Poults can be pretty dumb... they don't always learn to eat and drink and will sometimes die within a few days of hatching, no matter what you do (aside from tube feeding them). Keets come out of the egg ready to eat anything that moves, lol, are very active and stimulating for the poults. Poults learn by example, and will do as the keets do; eat and peck at everything, make plenty of trips back and forth to the waterer plus move around plenty and stay content... so far every time I have hatched and raised poults (usually just 1, 2 or 3 poults at a time) the keets were a good combo for them, plus they eat the same feed so that's makes them even more of a perfect match for brooding together.
I have 2 Chocolate males that are bonded with my Tom Turkey because they were raised together last season and are still in the same flock together. They have always hidden behind or under him to avoid other males while they grew up, and they still do this... it's funny to see him trying to strut while he is tripping over and stepping on a couple clingy Guineas, lol. Usually when he tries to breed his Hens they are always right under him then too, getting in the way, LOL. At night he has a Chocolate Guinea on each side of him on the roost.
Sorry about the rest of your eggs, that's a bummer. Late/lockdown quitters plagued me bad last year, especially late in the season... even with eggs from my own flocks. The heat in the summers here is horrid tho, so my guess is that egg and sperm quality decline and just do not produce healthy enough embryos (at least for my flocks). Why they wait until the last second to quit I have no idea, but that's just a huge tease, and a major letdown.
I have 2 Chocolate males that are bonded with my Tom Turkey because they were raised together last season and are still in the same flock together. They have always hidden behind or under him to avoid other males while they grew up, and they still do this... it's funny to see him trying to strut while he is tripping over and stepping on a couple clingy Guineas, lol. Usually when he tries to breed his Hens they are always right under him then too, getting in the way, LOL. At night he has a Chocolate Guinea on each side of him on the roost.
Sorry about the rest of your eggs, that's a bummer. Late/lockdown quitters plagued me bad last year, especially late in the season... even with eggs from my own flocks. The heat in the summers here is horrid tho, so my guess is that egg and sperm quality decline and just do not produce healthy enough embryos (at least for my flocks). Why they wait until the last second to quit I have no idea, but that's just a huge tease, and a major letdown.
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