**~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

[superchemicalgirl]

There is a person posting about hatching Russian Orloff and silver Phoenix eggs.

Does anyone know if they usually hatch on time? They are on day 22 with no action yet and the person is worried.

Did anyone answer this? I have Orloffs in the bator for a friend. Pretty sure they're due Sat or Sun. Which will leave PLENTY of room for my tutors.

Nothing.

However, I will NOT be applying for any Tech support positions in the near future. From what I understand the first question you have to ask is "Do you have a computer in front of you?"

The second question is: Is it plugged in?

The third is: do you have a sledgehammer or open window?

And BF always asks me what I've spilled on my keyboard. He bought me a new laptop for my birthday a few years ago (after the other one died a horrible death involving water). The very next day we were on chat and I was having some whole chocolate milk and he said something really funny and the entire contents of my mouth flew in a pressurized stream onto the keyboard. Keys stuck for weeks. In fact, some of them still won't go down.


A sure sign that spring is here: I have an appointment today to get my summer tires on! We could still get snow but nothing bad enough to require the studs.

 

[Arielle]

Well, Ducky stopped laying again. She removed the temptation on her own!

Tomorrow I'm getting some pics for the touch my eggs and die, stink eye contest. I have three broodies right now. I think I can do it.

Sorry DUcky stopped laying-- you'll be ok.

 

[uphilljill]

"A sure sign that spring is here: I have an appointment today to get my summer tires on! We could still get snow but nothing bad enough to require the studs."

We took off our studded tires last week.

Couldn't take the noise anymore...lol.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Good job!!

There once was a chicken Named Sprocket
Who stuck his beak in a Socket
as i said with a grin
as i wiped of my chin
Cooking that way is like a Rocket

Great! Was Sproket delish?

I go on lockdown tomorrow with aprox 40 dozen eggs. Them I will set my new bath of eggs for this hatch.

Yinepu--- will emu do ok in New England weather?????

There is at least one person on the board who lives in Canada and has them.. and I think there's another who lives up your way with emu
Climate isn't as important as good fencing and remembering they are pretty much 5 to 6 foot tall dinosaurs..
hmmmm, I wonder if the local zoo would like to manage the 6 foot dino!! 6-8 pound velociraptors are enough for me!!

 

[ChooksChick]

Need some advice First time turkey hatching so ALL is welcome

So chicken eggs in Bator And turkeys going in
UM is the temp the same and what the Heck is dry hatch ?

also When will my Turkeys be ready is it 28 days or is it 21 ? I keep forgetting

I have half the eggs in the Hovabator and half In my leahy the hova is over at the Number one hatcher in this area

So do those eggs count ?

There are pointers for dry hatch and for turkey hatching on the first post- that should help a lot.

 

[yinepu]

Quote: Good job!!

There once was a chicken Named Sprocket
Who stuck his beak in a Socket
as i said with a grin
as i wiped of my chin
Cooking that way is like a Rocket

Great! Was Sproket delish?

I go on lockdown tomorrow with aprox 40 dozen eggs. Them I will set my new bath of eggs for this hatch.

Yinepu--- will emu do ok in New England weather?????

There is at least one person on the board who lives in Canada and has them.. and I think there's another who lives up your way with emu
Climate isn't as important as good fencing and remembering they are pretty much 5 to 6 foot tall dinosaurs..
hmmmm, I wonder if the local zoo would like to manage the 6 foot dino!! 6-8 pound velociraptors are enough for me!!

sometimes the zoos will take them.. others want nothing to do with them because they either have plenty or are afraid of introducing disease to their animals..

you also have to remember that they can live for 25+years with proper care


of course there is always butchering them when they get to be yearlings.. they were, after all, being raised as an alternative meat source before people started making pets of them (and emu meat is delicious)

 

[superchemicalgirl]

sometimes the zoos will take them.. others want nothing to do with them because they either have plenty or are afraid of introducing disease to their animals..

you also have to remember that they can live for 25+years with proper care


of course there is always butchering them when they get to be yearlings.. they were, after all, being raised as an alternative meat source before people started making pets of them (and emu meat is delicious)

What size freezer bag would one need for that?

 

[debs_flock]

Anyone know what's going on with this guy?

Yup, what they all said, but I had already captured your post in my multi quote. But my first line of defense for anything that's sucking blood is a dose of Ivomec. Get the cattle pour on and drop it on bare skin, under the wings, around the vent. 4-5 drops total on a bantam bird, 7-8 drops total on a large fowl bird. Then I'd use the regular recommendations, Vaseline, etc. I've read to try spraying the legs with Pam. You are basically trying to suffocate the mites. But Ivomec works systemically.

And BF always asks me what I've spilled on my keyboard. He bought me a new laptop for my birthday a few years ago (after the other one died a horrible death involving water). The very next day we were on chat and I was having some whole chocolate milk and he said something really funny and the entire contents of my mouth flew in a pressurized stream onto the keyboard. Keys stuck for weeks. In fact, some of them still won't go down.

Quote:

 

[mlm Mike]

sometimes the zoos will take them.. others want nothing to do with them because they either have plenty or are afraid of introducing disease to their animals..

you also have to remember that they can live for 25+years with proper care


of course there is always butchering them when they get to be yearlings.. they were, after all, being raised as an alternative meat source before people started making pets of them (and emu meat is delicious)

Friends of ours sold a couple of wethers to the Cleveland Zoo. Lots of disease testing, no introducing new animals from the time they test until they decide to pick up, and other rules. On the plus side for them they got their goat herd, other animals and barn thoroughly examined.

 

[wolftracks]

Anyone know what's going on with this guy?

I bought a OEGB that had these so bad. I miss my neighbor. He lots the house he had lived in his whole life and I called him my Chicken Whisperer. He cleared them up using Vick's. I swear he used that for everything. Her's were so bad that she lots toes and they can lose legs from them. Still have her and it seems like once they have them they manage to get them easier later on. Wash them off and then run olive oil into them followed by either Vick's or Vaseline. The Vick's smoothers them faster in my opinion. Once they start softening up, you can start scrapping them off. Not hard, but you need to get all the gunk off. It might take some time, but they should start getting softer in just an hour os so. Once you have them gone, keep up the trreatments for about 2 weeks. If all the eggs aren't removed they can start back up. It's a ain and it can spread through your flock, so if this bird has been with others I would treat them as well to make sure it isn't going back and forth. I really glob it on and work it in at first. Right now your's doesn't look like it will lose toes, but if left unattended it very well could.