Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Illia]

Well I just gotta say with excitement, I'll be adding Shamos to my list of Easter hatchalong eggs I'll be setting.

 

[thebirdguy]

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Outside of box.


Inside lined with foil.

Just a suggestion.. go to Lowes or Home Depot and get an LED light bulb, brightest one they have with a regular size screw in base to fit your fixture.. The LED gives off practically no heat so you don't have to worry about cooking your eggs when you candle them. A 200 watt incandescent bulb is going to get really hot in that little box... I made a similar one last year with an LED and it works great..even on dark maran eggs..

 

[AK Michelle]

Turkeys are easier to process, but harder to kill. One almost took shane out once, hence his rule that he have two helpers. A big tom clawed him across the throat, and I think it scared him a little.

You don't have a cone for them?

 

[java girl 2]

Question for all you turkey owners out there. I have been waiting and waiting for my hen to start laying (I kept a pair from last year's Easter hatch so they are not quite a year old) The hen has been ignoring all of the tom's advances until yesterday when she finally let him breed her. Does this mean that I should be getting eggs out of her soon? I keep hoping that I will have some for this hatch.

OK, HERE IS MY TIP. someone said that you need heat to have the turkeys lay........... not true!!!!!!!!! you NEED LIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! you need to give the turkeys 14-16 hours of light a day and you will have eggs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you need to do this NOW becues the turkey eggs in to go in the bater on march 10th.

 

[Spangled]

One more that might be of interest...

Thanks for great photos, ChesnutRidge. Incredible. We talk about them all the time, but it's the first pore I've ever seen. Now ... how many pores on a large egg?

 

[AK Michelle]

Would scare me too!! AN out of control turkey is frightful, esp if sharp instrument is also of concern. We have a processor that will do the deed for $10 a turkey.

How do you defeather the beasts?

A Whiz-Bang plucker of course

 

[Mahonri]

Don't "google' Whiz-bang plucker!

 

[CayuseRanch]

Don't forget to submit your guess for how many eggs will be set on march 17th! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5FSUpmRmdCWXJZV1BlampFOUxCSkE6MQ#gid=0

 

[AK Michelle]

Don't "google' Whiz-bang plucker!

Here's a pictures of the one my friends use.



Basically it's a poly barrel cut off, rubber fingers are added, said barrel is bolted to a washing machine motor in a wooden frame (for stability).

Set the contraption on "SPIN" and viola, plucks a scalded bird in about 10 seconds.

 

[Mahonri]

Nice plucker there!