I have lost my mind

[SkyWarrior]

I just bought turkey eggs.

What in the heck am I doing? I have 9 eggs in the bator already and 12 more coming to me from a friend.

 

[Mahonri]

Thanksgiving 2011?

 

[pgpoultry]

I think I have the same problem !

I have my 20 egg incubator running with one very dubious NN egg , the sole ?survivor from 6 shipped eggs. Should I copy you, SkyWarrior, and get more eggs? (even turkey eggs for Xmas 2011....I'm from Wales AND vegetarian))

Is there any cure?

My problem is I love to hatch chicks...whether under a broody or in the incubator.I love the adults, too. I then spend half my life eating eggs disguised in thousands of different ways and trying to get rid of excess boys!

PLEASE someone, tell us what treatment works.

Sandie

 

[gryeyes]

*blinking*

Turkey eggs. I feel your... panic.

Sounds like you are about as able to resist the auctions as am I. The non-chicken poultry calling to ME are ducks. However, there are plenty of other chicken breeds that I want FIRST. LUCKILY, I keep Henderson's Handy Dandy Chicken Breed Chart book-marked so I can check to see if there are attributes I don't think I want to tackle. (A particular, gorgeous game breed is not a possibility because the roosters MUST be kept separate from other birds, as they are killers. Well, I haven't been able to divest myself of my extra roos, and I don't think that's gonna change. Darn! for a couple reasons.)

And I really don't want any kind of ducks but Cayugas, so I really could just incubate Thelma's eggs. That's a Spring project.

Somebody - *looking askance at Sky again* - outbid me on the Barnvelder eggs, so I had to find another offering.

BLUE GIANT COCHINS!

I almost bid on some frizzles, but the seller indicated some of the mixes included Silkies and Polish, both of which are non-chickens in my book. (Please, no flames.) I like the hefty CHICKEN-Y chickens. Bantams are cool because they're just midget chickens in proportion.

Somebody reallly needs to shut off eBay. NOW.

 

[nnbreeder]

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Sandie the only treatment that works is to get more NN eggs for that 'bator!!!

 

[pgpoultry]

Well NNbreeder....that seems like a sensible solution. (And how old is the NN in your avatar?)

Sky Warrior....what sort of turkeys?

Sandie

 

[nivtup]

I can only say, welcome to the madness.

You will love turkeys.

They do go through a lot of feed though.

 

[chickygirl2]

Turkeys are very cool ! What breed did you buy?

 

[flgardengirl]

Yeah... what kind of turkeys? I've been thinking of gettting some bourbons or broad breasted bronze. DH likes the Eastern wild type of turkeys. Still deciding...

 

[SkyWarrior]

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I did NOT bid on the Barnevelder eggs.

I was too entranced with the turkey eggs to bid on them.

Sorry you didn't get them, but I sort of gave up the barnevelder idea this year when I found out my friend would sell me 12 FBCM eggs for $4. And yeah, ebay is dangerous. I'm thinking of blocking it on my computer.