has any1 let a turkey hen hatch baby chickens or let a chicken hatch baby turkeys -post pics if you

[lcw1995]

just a thought but figured maybe not on the first one cause maybe the turkey hen would be to large and smash the chicks? idk like i said just a though but letting a chicken hatch a baby turkey seems to be more realistic..
if either of these have been done ; id be interested in seeming some photos of them
please and thank you
lcw1995

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

I didn't do it myself but I read a thread a while back and the gentleman had tried to incubate turkey eggs and failed multiple times. So his friend let him 'borrow' his broody banties behinds. He gave two eggs each to three broodies. He was hopping for two or three to hatch and ended up with five!

Not sure if they let the broodies do much rearing though. He had monopolized his friends best broodies for over a month.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I have tried every scenario imaginable and all of them work. If I can sit a bird to sit on an egg, the egg is going under it.

This is what I have tried and it has worked like a charm. Been doing it for many years.

Turkey hen hatched chicken eggs
Turkey hen hatched duck eggs
Chicken hatched turkey eggs
Chicken hatched duck eggs
Chicken hatched goose eggs
Chicken hatched peafowl eggs
Chicken hatched guinea eggs
Duck hatched turkey eggs
Duck hatched chicken eggs
Duck hatched goose eggs
Goose hatched duck eggs

I think that's it..........

All were successful. Just be careful with the turkey hens sitting on the chicken eggs. Chicken eggs aren't as hard as turkey eggs and the turkey hens stand the chance of stepping on the chicken eggs and cracking and smashing them. That hatching is kinda tricky but it it's possible. Good Luck if that is what you decide to do.

Here are a few pics of my odd mismatch hatches. I have more pics but these are the only ones that I could find right now.

Turkey hatched ducklings

Chicken hatched peafowl

Chicken hatched gosling

Chicken hatched guineas

Group of Turkeys hatched duckling

 

[mmi 45]

dad liked to give the hens duck eggs the hens would get real upset when the ducks went for a swim

 

[frank53061]

KuntryGirl

Theirs a lot of brooding going on at your place.......and confusion of who belongs to who and cant match by breed any side effects of this mismatching of breed brooding.

 

[kuntrygirl]

KuntryGirl

Theirs a lot of brooding going on at your place.......and confusion of who belongs to who and cant match by breed any side effects of this mismatching of breed brooding.

Nope, none at all. I keep an accurate calendar on what's what, who's who and where I steal eggs from. I have only 1 breed of duck (Muscovy), 1 breed turkey (Bourbon Red) a couple breed geese, so that's easy. All animals are healthy and no side effects, except for me. Makes me a crazy. Other than that, it's been easy. The broodys are only used as incubators. It would be the same as if someone who had more than 1 incubator going at one time with different type eggs (chicken, guinea, turkeys, ducks, peas, goose, etc.) in it. Same difference.

 

[mmi 45]

my dad always said a Muscovy could hatch a rock

 

[kuntrygirl]

my dad always said  a Muscovy could hatch a rock

 

[elsfieldchickens]