Heritage & Exhibition Turkey Thread

[HallFamilyFarm]

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Check out this MSU site http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/poultry_long_hens.html

Poultry: Reproduction & Incubation

Time hens continue to produce fertile eggs

If the rooster in a flock dies, or is removed, the hens will continue to produce fertile eggs for up to four weeks, depending on bird species. This is because there are "sperm nest" areas located in the oviduct of hens that collect and store semen for later fertilization of eggs. This is a natural survival mechanism for the production of a series of fertile hatching eggs even after the male is not available.

The period of time that fertile eggs can be produced without additional matings can extend to several weeks. If a rooster is removed from the flock and replaced by another, it may require 3 weeks before it can be assured that all eggs will produce chicks sired by the new rooster. The proportion of chicks sired by the new rooster will increase during this period, but some chicks sired by the old rooster may hatch. Birds like turkeys and waterfowl have longer periods during which fertile eggs can be produced without matings.​

 

[java girl 2]

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Check out this MSU site http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/poultry_long_hens.html

Poultry: Reproduction & Incubation

Time hens continue to produce fertile eggs

If the rooster in a flock dies, or is removed, the hens will continue to produce fertile eggs for up to four weeks, depending on bird species. This is because there are "sperm nest" areas located in the oviduct of hens that collect and store semen for later fertilization of eggs. This is a natural survival mechanism for the production of a series of fertile hatching eggs even after the male is not available.

The period of time that fertile eggs can be produced without additional matings can extend to several weeks. If a rooster is removed from the flock and replaced by another, it may require 3 weeks before it can be assured that all eggs will produce chicks sired by the new rooster. The proportion of chicks sired by the new rooster will increase during this period, but some chicks sired by the old rooster may hatch. Birds like turkeys and waterfowl have longer periods during which fertile eggs can be produced without matings.
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THANK YOU JIM!!

YOU ARE THE MAN!!

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Who has turkeys laying yet?

 

[thebirdguy]

I had to share these pictures I took at my Dad's place last weekend.. They have 30 wild turkeys that come out in the field behind their house everynight and then roost in the big cottonwood on the back of their property. I didn't have the big telephoto lense so this is as zoomed as I could get..

 

[Lotsapaints]

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Without lights I have 2 Midget Whites laying I just hooked up my lights so in a month I should have eggs. I've been using Mazuri Gamebird Breeder and it will help bring your turkeys into lay also.

 

[Jake Levi]

Shawn the colors on your wild turkeys are much the same as those here in NE WA, which are much lighter then the ones I have seen in northern MI or upstate NY, they are much darker. I wonder how many wild varieties there are in the US?

 

[java girl 2]

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ME!!!!!!!

I GOT MY FIRST EGG ON TUE, THEN ONE ON WEN, AND ONE TODAY!!

 

[1MrsMagoo]

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ME!!!!!!!

I GOT MY FIRST EGG ON TUE, THEN ONE ON WEN, AND ONE TODAY!!

awesome java girl2!

 

[KrisH]

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We picked up a pair of Jersey Buffs last fall (Make that this fall) in North Carolina and hope they will breed in the spring(Fingers Crossed!)

Robert H

 

[java girl 2]

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We picked up a pair of Jersey Buffs last fall (Make that this fall) in North Carolina and hope they will breed in the spring(Fingers Crossed!)

Robert H

OOOOOO do you have any pics??