March 2017! Hatch with us!

[Mylied]

So glad little Georgie has some "soon to be" buddies!! Love the pics!

Georgie has 2 chick buddies living with her right now, but I've heard it's not good to keep chickens with turkeys for too long. I was going to combine them all, until I realized how huge the bourbon reds were compared to them. So they are in cages next to each other, acclimating to each other.

 

[orrpeople]

Georgie has 2 chick buddies living with her right now, but I've heard it's not good to keep chickens with turkeys for too long. I was going to combine them all, until I realized how huge the bourbon reds were compared to them. So they are in cages next to each other, acclimating to each other.

Very good idea!

 

[MontainBourbons]

39 Bourbon Red turkey eggs in lockdown. Hope I get a lot of birds. They are so much better as chicks than chickens. They are so much more curious and playful. Chicken chicks are fun, but I believe turkey poults are better.

 

[WVduckchick]

Georgie has 2 chick buddies living with her right now, but I've heard it's not good to keep chickens with turkeys for too long. I was going to combine them all, until I realized how huge the bourbon reds were compared to them. So they are in cages next to each other, acclimating to each other.

I hatched ducklings a little over 2 years ago. Got 4 turkey eggs with them, and only 1 hatched. A blue slate hen. Well the ducklings were mean to her, so I went to the feed store and bought 2 golden comet chicks. They all lived together (eventually adding in bantam cochins and silkies too) until I finally sold the turkey hen, because I figured she was lonely without her kind. I miss her bunches. She was queen of the coop!

39 Bourbon Red turkey eggs in lockdown. Hope I get a lot of birds. They are so much better as chicks than chickens. They are so much more curious and playful. Chicken chicks are fun, but I believe turkey poults are better.

Any action yet?

 

[WVduckchick]

Broody chocolate Orpington March 26th hatch. Back ride!

 

[Jessimom]

Broody chocolate Orpington March 26th hatch. Back ride!

That's adorable!! I had 2 of the RIR chicks hop on top of one of my silkie moms, but I didn't have the camera handy....They definitely didn't have such a roomy back to ride on though!! That is one fluffy mom!!!

 

[WVduckchick]

That's adorable!!  I had 2 of the RIR chicks hop on top of one of my silkie moms, but I didn't have the camera handy....They definitely didn't have such a roomy back to ride on though!!  That is one fluffy mom!!!

She is!! And that's one of the bigger chicks. 6 of the other 7 are super tiny!

 

[orrpeople]

Alrighty - I pretty much miss the daily exchange of ideas - and I'm not currently hatching - but I do have chicks! Lots of chicks!!! So, I started a "Raising Baby Chick-along" thread if you are either currently raising chicks, or want to help me with question answering! (I need all the help I can get!) We will see if the idea takes off or not, but I thought I'd give it a whirl anyway! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/raising-baby-chick-along.1179272/