Newly Hatched Poult (With Pics (but not so good pics))

[19hhbelgian]

So cute! Hope your others hatch out!

Here's a dumb question for you though... When do turkeys start laying? I got my girl last year, end of May as a week old poult, got lucky and she turned out to be a she

She's my first turkey, and I just adore her! I can't wait to get a few more this spring!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy, I checked out your BYC page and I love your Shelf Breeding pens.

WOW!!!

That is giving me an idea for my much needed rabbit hutch to house my rabbits.

GREAT job!

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Thanks and no question is a dumb question. We are all here to learn. My turkeys lay all year long. I don't know why, they just do.

I have been reading a lot of posts of turkey owners and thay are waiting for their turkeys to start laying. I always thought that turkeys layed year round like chickens.

It may all depend on where a person lives? I have no idea. I live in South Louisiana where the temps are much warmer, so i don't know if that has anything to do with them laying all year long.

You should definitely get more turkeys. You will love having more!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Thanks, It was pretty simple to make. I just bought a couple small shelves and put some deviders in the middle, screwed some small wire onto the front and then added 3 doors on each side.

I have two other shelves that are a tad bit bigger than the current one shown on my BYC page. I have tons of quail in the brooder and need to move them in a few weeks. They grow like little weeds!

 

[chickenannie]

Turkeys are awesome moms! I have been very impressed with mine. Once, one laid a nest down by our creek, but in a pile of brambles next to a tree. I couldn't get her away, so she ended up hatching a nest and some chicks and when they were just-born, she slowly walked/rested/walked with the tiny guys up to the barn (about 800 feet away) even though it was raining for a few days. I couldn't believe the teeny chicks could travel that far at a day or two old, but she was there for them the whole way! They did great ... I gave them to a guy as 2-month olds. Go henmom!