hi
Sorry if I’m not posting this in the right place. I need some advice fairly urgently and I’m new to this. My turkey recently went broody and with no Tom I left her alone and didn’t think anything would come of it. But 5 days ago she hatched a chicken (sneaky girls had been depositing in her nest). She has been looking after it ok. But she hatched a second one today and smothered it. She has now left the nest altogether and set up
Camp somewhere else. So I’ve checked the remaining eggs. One has a chick chirping in it and one is trapping. My problem is I don’t have an incubator and no other broody birds. Should I help them hatch before they get too cold? I have a heat lamp but don’t know if that would be of any use with eggs. Any advice gratefully accepted
Sorry if I’m not posting this in the right place. I need some advice fairly urgently and I’m new to this. My turkey recently went broody and with no Tom I left her alone and didn’t think anything would come of it. But 5 days ago she hatched a chicken (sneaky girls had been depositing in her nest). She has been looking after it ok. But she hatched a second one today and smothered it. She has now left the nest altogether and set up
Camp somewhere else. So I’ve checked the remaining eggs. One has a chick chirping in it and one is trapping. My problem is I don’t have an incubator and no other broody birds. Should I help them hatch before they get too cold? I have a heat lamp but don’t know if that would be of any use with eggs. Any advice gratefully accepted