A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Bantambird]

The yearling tom is almost done growing in his tail feathers. This is the Tri Color Mottled Rusty Slate, with Rr, I believe.

And this jenny is at a point where she is either growing into her big girl feathers and hasn't finished molting her juvenile colors yet, or she has a wierd patch on her secondaries.

 

[Bantambird]

I'm eagerly awaiting his finishing up that tail. He is being very slow about it!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Since I share this every year, here's the kids' halftime show for this year. DS is on tenor drums and switches to xylophone and back for the last song. DD is on piccolo. It's spy themed... the search for the stolen baton. At the end, both bands come together along with the local college marching band for a big side by side.

 

[R2elk]

 

[Bantambird]

had a sudden batch of hidden hens and now there are 21 poults at my house.

 

[R2elk]

had a sudden batch of hidden hens and now there are 21 poults at my house.

I have one hen laying and one hen sitting on 2 fake eggs.

 

[Molpet]

had a sudden batch of hidden hens and now there are 21 poults at my house.

I had a hen hatch one of 10 that showed up yesterday, well another was dead in the nest.

 

[Huntmaster]

Still have a few hens laying but think for the most part have broken all the broodies. Had a few that just would not break just kept moving after I would find them sitting and take eggs daily trying to destroy nest site. Just to keep finding 2 of them sharing another. this went on to long. The 2 hens lost a lot of weight and are looking shabby. They haven't tried for last 2 weeks now but with others still laying not sure if it is over for sure yet (HOPING) these girls need a break and so do I I never let my birds sit in summer/fall with all my hens in large open pens I can control that, but some can definitely be stubborn about it. I have had hens laying all the way until Nov. a few weeks before Thanksgiving was about the longest. All my hatching around here is done as early spring as possible, this spring I found the 1st egg March 3rd. And waited a week before collecting eggs for hatching. Set my 1st smaller batch in incubator March 15th.

 

[Molpet]

Still have a few hens laying but think for the most part have broken all the broodies. Had a few that just would not break just kept moving after I would find them sitting and take eggs daily trying to destroy nest site. Just to keep finding 2 of them sharing another. this went on to long. The 2 hens lost a lot of weight and are looking shabby. They haven't tried for last 2 weeks now but with others still laying not sure if it is over for sure yet (HOPING) these girls need a break and so do I I never let my birds sit in summer/fall with all my hens in large open pens I can control that, but some can definitely be stubborn about it. I have had hens laying all the way until Nov. a few weeks before Thanksgiving was about the longest. All my hatching around here is done as early spring as possible, this spring I found the 1st egg March 3rd. And waited a week before collecting eggs for hatching. Set my 1st smaller batch in incubator March 15th.

Mine start around St Patrick's day. Last hatch usually middle of August. Still have one sitting on chicken eggs. Extra coop had broody chicken and chicks that just moved themselves into a coop, so I need to move her in there to break her.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

My ladies have been done laying for several months now, though they're all getting pretty old now. Pebbles and Sweet Pea are 7 years old and I think my youngest hens might be about three.