A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[ShellyBear]

Is timothy hay ok for a bedding for turkey poults?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Is timothy hay ok for a bedding for turkey poults?

its ok, pine shavings are better
hay molds VERY quickly, pine actually has antimicrobial oils in it so it is much better

 

[rjohns39]

Its not so much the birds,I have some serious family health issues that are going to be taking up progressively more of my time and focus

Sorry to hear that JR... Best wishes from my family to yours.

 

[rjohns39]

its ok, pine shavings are better
hay molds VERY quickly, pine actually has antimicrobial oils in it so it is much better

In addition to molding, they'll eat it. Agree with DL, I use pine shavings or saw dust. It seams a lot of my friends use Agricultural Peat--but I've never tried it.

 

[babychicks7]

any help on hatching turkey eggs? have one that has made a small hole in the shell but has not progressed any further it moves and rocks the egg ,cheeps so i knoe it is still alive ..but i dont know how long to wait to intervine?

 

[ShellyBear]

any help on hatching turkey eggs? have one that has made a small hole in the shell but has not progressed any further it moves and rocks the egg ,cheeps so i knoe it is still alive ..but i dont know how long to wait to intervine?

Very cool! It can take 24 hours to hatch from zip, after that if it hasn't made any progress I'd check on it.

 

[babychicks7]

thank you very much this is the first time i have incubated turkeys

 

[babychicks7]

Very cool! It can take 24 hours to hatch from zip, after that if it hasn't made any progress I'd check on it.

thank you this is the first time i have incubated turkeys and very excited ..this is the first year we have gotten fertile eggs!

 

[rjohns39]

Jen, You'll love this.... Ever since the coyote attack the boys are no longer feeling confined to the fence. They won't go into the shelter with the girls--but they seem to stand vigil... Every morning they check every shelter in the lower pasture then go back up to their pasture and of course they're all inside the fence when the girls get released.

 

[JRNash]

Raining AGAIN