MamaLynn23
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- Jan 9, 2021
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I have a Spanish Black, or SB mix, not sure, who has been broody off and on since we got her several months ago. The only problem is I never saw our tom mate her and don't know for sure if the tom she was with before mated her either. About a week ago I noticed that she was staying out at night but didn't know where she was. I found her behind our barn in a corner of a covered area where we stack boards and project wood. She was sitting on a clutch of 15 eggs! I decided to let her sit. But since I didn't figure her eggs were fertile I switch them out with some from our other turkey hen that I know was mated. I left 5 of hers and gave her 6 turkey and 5 duck eggs. I have since done more research and decided I need to take the duck eggs back out. My dilemma is this: I save the shells from all our eggs to use in projects. This morning I began to carefully crack the ones I took from her. I dumped the contents of the first one into my kitchen sink and was astonished to see a big clump of blood in the yolk as it went down the drain! I quickly candled the rest and saw that most of them were developing. Can I put them back under her or is it too late for the growth to continue properly? It has been 5 days, and I have kept them in a carton at the back of my stove towards one of the burners I never use. Please be kind. I am new to raising turkeys. We really just got them because my husband likes having them, they are fun to watch. It was always a possibility that we would start incubating and selling chicks but we hadn't made any plans towards that yet.
