The Great Egg Shipping Experiment!

[hildar]

Actually, YES, I am an addict! (Since I admit I am an addict, it isn't a problem, right?

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Sounds like me. I am an addict. I have 25 chicks in the brooder from Cackle and another 30 + eggs in the incubator. then my daughter has 4 eggs at school in her incubator.

I will be having chickens coming out my ears.

 

[misbhaven]

only chickens ? your not an addict until you have all kinds of fowl just because......I have a imprinted turkey poult (small mixed breed ) I would give away it hatched alone...and i had some week old chicks but turkey would get knocked over by them all the time, so it got a lot of care...ended up brooding with some Silkies then some LF thought it was over it...moved it outside into a youngster area it escaped ran around my yard calling for me ,following me ,went in with some meaties do for freezer camp today got picked on..back in the basement it went with some different Silkies until it gets a little bigger and can get into less trouble..

 

[ladycat]

only chickens ? your not an addict until you have all kinds of fowl just because......I have a imprinted turkey poult (small mixed breed ) I would give away it hatched alone...and i had some week old chicks but turkey would get knocked over by them all the time, so it got a lot of care...ended up brooding with some Silkies then some LF thought it was over it...moved it outside into a youngster area it escaped ran around my yard calling for me ,following me ,went in with some meaties do for freezer camp today got picked on..back in the basement it went with some different Silkies until it gets a little bigger and can get into less trouble..

I have turkey eggs coming this week.

 

[chickensnbees]

I have turkey eggs coming this week. 

What kind? I want turkeys so bad but can't figure out where to put them!

 

[ladycat]

Midget turkeys! Not the hatchery kind- the ones I'm getting average 14# for males and about 8.5# for females, so they're about the size of large chickens.

 

[chickensnbees]

Midget turkeys! Not the hatchery kind- the ones I'm getting average 14# for males and about 8.5# for females, so they're about the size of large chickens.

Can they be in the same coop and run with chickens? Of course making sure there is enough room but just wondering if they will continue to get along post maturity.

 

[ladycat]

Can they be in the same coop and run with chickens? Of course making sure there is enough room but just wondering if they will continue to get along post maturity.

Yes, I've had big turkeys lots of times and they always got along with the chickens. I plan to raise these with chickens and let them all run together.

 

[chickensnbees]

Yes, I've had big turkeys lots of times and they always got along with the chickens. I plan to raise these with chickens and let them all run together.

Hmmmmm. How do turkeys figure into chicken math? If they are in the chicken coop but not chickens, they don't count at all, right? I'm going shopping for turkey eggs now!

 

[ronott1]

Hmmmmm. How do turkeys figure into chicken math? If they are in the chicken coop but not chickens, they don't count at all, right? I'm going shopping for turkey eggs now!

Apparently, chickens are a "Gateway" Poultry....

 

[chickensnbees]

Apparently, chickens are a "Gateway" Poultry....

Definitely! Since I started "doing chickens", I've moved on to ducks, have my first batch of quail going into lockdown next week, am now shopping for turkey eggs and can be caught side browsing pea fowl! My kids are ready to have me committed!