~*Third Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatch-Athon*~ all poultry welcome!

[winteree]

I was searching the for sale forums for poults and bantams. I was looking at all the beautiful birds and thinking how wonderful it would be to see them in my yard. Then I see pics of these beautiful blue eggs and I think- what's more important? The chicken or the egg? And I cracked myself up! I accidentally got philosophical.

lol's yeah i really wanted a blue egg layer i hope i can get one soon

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

My CDM hatch was more like ODM as I didn't set my eggs until Thurs of that week, under broody turkey hens. Although they still technically have two days to go, there were multiple pips when I checked under them tonight. Its not my first turkey rodeo but it will be my first time watching turkey hens raising the poults so I am pretty excited that they will soon be underway.

Yep! I had to replace Penelope's eggs, which are now due on the 15th, but I'm glad she'll be rearing them instead of me. Looking forward to little ones scarfing up lots of bugs! Since I reduced the chicken flock size by ~100, they aren't keeping up this year!
My first time for baby turkeys; I'm curious about when they start strutting - I'm imagining wee little guys all puffed up

*edited to fix typos - forgot to slow down for hand conditions.

 

[JennaLynn122]

THERE IS PEEPING IN MY INCUBATOR!!!!!!!

 

[chicken pickin]

I just woke up this morn to 4 poults in the bator and 1 pip. I still have 4 eggs doing nothing but hoping today is the day

 

[Arielle]

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Good news peoples!!! i called meyer's about the eggs and what i should do and the lady offered to send me new egg's or my money back!!!

I dicided to get my money back so when i get payed next monday i'll be able to buy the chicks from them online with my turkeys!!

i'm so happy i thought i was going to cry

Great!!

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My CDM hatch was more like ODM as I didn't set my eggs until Thurs of that week, under broody turkey hens. Although they still technically have two days to go, there were multiple pips when I checked under them tonight. Its not my first turkey rodeo but it will be my first time watching turkey hens raising the poults so I am pretty excited that they will soon be underway.

Awwwww . . . moomma turkey. We found the third muscovy hen on 10 eggs. Well hidden, we have looked for days!!

So, 40 chicks and 5 poults - even though the poults were killed.
That's my final number.

% is enough to breed as long as you have atleast one of each gender. I rember starting with AUburns from POrters-- all the surviving poults were boys, all 13!!! lol

THERE IS PEEPING IN MY INCUBATOR!!!!!!!

YEah!!!

I just woke up this morn to 4 poults in the bator and 1 pip. I still have 4 eggs doing nothing but hoping today is the day

 

[mlm Mike]

I have two chicks and a bunch of quail hatched.

 

[southernflock14]

Yep! I had to replace Penelope's eggs, which are now die on the 15th, but I'm glad she'll be rearing them instead of me.  Looking forward to little ones scarfing up lots of bugs!  since I reduced the chicken flock size by ~100, they aren't keeping up this year!

My first time for baby turkeys; I'm curious about when they start strutting - I'm imagining wee little guys all puffed up

I actually had one strutting at 4 weeks old last year!

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

THERE IS PEEPING IN MY INCUBATOR!!!!!!!

I just woke up this morn to 4 poults in the bator and 1 pip. I still have 4 eggs doing nothing but hoping today is the day

Go, eggs, go!!!

 

[Arielle]

I have two chicks and a bunch of quail hatched.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JennaLynn122]

Haven't yet check for pips because I woke up late and my son has the state stadarized testing and we were SUPEr late for school but they were still peeping when I woke up

And on another note. This is our breakfast this morning.... fresh from the garden