A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

Whew Ralphie! Glad to hear the news!!

 

[rjohns39]

Feedman!! WOW.. I knew Holm and I should have went..You would not have gotten anything that cheap had I been there..


I just got a call from the state vet..

Congrats!!!!

 

[memphis]

Aurora...cant wait to hear what you get from Porter. What fun!

 

[feedman77]

Feedman!! WOW.. I knew Holm and I should have went..You would not have gotten anything that cheap had I been there..


I just got a call from the state vet..

I am clean and disease free. It is not MS or MG. She said she has never seen a bird look like that and not have it.

They said I could take the bird to the UoM and they would do a work up on it, but I have decided to pass on that. Even though it would be good to know and for the state to know. It requires killing the poult and costs me $80. Beings it has not spread and one bird seems free of what ever it is. I can't see doing it at this time.

I am going to start a antibiotic treatment on it to see if it clears up, if it does in a week I know it is or was bacterial. If it does not it is viral or allergy..

Glad to hear your bird was clean and heals quick with treatment.


My final purchase was the picker.


It's a pickwick. Anyone have one like this? Do they work decent?

 

[duluthralphie]

Glad to hear your bird was clean and heals quick with treatment.


My final purchase was the picker.
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It's a pickwick. Anyone have one like this? Do they work decent?

Years ago I had one very similar, they work ok. Way faster than by hand. Before I got the one I had now I had a smaller one like that. The key is new fingers and not letting them get too old and wore out that they don't grab.

I was outside working and I saw a turkey hen with a baby. I went to check the area she came from and found her nest with about a dozen eggs in it.

2 were unzipped and the poults still working their way out. Young hens are so stupid. I think she was tired of sitting on the nest and the first one came out so she took it for a walk.

I have three eggs that appear good in the hatcher now. I may just leave the hatcher on for the next couple weeks because of all the yearling mothers I have on eggs..

BTW of the 3 eggs two are the ones unzipped and the babies moving in them. I helped as much as I dare (red blood in membrane is time to stop helping) hopefully they will hatch...

I do not dare get to close to the hen and baby as the hen is overly excited and protective and would step on the poult in a second. I miss good old reliable Ethel who knew how to hatch eggs and take care of babies.

 

[R2elk]

@memphis

I understand that you like flowers. This is what is blooming where I am.

Roses

Wildflowers

Columbines

Sego Lilies

 

[memphis]

Yes indeed I love to garden! R2elk, beautiful pictures. Interested in the sego lilies. Not familiar with them. Of all my natives, the only thing my turkeys will munch on is the spiderwort. And only the newer leaves.

 

[memphis]

New moma turkeys...I can see mine getting goofy over poults! Daisy has never tried to go broody. Annie was sitting on an egg earlier this week. Threw her out in the yard & stole the egg. She gave up easily. Only had one Australorp go broody earlier this year. She was determined, but finally gave it up. Been pretty lucky here this year...so far!

 

[feedman77]

New moma turkeys...I can see mine getting goofy over poults! Daisy has never tried to go broody. Annie was sitting on an egg earlier this week. Threw her out in the yard & stole the egg. She gave up easily. Only had one Australorp go broody earlier this year. She was determined, but finally gave it up. Been pretty lucky here this year...so far!

was gonna say give Annie some chicken eggs to brood.

But then I remembered no men fowl allowed.

But at least they got deterred easily. Mine are like me I guess. Hard headed and stubborn. They were determined.

 

[memphis]

Yep Feedman...its a zen hen pen here. I'm just never going to have enough hens to justify a tom. At least not while I'm working/traveling. Poor girls...