A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Chaos18]

Sure is quiet around here this morning!

Feedman....did your eggs arrive?

Ralph/Aurora...whats hatching?

Chaos....would love pictures of your new turkeys

Bright and sunny day here. yipee

If the weather behaves I might be able to get some pics when I get home this evening.

 

[memphis]

i'd love to see them! Are the hens laying yet?

 

[Chaos18]

i'd love to see them! Are the hens laying yet?

No. Not sure if she's old enough to lay. I actually have two boys and one girl. Ham Head is the extra boy and will grace the table once big enough or he gets beat up to much by T-Bone.

 

[feedman77]

Memphis: yep eggs arrived.. let set overnight. Went and placed in bator this morning.

 

[Chaos18]

If any of you are nerdy enough here's a spearmint I'm gonna be doing.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-vitamin-c-and-cooling-eggs-during-incubation

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Sure is quiet around here this morning!

Feedman....did your eggs arrive?

Ralph/Aurora...whats hatching?

Chaos....would love pictures of your new turkeys

Bright and sunny day here.  yipee

I have pips in the hatcher! There are 26 turkey eggs in there and then Pebbles has her 4 eggs due at the same time. One was scratching and tapping this morning. Not sure if any of hers pipped yet though. I'm TRYING to leave her alone. Tough lol

 

[feedman77]

If any of you are nerdy enough here's a spearmint I'm gonna be doing.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-vitamin-c-and-cooling-eggs-during-incubation

I have a bator with the cooling feature. Tried it on a few hatches. Seemed to get a little better results without it on so I quit using it.

But my results varied quite a bit last year. So I can't say if that played a substantial difference or not.

Good luck on your experiment

 

[duluthralphie]

Please let them use rodents...

No, no. As much as I hate to have chicks eaten, It is better than me having to kill them and throw them in the garbage.

 

[R2elk]

No, no. As much as I hate to have chicks eaten, It is better than me having to kill them and throw them in the garbage.

That is one of the reasons that I am not really wanting an autosexing breed. I sell my chicks as straight run and rarely have extra roosters to deal with. Last year I never got to have a pot of chicken noodle soup because I just didn't have any extra roosters to eat.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

 

No, no. As much as I hate to have chicks eaten, It is better than me having to kill them and throw them in the garbage.

Be aware, most prefer them to be already dead and frozen (from what they've told me). I was feeling around about it a couple months ago to see if there would be interest and what people would consider a fair price. I was told that dead, frozen, $1 each. Live, 50 cents. Thoughts may be different in your area though, who knows.