A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[FredsGobblers]

Memphis my hens are not broody at all. I guess he just decided if his girls were not going to hatch him some children he would just do it himself. A couple weeks ago I thought he was just molting real bad due to all the feathers I started seeing in pen. Then I caught him pulling his feathers and starting to sit on eggs. If no eggs he is out doing his normal strutting. As soon as an egg gets laid he heads to the nest when the hen leaves to sit on it.

 

[memphis]

Fred....love it! Poor guy! He wants kids....

 

[R2elk]

My proactive predator approach had me busy this morning as two of the black & white "kitties" were waiting for me this morning in their private rooms. It's not too smelly out there considering there were two burials.

They shouldn't have been eating turkey eggs.

 

[Skipper7410]

Well...one of the two I was hoping were bearded hens is hanging in the living room with the pet Tom and (as if it wanted to spite me or something) walked right up to me and gobbled in my face....when ever I bought ducks I always ended up with hens and no drakes... but turkeys apparently my luck is opposite lol

 

[Molpet]

Well...one of the two I was hoping were bearded hens is hanging in the living room with the pet Tom and (as if it wanted to spite me or something) walked right up to me and gobbled in my face....when ever I bought ducks I always ended up with hens and no drakes... but turkeys apparently my luck is opposite lol

Yeah 2016 I bought 2 BBB and they were a pair. Was hoping for jakes. I also got 4 eight weeks old nari that they thought was 2 pair. Of course they were all jakes. 2017 I got 3 mixed heritage and I finally got a hen.

 

[Skipper7410]

Yeah 2016 I bought 2 BBB and they were a pair. Was hoping for jakes. I also got 4 eight weeks old nari that they thought was 2 pair. Of course they were all jakes. 2017 I got 3 mixed heritage and I finally got a hen.

Such is life am I right?

 

[R2elk]

Such is life am I right?

c'est la vie

 

[Molpet]

Such is life am I right?

So true
I have better luck with chickens. I want boys for the freezer and I get about 80% boys

 

[Skipper7410]

So true
I have better luck with chickens. I want boys for the freezer and I get about 80% boys

Good news though is that leave me with 5 or 6 Tom's for the frier and the smoker

 

[Eric Exley]

I just got onto my laptop today, and the guinea egg is now a guinea keet... it looks like a pied keet, but its markings are too dark to be a pied, so i'm thinking it might be a Royal purple, and a 2nd egg has just started pipping, so i'm excited to see what color the 2nd keet is