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

[SilkieSensation]

Quote: This Spring has been crazy for everyone. Fishing opener is next weekend and there is still feet of ice on the lakes - not sure there has ever been a year that the ice wasn't "out" by fishing opener. We are lucky this time around with no snow for us in Northern Minnesota. I think most of the snow is south. We haven't been warm the last few days (last weekend was gorgeous) but it is reaching above freezing so the snow that we do have is departing (finally). The birds have moved North and I'm hearing lots of "love songs" from the Chickadees, Robins and Doves. There is hope for Spring!
Thought of you when I saw this:

Need wounded guinea advice: The guy putting in our new goat fence brought his dog with him yesterday and it attacked one of our guinea hens.

She's missing skin and feathers on most of one half of her back. Also has 3 pretty deep puncture wounds. I cleaned the wounds with diluted peroxide, then treated with iodine, then covered it with Neosporine. She's resting now in the basement (didn't want to leave her in the barn due to flies.) Bleeding stopped, but the wound area is looking darker this morning. Maybe just bruising? The shock seems to have worn off, and she's picking at her food a bit, but not really moving around. Anything else I should do for her?

Get duramycin in the water to prevent infection.

Quote: This works too.

 

[cmfarm]

My 2 remaining turkey eggs have pipped!

I'm glad I didn't kill them all. The tutors I checked on this morning and several have hatched during the night (they are all due today). Yay!

 

[uphilljill]

Good idea, thx! I have both Tylan 200 and penicillin at home. For poultry, do I give the Tylan orally, or inject it? Do you know the dose? (I've only used it as an injectable with my goats and know it stings.)

 

[mrshaggie810]

I have three ducklings out already, and it is zip city here! Gonna be popcorn ducks in there within the next hour!

Congrats!

I candled last night...I have 5 that look good, 2 that look questionable, and 2-3 (how many do i have left again?) that quit...I'll pull those in a bit, add water, and put them into lockdown! Woot...after having the temp spike to 108 I'll be happy if any hatch...I've got 2 that look really good so I'm at least hoping for those....and : I've already got eggs waiting to go into the bator (I wasn't sure if I could safely add them before these hatched.) lol

 

[Razadia]

I finally found that darn Ivermectin that's been hiding from me! I got it last year to treat my RIRs for mites, but after I bought it and read the warning label I refused to touch it. So, on to craigslist it goes. With luck, someone buying it, and a few phone calls to the feed stores in nearby towns/cities this could result in a few ducklings. At least, I hope it will.

 

[debs_flock]

I'm hoping somebody here can give me some advice or something.... this is my first time incubating turkeys and I've had rotten luck so far, I'm not sure if it's me or the batch its self I've done chickens with not much issue but these bad boys are sending me for a loop. I started off with 6 and now I'm down to 1. 1 wasnt fertile from the get go then 1 by 1 they started getting blood rings and dying.... they'll be fine and moving one day then poof blood ring and goner. I have the temp at 100 in a LG still air and humidity at 55 I haven't had any crazy spikes in temp (up or down) or in humidity. Handeling with clean hands, rotating by hand 3 + times a day. I'm supposed to be locking down here in the couple days (I got started a little to late to actually hatch by cinco de mayo) and don't want to lose my last one if it's something I'm doing wrong

Last year I started out with 12 turkey eggs, nine were clear and 3 made it to lockdown. The three hatched, but two of them could never stand up, so I had one lone turkey. I bought 15 turkey poults and ended up with 13 full grown turkeys. This year I'm hatching my own eggs. I hatched all of my test hatch (4) and sold them to the first person that came out. Right now I have 39 eggs in lockdown for this year's hatch. One died in the middle of hatching during the night, but I have five poults out so far this morning. Four more slates and I'm pretty excited to have a black. There is at least a dozen more pipped right now. They aren't due until Sunday, so I'm pretty happy. Hang in there, you never know what a year brings.

If you normally do fine with chicken eggs, you may just have a less viable batch of turkey eggs.

Good luck.

 

[debs_flock]

I finally found that darn Ivermectin that's been hiding from me! I got it last year to treat my RIRs for mites, but after I bought it and read the warning label I refused to touch it. So, on to craigslist it goes. With luck, someone buying it, and a few phone calls to the feed stores in nearby towns/cities this could result in a few ducklings. At least, I hope it will.

Raz,

When treating with Ivomec, I have literally had my hands covered with the stuff. I just figure I'm safe from worms, LOL

Since you're preggers, I'd still use it but wear gloves. Or get someone else in your family to treat for you (put that budding chicken farmer fiancé to work).

 

[Razadia]

Quote: I bought it last year, but no one wanted to deal with it. Dad did a really good job treating them with just seven dust and they haven't made a repeat appearance. That stuff scares me.

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: I bought it last year, but no one wanted to deal with it. Dad did a really good job treating them with just seven dust and they haven't made a repeat appearance. That stuff scares me.
I don't know why it scares you, I believe it's used for parasites in humans as well. Like I say, I've had the liquid on my hands countless times (very large flock here) and even had it get splattered across my lips when a chicken suddenly flapped it's wing. No ill effect, but I'm not pregnant either, I'd be more careful then.

 

[Wax Myrtle]

e Congrats!

I candled last night...I have 5 that look good, 2 that look questionable, and 2-3 (how many do i have left again?) that quit...I'll pull those in a bit, add water, and put them into lockdown! Woot...after having the temp spike to 108  I'll be happy if any hatch...I've got 2 that look really good so I'm at least hoping for those....and : I've already got eggs waiting to go into the bator (I wasn't sure if I could safely add them before these hatched.) lol

Um, I've been saving bantam Cochin eggs for the last week. I'm in good company, it seems.