She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[Ravynscroft]

Now to build that other pen...
Every year I say no more. It's a disease, I tell ya

It was inevitable... been there, done that... and I still need more coops and pens...

 

[chicapee]

It was inevitable... been there, done that... and I still need more coops and pens...

Me too!

 

[lazy gardener]

SC, sold any more of your little pallet coops yet? Have you seen the nifty little tool that folks are using to break pallets down? It's welded up from angle iron and 1" round stock. Looks pretty slick.

 

[scflock]

SC, sold any more of your little pallet coops yet?  Have you seen the nifty little tool that folks are using to break pallets down?  It's welded up from angle iron and 1" round stock.  Looks pretty slick.  

Actually don't have any built right now. I'm taking a couple of days off later this week so I can get some more built.
Do you have a link to that tool? Or a picture?

 

[Pyxis]

A question to all others who ship eggs - what's your policy on if the buyer has clear eggs that don't develop? I had a person interested in my eggs ask and I told them that if they were infertile I'd 100% refund them for them, but I couldn't guarantee hatch rate due to shipping and incubating techniques. Is that about what everyone else does? I know that shipping can be so hard on eggs that even a perfectly fertile egg that appears undamaged may not develop.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

Here is a simple ones. The little nicer ones mount a small pivot on the end of the angle iron so the pressure is applied evenly across the entire board being pried off.

 

[napdognewfie]

You can't control the shipping.

You can feed them well and make sure you have a good rooster/hen ratio. Check your eggs to see if they are fertile. Are you hatching any yourself?

 

[WalnutHill]

I will agree with that. I held on to the extra Am cockerels much longer than I would have any other

That's one thing I love about raising turkeys..surplus males are worth more than females and worth even more when grown out regardless of quality. Males sell well in fall, females in spring, trios in summer.

 

[Pyxis]

You can't control the shipping.

You can feed them well and make sure you have a good rooster/hen ratio. Check your eggs to see if they are fertile. Are you hatching any yourself?

All the time I have two roosters to seven hens currently, fertility confirmed at 100%, and my last hatch on Friday had a 100% hatch rate - second hatch in a row that hatched 100%

 

[kwhites634]

A question to all others who ship eggs - what's your policy on if the buyer has clear eggs that don't develop? I had a person interested in my eggs ask and I told them that if they were infertile I'd 100% refund them for them, but I couldn't guarantee hatch rate due to shipping and incubating techniques. Is that about what everyone else does? I know that shipping can be so hard on eggs that even a perfectly fertile egg that appears undamaged may not develop.

That's MPC's policy