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

[SilkieSensation]

Hard to say but probably two weeks of incubation will be enough.

You do know you can eat eggs that aren't being incubated, don't you?

HUSH!!! You can't eat GOOD HATCHING EGGS!!!

 

[cuppycake]

I always have extra eggs, but can't afford to bomb anyone else right now (just spend over $150 in shipping in 3 days

) but I can sell you some.

Wow! that's a lot of eggs shipping out. what all do you have? First thing is first, I need to make sure that this thing is in good working order. The guy says he's had good hatches out of it in the past but hasn't touched it in about 10 years, so who knows what kind of condition it's really in. I'm going to grab it after I finish "pet sitting" chores at my friends' place. DH will be home from a business trip tomorrow so he will look at it. I'm not very mechanically or electrically inclined.

I'll definitely let you know if/when I need something from you

 

[SilkieSensation]

Wow! that's a lot of eggs shipping out. what all do you have? First thing is first, I need to make sure that this thing is in good working order. The guy says he's had good hatches out of it in the past but hasn't touched it in about 10 years, so who knows what kind of condition it's really in. I'm going to grab it after I finish "pet sitting" chores at my friends' place. DH will be home from a business trip tomorrow so he will look at it. I'm not very mechanically or electrically inclined.

I'll definitely let you know if/when I need something from you

Lemme see, available eggs include:
Pekin ducks
Indian Runner Ducks, mixed color flock from SQ stock
Call ducks, mixed color flock
EE bantams covered by blue wheaten Ameraucana roo (not many of these, only 2 hens)
OEGB, mixed color pen (not many of these, 3 hens)
Cochin mix (1 mixed banty hen covered by cochin roo)
LF EE/Layers (EE roo over RIR, BR, SLW, Australorp, EE, Delaware & Tetra Tint)
Coturnix quail (mixed colors, mix of jumbo & regular)

I also have Scovies & Toulouse but scovies aren't laying yet & toulouse aren't fertile yet.

Oh, and part of the shipping was live birds & plants, so not all of it can be blamed on eggs, but over half was.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Now I know why I have so many . . . . . they are like potato chips!!!

So my turkey eggs for this hatch-a-long are incubating under one of my broody muscovy ducks and I'm getting a little aggravated with her. She keeps moving her nest - not across the coop - just inches at a time. And when she does, inevitably one of the turkey eggs (no, never one of her eggs) gets left behind. I can only hope I'm finding them and putting them back under her before they are too chilled. Grrr. I ordered another incubator last night (can we say "hatch-a-holic"?) so as soon as it gets here, I am taking all of those turkey eggs back and putting them in the new incubator. She just lost turkey hatching privileges!!!

Another muscovy went broody last night - in a burn barrel full of broken glass left by the previous owners. Can you just imagine those poor little ducklings hatching in a nest of broken glass? So I moved her and her eggs to my hoop coop, expecting her to fight the move but this morning she was sitting prim and proper in her doghouse in the hoop coop. Apparently she agrees this is a much better arrangement. She only had 4 eggs so I gave her 19 more. I placed them near her and went to check a little while ago and can't see a single egg so I guess she has them all tucked under her. Hopefully she'll do a better job with them than the other broody is doing with my turkey eggs.

Love broodies--when they run away and hide and I only have to feel sad because I'm thinking a coyote grabbed her; then she shows up with tiny fluff balls. ANd I need to then build her a condo for her and her kiddos.

 

[Arielle]

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[Arielle]

Second Annual Cinco De Mayo Turkey Hatch a long Digest 4-17-2013

SCG Was off to Candle While Tammy N wants to be Egg Bombed…DURR says the hubby won’t let it happen!

Wolftracks may have had incubator problems but luckily has a broody to make up for it!

Blowing out eggs and either selling them for decorating or decorating and selling them was discussed. Durr could make some feed money that way. Yinepu explained that the microwave was for drying the egg(I also make the shell harder).

Razadia shared a Video about back yard chickens being allowed in a new City!

ThaiDye feeds the extra eggs as scramble eggs to her flock and adds the egg shells and sometimes buttermilk!

Mrshaggie810 had a temp spike of 106. Worries abound about the eggs. SilkieSensation said 106! Mine made it to 116—120 killed the whole batch…..

Ceocka will pay DURR for the egg plus shipping! I hope Durr can make some money selling eggs…

SCG said this was a normal winter for Maine(Wait, wasn’t Sandy this year) but last year was bad…pictures of her egg shell art were posted.

Wax Myrtle wished us a good morning! Gardeningmama wished good morning back! Also, 2 of 15 eggs are going strong. 3 are iffy but are still incubating.

Wisher posted instructions for blowing out eggs along with a video. Post 1724

Jill asked about fertility of a hen egg mated by a Guinea hen rooster. Lots of great discussion about checking fertility and what happens with this Chimera cross. Jill is going to toss the egg into the Incubator and see what develops…..

CayuseRanch said sorry for not posting more and called for a Sally Sunshine egg bomb! Sally said pleas no she was already in therapy to save her marriage! Eggs are developing and wants to sponsor a get Arielle an Avatar contest! Many cool Avatars were posted for the contest that has not even been set up yet!

Tommysgirl is failing to keep caught up! But has 22 still incubating.

Wax Myrtle has 6 developing under a Broody Hen!

We then had quite a few funny posts about cradle robbing hens and age differences in spouses. After a lot of giggling and people listening to it(how do you explain this stuff to not chicken people) it was agreed that it might be better for couples to be closer in age—since old people go to bed at 7:30.

Wildriverswolf90 posted cute chick pictures!

Razadia posted a video of opening the egg bomb eggs! Post 1762.

HEChicken has Turkey Eggs under a broody Muscovy. The Duck is moving the nest and leaves the Turkey eggs behind. This is a good reason for purchasing a new incubator, so of course one is on the way!

gryeyes has a Broody hatch happening in her house! Punkin had the first chick hatch! I am sure pictures a coming soon!

Happy Wednesday!

THanks for the update-- just brilliant!

 

[Arielle]

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Good thinking!

 

[HEChicken]

I also have Scovies & Toulouse but scovies aren't laying yet & toulouse aren't fertile yet.

I'm really surprised your Muscovies aren't laying yet. I got my first egg on Valentine's day and within weeks was swamped with eggs. Currently two of the four are broody though, so laying has slowed down.

Love broodies--when they run away and hide and I only have to feel sad because I'm thinking a coyote grabbed her; then she shows up with tiny fluff balls. ANd I need to then build her a condo for her and her kiddos.

I've heard so many people say that. We have so many predators here that I'm sure they would find her way before her eggs hatched and that would the end of that. So for their own protection, I built a hoop coop just to use as a broody pen. The first duck to go broody hated the idea of being in the hoop coop and naturally she won, so she is brooding in the main coop, with a little wire pen as cover over her to prevent the other hens from laying in her nest. But the rest of them accepted the move to the hoop coop with grace and there are currently 2 broodies in there, along with a Silkie raising her chicks.

 

[Arielle]

Dang! A couple weeks ago when I was looking for turkey eggs there were none to be found. Tonight I find ads on CL for $2 Bronze eggs. I have absolutely zero knowledge of turkeys but now I kinda want some. There were quail eggs too $8/doz or 2 doz for $10. I have no idea if those are good prices. Too bad my incubator is full until May 5th!

I have Bourbon Reds and Sweetgrass laying this year !! THey should still be laying in May!!!

I think I need to join Incubators Anonymous again. My incubator is FULL, well maybe room for another dozen.

 

[dsqard]

Quote: Resistance is futile...You will be assimilated...