A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Molpet]

I wish my turkey hen didn't atack .. she took offense to a one week old chick and thrusted her head through 2x4 wire door and yanked the chick through and shook it like a dog with a rat. I opened the door and grabbed her by the neck and made her drop it... it didn't survive... she is now blocked off by chicken wire in the end of the coop.. she is not very happy. Hopefully she will calm down in a week or so.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I wish my turkey hen didn't atack .. she took offense to a one week old chick and thrusted her head through 2x4 wire door and yanked the chick through and shook it like a dog with a rat. I opened the door and grabbed her by the neck and made her drop it... it didn't survive... she is now blocked off by chicken wire in the end of the coop.. she is not very happy. Hopefully she will calm down in a week or so.
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Wow, violent! Poor thing I've had a few aggressive broody hens that were like that. I didn't keep them. I'm glad for protective girls but not to the point of attacking other babies :/

 

[Molpet]

Wow, violent! Poor thing I've had a few aggressive broody hens that were like that. I didn't keep them. I'm glad for protective girls but not to the point of attacking other babies :/

yes I am not going to let her brood again .. she is currently my only hen .. hopefully out of the 18 that have hatched there will be a few hens

 

[Molpet]

she was fine with chicks and poults coming by when she was sitting.. but she sure is a she devil now.. I thought about taking the poults away from her and giving them to a broody chicken, but figured she would try to take them back or steals some from another

 

[PolarBerry]

Have two soggy just hatched babies! Then had to leave for work so hope the rest do ok and hatch!

 

[memphis]

I think I'd call in sick & stay home!! How exciting...

 

[BreanneRN]

Found this interesting article on turkey genetics...
http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/2015/11/26/turkey-genetics-101/

 

[R2elk]

Found this interesting article on turkey genetics...
http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/2015/11/26/turkey-genetics-101/

Be careful what you believe. A lot of the information there is true but there are also outright lies such as "although the American Poultry Association recognizes 7 breeds."

The APA recognizes one breed of turkey and the breed is Turkey. They do recognize 8 varieties of the breed turkey.

 

[PolarBerry]

Up to 3 of them have hatched with more externally pipped. Hope to wake up to more tomorrow!

 

[PolarBerry]

Up to 5... not sure what the odds are for the remaining 20 eggs to actually hatch but they get another day or so. Curious if my low hatch rates are from something I’m doing or with my incubator... I’ve had people buy fertile eggs and get 80-100% success rates in their incubator so I’m thinking it’s my incubator/technique? I did follow Porter’s advice for temps/humidity and have done lockdown at the right time and haven’t opened the incubator at all since start of lockdown.... fingers crossed for more babies to prove me wrong.

Only thing I can really think of (other than incubator itself) is the house doesn’t keep steady temperatures this time of year so my eggs in holding to hatch are subject to that.