Kaye's free range turkey thread

[DwayneNLiz]

Had to give him half back leading to practically breaking even.

well, at least it wasnt a loss

 

[BantamTurkey]

31 eggs. I have a new incubator on the way, so wish me luck!! This will be my third time trying to incubate my eggs. My turks are still laying, so I gathered what I could. We're supposed to have another cold snap, but after that, whatever else they lay can be incubated by them. Unless they decide not to go broody.
I also had to break up my Seramas. The eggs went through a couple of cold snaps before they went to sitting, so I'm blaming the weather. I have 7 OEGB eggs to try to incubate, so I wish I hadn't broken those hens completely. I should have just stuck those OEGB eggs. Pricilla is still trying to be broody, so if she goes back to the nest I might try that, but I don't know if it will work.
My two young jakes are going crazy with jealousy over Jacob being in with the hens

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

No turkey eggs from mine yet, still to cold and early. I actually use my bantam hens to hatch my turkey eggs, most can handle 2-4 of them. They get a good hatch rate. Than I pull them to brood them.

One year I let the bantam raise them. They did a great job, but than I couldn't keep those turkeys out of the bantam coop and the bantam became terrified of the giant birds in their coop, and I had to butcher those.

Anyways, good luck with your hatch. What do you do with all the poults? Sell them or raise and butcher them?

 

[BantamTurkey]

No turkey eggs from mine yet, still to cold and early. I actually use my bantam hens to hatch my turkey eggs, most can handle 2-4 of them. They get a good hatch rate. Than I pull them to brood them.

One year I let the bantam raise them. They did a great job, but than I couldn't keep those turkeys out of the bantam coop and the bantam became terrified of the giant birds in their coop, and I had to butcher those.

Anyways, good luck with your hatch. What do you do with all the poults? Sell them or raise and butcher them?

I got another egg since I wrote that post. If I'm not mistaken you said you were a lot more northern than I am. My grandmother lives in Ohio and she is a lot colder than here in bama. I'm sure you will have a good season when your weather changes.
And to tell you the truth, I haven't had a good enough hatch rate to do anything but keep them. I have the best egg rates I've ever had from my hens, so maybe this time I can sell a few

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I get about 99% hatch rate when using my own. I hope you do too this time. You are that far south? I'm up here in the frozen center of Wisconsin.

 

[BantamTurkey]

In Alabama. Almost as south as it gets

 

[MontainBourbons]

I'm still getting at least 8 eggs a day from my 18 hens and it just snowed a foot in the last two hours. Central Idaho.
WHEN IS SPRING COMING!!!!!!!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Spring in Wisconsin doesn't usually arrive until April. If we are lucky the tail end of March is good.

 

[MontainBourbons]

SO MUCH SNOW. HELP ME, I NEED SPRING.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My turkeys out making pests of themselves.