Six turkey eggs - Indiana

[Carole AM]

I have 6 mixed turkey eggs for $15, that includes shipping. I have a Royal Palm tom, and the hens are: royal palm, blue slate, and a narry/bourbon cross. Fertility has been super!

See a pic of my tom in the "ask Peeps" advice column!

 

[robbobbin]

Run out of room in your bators, did ya?

You could always set them and take them to the swap. hehehe

 

[Carole AM]

You're right~ NO ROOM! I may have to set them, but I'd rather not. I thought these were sold.

 

[JFL1950]

LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE SOME MORE I WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE THEM NEED SOME BROTHERS FOR MY TWO BABIES.

 

[Carole AM]

Are you close to Indiana? My RP is setting on 13 eggs now, so I "should" have babies soon. After that, if they start laying, I'll let you know.

 

[sara]

Did you sell these yet? How hard are turkey eggs to hatch?

 

[Carole AM]

Yep, these were sold in May. Turkey eggs are easy, they just take a week longer. I've put them under banty hens and they have hatched turkeys.

 

[aran]

hey carole...sorry to ask stupid qs but I have not kept turkeys before...my son and I have chickens and at no point ever anticipate even considering butchering them--> they are pets--> any eggs will be a bonus...do turkeys make good pets/flock birds just for fun if you have no intention of ever eating them? Do ppl eat the eggs? How hard are they to keep ? do the make LOADS of noise? Do you feed them chicken food? and most importantly will they get along with my chickens?

 

[Ms E]

I'm not Carole but...

Turkeys make great pets. They are curious and social. My hen eats from my hand - the tom I used to have did also. If they are raised with other poultry, they are very good with the crowd. My hen is relatively quiet but 'replies' to me when I talk to her. The tom that Mother Goose's parents now have was somewhat talkative. But that gooble is a wonderful sound - less intrusive than a rooster crow.

Mine eat layer crumbles just like everyone else. The eggs are great. Quite a bit richer than chicken eggs and pretty popular with some folks.

Cool birds!

Ms e

 

[sara]

Dummy me, I didn't even look at the date it was posted. Maybe if you have some more sometime I could buy them from you!