A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[JRNash]

tried to get a picture showing the color of the blind eye but it didn't come out.

 

[feedman77]

Just emailed JMF I'm going to order 100 of the jumbo recessive whites next week

I found mine online at 4 weeks old. As gentleman hatched better than expected.

Good luck with them.

Glad to see George is make a full recovery.

 

[tracyjg]

Please help: baby's born yesterday and today. 4. One has a bad prolapse. She can't eliminate on her own. Vet will uthanize her/him. When you try to push in. There is waste and a little bit of blood and a big bouble in vent. It's to big to stAy in place. Bandage doesn't stick. How would I super glue it .

 

[R2elk]

Please help: baby's born yesterday and today. 4. One has a bad prolapse. She can't eliminate on her own. Vet will uthanize her/him. When you try to push in. There is waste and a little bit of blood and a big bouble in vent. It's to big to stAy in place. Bandage doesn't stick. How would I super glue it .

I don't know how you determined it was a prolapse. It is not rare for a poult to have not completely absorbed the yolk sack especially if you didn't allow it to hatch on its own. It is my opinion that you have already messed with it too much and you should put it down.

If it is a prolapsed vent you definitely should put it down. It is wrong to try to nurse back to health new hatchlings that have birth defects. You do not want these animals in your breeding pool. It is even more wrong to try to nurse them back to health and put them into some other unsuspecting person's breeding pool.

 

[Pyxis]

Please help: baby's born yesterday and today. 4. One has a bad prolapse. She can't eliminate on her own. Vet will uthanize her/him. When you try to push in. There is waste and a little bit of blood and a big bouble in vent. It's to big to stAy in place. Bandage doesn't stick. How would I super glue it .

Before anyone tries to help, you might want to see my post here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...s-right-whos-wrong-no-one/34730#post_17214526

I doubt it's a vent prolapse. I think it's a duckling, by the way, not a poult. This poster has posted in a bunch of different threads, most of them duck threads.

 

[JRNash]

Noted...

 

[JRNash]

Out of curiosity and a perverse desire to poke at things with a sharp stick I must point out that i disagree with people on a regular basis about saving or helping chicks. I have done it. I will continue to do it. And to date I've seen no indication that it has hampered in anyway my breeding program (mad experiments) I realize that there will be examples on both sides of the line to support both view points. And they are incorrect unless they support my views. That was intended as sarcasm. It's a learning thing. And it's supposed to be fun.

 

[Pyxis]

Since I've now posted in here anyway...

I just hatched my first turkeys, two Narragansett poults. I had four eggs but only 2 hatched - one a late quitter and the other never started. I picked them up at a Chickenstock several hours from my home where they also sat in the broiling sun all day, which couldn't have helped. But so far I am delighted with them. They are so sweet and make the cutest vocalizations. I am hoping for a pair. Can anyone tell me if they are like chickens and I will need more hens if I have a tom, or if a pair will be okay?

 

[JRNash]

I've watched George,and Ive compared him to the other poults. George has issues. It could be genetic or caused by viral/bacterial infection. And I've contemplated putting him down. Thing is as long as he keeps trying I will give him all the help I can. I can allways evaluate wether to use him/her in a breeding program.To my way of thinking there is no way to anticipate what the future may hold.

 

[JRNash]

I like the whistle chirp they make