Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[michellemire]

How much do y'all sell y'all baby turken chicks for I never saw any for sale around me n I drove 4 hrs for the pair I have

 

[draye]

Welcome to Edna!

@michellemire I've been charging $2.00 from hatch until about three weeks old. After that I usually take that I don't keep to the auction house and get whatever I can, usually $4.00 to $5.00 each , depends on whose there.

 

[michellemire]

I have a lady that wants 2 of the chicks I hatched out of 15 but she wants 2 hens is there any way to tell decide waiting until there older

 

[draye]

I have a lady that wants 2 of the chicks I hatched out of 15 but she wants 2 hens is there any way to tell decide waiting until there older

Not unless you know how to vent sex. You'd just have to wait. Usually I can tell around two weeks but have to see them live.

 

[michellemire]

K I don't know how n I don't wanna learn she can pick now r wait until there older

 

[Kev]

Some of you wrote of hatching difficulties... so here I am writing of my own.

There are eggs under 4 hens collected from two unrelated groups. They were due Thurs.

But surprisingly, several of the eggs are pipped and one chick is even out already?!

Unfortunately, so far of all the pipped eggs, about 5? are all at the wrong end....... One chick was already dead, opened that one up further and the yolk sac was still mostly out.

Accidentally dropped one unpipped egg on another egg and the eggshell had massive breaks so I thought, goner for sure but fortunately it had already internally pipped and totally absorbed the yolk. That was over a hour ago and as of now chick is mostly dry and trying to stand... hopefully that is good news.

Still a bit concerned as this is way, way early and abnormally high number of wrong end pips.. normally I never see any....

I am not expecting great hatches from them this time.

AND there was a dead 8 week old ranger chick in the same pen where the crow got in and ripped up the little chicks a little bit ago. The head is all messed up and the flesh was ripped from the neck and around the shoulders and through the ribs. Found a weak spot in the shade cloth where the ties had become brittle and broke, it is not obvious as they stay level as is but with weight on top of it it does show a fair sized gap. I am wondering if it's the same crow...? It was a ranger chick, fairly hefty thing though... do crows manage to kill older heavy-ish chicks?

 

[draye]

Some of you wrote of hatching difficulties...   so here I am writing of my own.

There are eggs under 4 hens collected from two unrelated groups. They were due Thurs.

But surprisingly, several of the eggs are pipped and one chick is even out already?!

Unfortunately, so far of all the pipped eggs, about 5?  are all at the wrong end.......   One chick was already dead, opened that one up further and the yolk sac was still mostly out.

Accidentally dropped one unpipped egg on another egg and the eggshell had massive breaks so I thought, goner for sure  but fortunately it had already internally pipped and totally absorbed the yolk.  That was over a hour ago and as of now chick is mostly dry and trying to stand... hopefully that is good news.

Still a bit concerned as this is way, way early and abnormally high number of wrong end pips..  normally I never see any....

I am not expecting great hatches from them this time.

AND there was a dead 8 week old ranger chick in the same pen where the crow got in and ripped up the little chicks a little bit ago.  The head is all messed up and the flesh was ripped from the neck and around the shoulders and through the ribs.  Found a weak spot in the shade cloth where the ties had become brittle and broke, it is not obvious as they stay level as is but with weight on top of it it does show a fair sized gap.    I am wondering if it's the same crow...?   It was a ranger chick, fairly hefty thing though... do crows manage to kill older heavy-ish chicks?

Sorry for all your losses. Both hatching and crow.

I really don't know what to say about the hatches or jack thereof, I don't understand why mine usually hatch better.

The last hatch I done about half of the eggs were not fertile. It seemed to be the same type/color eggs that aren't fertile. So not sure if the rooster didn't like the hens or if the hens didn't like the spotty ( barred ) rooster.

 

[Kassaundra]

I over filled my incubator at the beginning of this last (hopefully) setting, b/c I have had such an early quitter issue (along w/ death at hatch) anyway I just had 4 blood rings, so now the incubator is over full going into the last 1/2 of the hatching. But it is a long way from day 9 to hatch.

 

[draye]

I'm thinking of filling my incubator again also. Looks like there us going to be a hike in the price of chicken, turkey and eggs.

Read a piece on this this morning on FB but can't fi d it to show the link.

 

[ochochicas]

I've been filling my incubator to the brim since I've had a lot of infertile eggs (both from my own flock and those that I bought from other people). I'm down to one rooster of breeding age, so I can understand why my own eggs are not fertile. However, it is frustrating buying eggs and having a 50% fertility rate. After I pull all the clears I'm lucky to get 30 - 40 chicks hatching.

During my last hatch I decreased the humidity in the incubator. I had only one chick pip on the wrong end. Not sure if it is a coincidence, or if it is related to humidity. Unfortunately broody hens are kind of on auto pilot regarding temp and humidity. I hope all your chicks make it Kev.