A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Finnie]

Speaking of candling and lockdown, tonight is supposed to be lockdown for Ralphie's Eggs! If the slowpokes in my hatcher would hurry up and come out of their eggs. That batch was due yesterday, and only one hatched on time. Two more hatched overnight, one this morning, and I have 3 pipping, but not zipping. And two that I think are duds. If the duds haven't pipped by this afternoon, I'm going to start assisting, and kicking these chicks out to the brooder. Cuz the hatcher will need to be cleaned up and gotten ready for the Ralphie Eggs.

Best of luck on the hatch... Pictures required.

Thank you, and I will!

 

[R2elk]

That's a good idea, just don't keep any of those Nn toms. When you get that hidden n in a tom, it can be such a pain: can't tell they have it without test matings.

I have a nice group of Sweetgrass from Porter, 1 tom and 4 hens and another pen has a Red Sweetgrass tom over 2 Fall Fire hens. I will have a few extra Royal Palm hens I could mate with the SG tom once I've finished hatching from them for a project mating I'm doing right now. But I have to thin out some turkeys first because all pens are full at the moment.

That happens just way too easily. Chicken math really sucks.

 

[desertmarcy]

That happens just way too easily. Chicken math really sucks.

Turkey math is even worse.

 

[R2elk]

I wish I had some Sweetgrass.

But I will content myself with my Blue Red Bronze poults that are split to all the Royal Palm genes. I can put them together next year and make a bazillion and one combinations.

The only problem is, I won't have room to keep a bazillion and one turkeys!

 

[desertmarcy]

My Fall Fire hens

 

[Finnie]

My Fall Fire hens

Those are beautiful! According to the calculator, next year I will have a 1/ 170.66 chance of making one of those! (0.586%)

 

[duluthralphie]

Those are beautiful!

According to the calculator, next year I will have a 1/ 170.66 chance of making one of those! (0.586%)

Just hatch 200 poults and you have one,,maybe 2.

 

[desertmarcy]

Just hatch 200 poults and you have one,,maybe 2.

Don't give anybody those kinds of ideas! Last year I hatched nearly 1000 poults. Now a good number of those were sold, but a lot were not and I'm still dealing with the after math! I have a couple of project breedings going on this year where I need to hatch more than a few to get the colors I want. The problem comes when hatching more than a few becomes hatching 50-100. I really wish I had a couple of acres where I could just turn out all the toms when I have enough and have filled all orders so there is no more TEMPTATION to set eggs! I have the space, but too much cactus and too many predators. That's what I do with my chickens: break up breeding pens, put males in single bachelor pens, hens all go in one big layer pen. Not able to do that with turkeys.

 

[JRNash]

Your just a candling fiend!!

I know I am the worlds laziest candler, but I can live with that reputation.....

I candle when the incubator starts smelling bad....

 

[JRNash]

Don't give anybody those kinds of ideas! Last year I hatched nearly 1000 poults. Now a good number of those were sold, but a lot were not and I'm still dealing with the after math! I have a couple of project breedings going on this year where I need to hatch more than a few to get the colors I want. The problem comes when hatching more than a few becomes hatching 50-100. I really wish I had a couple of acres where I could just turn out all the toms when I have enough and have filled all orders so there is no more TEMPTATION to set eggs! I have the space, but too much cactus and too many predators. That's what I do with my chickens: break up breeding pens, put males in single bachelor pens, hens all go in one big layer pen. Not able to do that with turkeys.

turn all the males LOOSE or eat them. Yummmmmmmy