Anyone impatiently waiting for your baby chicks to arrive?!?!

[cavemanrich]

I don't know. They look like they are starting to get white feathers but I never had turkey's before. Here is a pic. Do you know what kind it is ?

I never had turkeys ether. But the white are the ones ideal for thanksgiving. If there was a bantam variety of turkey, I would get one. All of my flock are for pet purposes, I do eat the eggs.

 

[ladycat]

If there was a bantam variety of turkey, I would get one. All of my flock are for pet purposes, I do eat the eggs.

I have Midget White Turkeys. NOT the hatchery kind, these are the real thing. They are tiny. My biggest chickens are heavier than the Midgets.

 

[nj2wv]

These are bigger than the chicks. So maybe they are broad breasted white turkeys. I have my chickens for eggs and meat. The turkey will probably be for thanksgiving and Christmas. It was a good deal $62.75 shipping included for the cackle surprise. 42-chicks 3-turkey's. It will go a long way feeding the family.

 

[cavemanrich]

I have Midget White Turkeys. NOT the hatchery kind, these are the real thing. They are tiny. My biggest chickens are heavier than the Midgets.

I will defiantly look Into them. Thanks..... Are they compatible keeping with chickens ???? I don't have separate facilities. That is one reason I don't keep ducks, although would want to.

 

[ladycat]

They get along great with the chickens.

 

[rides2far]

I just received confirmation that my 20 chicks from Ideal shipped yesterday at 4:01. So excited! I did have a small out of body experience when 5 minutes later another conformation chick order email arrived. I spent the night having nightmares about 40 or 50 chicks crowded into 2 50 gal brooders!! Ideal sent me an email at 6:30 this am to let me know only one order was sent. Whew! I should have them hopefully tomorrow, Friday at the latest

 

[cavemanrich]

They get along great with the chickens.

I looked at your album. You have beautiful chickens , but didn't see any turkeys, Did I miss them??

 

[Kadu]

It has been one week since I picked my chicks up from the PO. Here they are, going to bed after another tiring day of being little chickens. That thermometer reads 100F. The way they are bunched up around it, I am wondering if I should wait to decrease the temp another couple of days.


There are a couple of older chicks in there too, from the local farm store. Less worried about them than the littler ones. I have let it be pretty warm in there when I go to bed because they are in an unheated mudroom where it gets into the 20s at night, so I rather leave them a little warm in case it cools off more overnight. They have a decent sized brooder and can get away.

Time to decrease temp or no?

I would leave it that way. The real question is, do you trust the thermometer????? I have 3, giving me 3 different readings -.- waaays off too. Still trying to decide what I'm going to use the incubator. =( I might have already ruins a batch of eggs with that...

I keep my heat lamp real close because the chicks know and will settle down where they're comfortable... =)

 

[ladycat]

I looked at your album. You have beautiful chickens , but didn't see any turkeys, Did I miss them??

I'll add them soon. I'll start selling the eggs by Mid March or so.

 

[SimplyLogan]

I'll add them soon. I'll start selling the eggs by Mid March or so.

So glad you said that, I noticed you are rather close and was wondering if you sold your turkey eggs.