutritional but instead a bad habit? Seemed odd how few eggs I was getting this season. I do still get some but not nearly as many! Methinks it’s time to figure which hen/hens it is... stupid birds lol

 

[R2elk]

R2elk....you sure are quick to want to chuck them over the Rainbow Bridge. Happy some of them survived! What color is the hen??
That baby is too sweet sitting there posing for photos.

She is the same as the poult. They are both Sweetgrass. Hey, I could have done like last year and tossed them unopened into the wood pit where the first one cracked open with dangling legs kicking and I had to crawl in and rescue it.

 

[R2elk]

So what should I do about an egg eating hen? Sell/eat I assume is the best course of action. I saw a hen drop an egg in the run and then turn around and eat it... there’s already fake eggs in the nest box and they have free choice oyster shell and 20% protein feed plus black soldier fly/mealworms as treats so doesn’t seem nutritional but instead a bad habit? Seemed odd how few eggs I was getting this season. I do still get some but not nearly as many! Methinks it’s time to figure which hen/hens it is... stupid birds lol

First try and figure out just what exactly is going on. It is not uncommon for a hen to remove a broken egg from her nest (lots of different reasons for broken eggs) and take it a distance away and drop or eat it. Those cases do not equal egg eating hen that must be dealt with. However there are cases where a hen can become a true egg eater that will steal and eat eggs from nests. A true egg eater, in my opinion, is best eliminated by a dinner invitation.

 

[memphis]

Ralphie!! I LOVE it! Best/ most creative political ad ever! You & Jr look great! Actually Jr looks quite content on your lap. That ad is sure to grab people's attention.

 

[sfgwife]

So what should I do about an egg eating hen? Sell/eat I assume is the best course of action. I saw a hen drop an egg in the run and then turn around and eat it... there’s already fake eggs in the nest box and they have free choice oyster shell and 20% protein feed plus black soldier fly/mealworms as treats so doesn’t seem nutritional but instead a bad habit? Seemed odd how few eggs I was getting this season. I do still get some but not nearly as many! Methinks it’s time to figure which hen/hens it is... stupid birds lol

I have a chicken hen that will eat only her egg occasionally. I have figured out that she prefers egg shells over oyster shell. So i make sure to keep a dish in the run for them. When the dish runs out i will for sure get a mess in my box. I put out egg shell and problem solved.