Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[AnneInTheBurbs]

That's really exciting. Pictures please! Love to see poults hiding under mama chicken's wings.

I will if they hatch... No action today... :/.

Mine started laying in December. A combination of artificial light and coming of age. They've been laying like Champs lately, 5-6 eggs a day from 6 hens. My incubator is running like crazy! first poults of the year.

I have BCM hatching today. 5 are out and in the brooder already with 10 more pipped 17 total in lockdown. It would be so awesome if they all hatch. I couldn't see into any of the eggs the entire time and they were the first ones to go in to my new (to me) GQF 1202.

Wow! That is impressive. They are so cute! I'm hoping my pine hatch out soon... They were set under my broody on New Year's Day. What was the hatch timing on yours?

 

[TillyPeeps]

I'll be away at the beginning of March, and the family member who has agreed to check on my feather kids has stipulated that no new duties be added before then (such as caring for peeps). Thank you for the offer, though! I don't think I'll be brooder-ready until late March anyway.

@dheltzel, that sounds adorable! Practicality hasn't been a priority

You are welcome ! You may get some via chicken train or even locally on March. I saw someone has nice turkeys at Port matilda.

 

[TillyPeeps]

Mine started laying in December. A combination of artificial light and coming of age. They've been laying like Champs lately, 5-6 eggs a day from 6 hens. My incubator is running like crazy! first poults of the year.

I have BCM hatching today. 5 are out and in the brooder already with 10 more pipped 17 total in lockdown. It would be so awesome if they all hatch. I couldn't see into any of the eggs the entire time and they were the first ones to go in to my new (to me) GQF 1202.

That's great! They're adorable!

 

[TillyPeeps]

I bought the clear rubber floor runner from WalMart, I think it was like 2ft x 6ft, cut it in half long ways and attached it around the base of an old wood play pen to make a brooder, holds up to pecking and snagging and helps keep warmth in just a bit....

Used cheap plastic zip ties to attach it, just poke small holes through it, it is strong enough it doesn't rip.

Thanks for the information. I will check Walmart to see if I can find something.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

We have poults! At least two so far, but I don't want to disturnpb her being that it's so cold out. The amazing thing is, the only way I knew she had peeps is that I brought her some seed to eat, and she immediately made the "come and get it" clucking noise that broodys make for their chicks. Sure enough, I heard peeps in response! Pics to come! e

 

[TillyPeeps]

We have poults! At least two so far, but I don't want to disturnpb her being that it's so cold out. The amazing thing is, the only way I knew she had peeps is that I brought her some seed to eat, and she immediately made the "come and get it" clucking noise that broodys make for their chicks. Sure enough, I heard peeps in response! Pics to come!

So exciting!

How cute! Waiting for pictures.

 

[dheltzel]

We have poults! At least two so far, but I don't want to disturnpb her being that it's so cold out. The amazing thing is, the only way I knew she had peeps is that I brought her some seed to eat, and she immediately made the "come and get it" clucking noise that broodys make for their chicks. Sure enough, I heard peeps in response! Pics to come!

You are going to love raising turkey poults.

Who here wants to bet on whether she somehow manages to keep at least 1 of them?
Chickens are the "gateway drug" to turkeys . . .

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

You are going to love raising turkey poults.

Who here wants to bet on whether she somehow manages to keep at least 1 of them?
Chickens are the "gateway drug" to turkeys . . .

Hush!n I can't do that yet, I seriously am at full capacity with 8 chooks. I would love to, but I don't want to push my luck. I already have double the amount of hens I told my neighbor's I was going to have. I will enjoy them while they are here though....

 

[bobrut]

We've all said that before-

 

[dheltzel]

Hush!n

I can't do that yet, I seriously am at full capacity with 8 chooks. I would love to, but I don't want to push my luck. I already have double the amount of hens I told my neighbor's I was going to have. I will enjoy them while they are here though....

As long as you specified that you would have X chickens, I can't see how a turkey would count against that total. Everyone knows they are 2 entirely different species.

Let me know if that logic works -- if it does, we can try a peacock later