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

[GerbilsOnToast]

what type of turkeys do you have?

Jake and Penelope are Red/Bronze/Slate mix. The babies they're raising were hatched from Arielle's eggs. Their own eggs weren't fertile the first time around,

 

[winteree]

Jake and Penelope are Red/Bronze/Slate mix. The babies they're raising were hatched from Arielle's eggs. Their own eggs weren't fertile the first time around,

yeah if the eggs in the incubator don't hatch ill be ordering some sweet grass from her in a few days

 

[bantambury]

wounded handed people unite

YASSSSS

cut my hand on glass the beginning of may and im still taking the bunt of it. cut it drying dishes. between my pinky and ring finger I sliced the web apart and had to get 14 stitches. I had chicks hatch 3 days before that and I couldn't hold them. now they are wild and crazy. AND I couldn't go on BYC because I couldn't type! now im trying to hop back on.
I have to do PT to spread my hand and stuff. just last week I could finally straighten it all the way. it hurts so bad in the morinings and cramps.

ANYWHO UNITE! LOL

 

[ronott1]

YASSSSS

cut my hand on glass the beginning of may and im still taking the bunt of it. cut it drying dishes. between my pinky and ring finger I sliced the web apart and had to get 14 stitches. I had chicks hatch 3 days before that and I couldn't hold them. now they are wild and crazy. AND I couldn't go on BYC because I couldn't type! now im trying to hop back on.
I have to do PT to spread my hand and stuff. just last week I could finally straighten it all the way. it hurts so bad in the morinings and cramps.

ANYWHO UNITE! LOL

Ouch!

Do not do that again!

I hope the PT goes well and you get full use of the hand back.

Dried meal worms are the way to a chickens heart!

 

[winteree]

YASSSSS

cut my hand on glass the beginning of may and im still taking the bunt of it. cut it drying dishes. between my pinky and ring finger I sliced the web apart and had to get 14 stitches. I had chicks hatch 3 days before that and I couldn't hold them. now they are wild and crazy. AND I couldn't go on BYC because I couldn't type! now im trying to hop back on.
I have to do PT to spread my hand and stuff. just last week I could finally straighten it all the way. it hurts so bad in the morinings and cramps.

ANYWHO UNITE! LOL

lols

 

[winteree]

well in other news none of my turkey eggs hatched one piped and started a zip but died in the shell there was no movement in the other eggs so i opened them and one was rotten and the other poult died a few days before lock down. well that's another $35 down the drain i don't think it is my incubator because after i added the thermostat i hatched 5 ducklings from it i guess it was too hot to have hatching eggs shipped after all.

i think I'm going to try and order from a hatchery i wanted to order hatching eggs but not in this weather. and i really wanted to raise our own turkey for thanksgiving and christmas

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

Sorry to hear the hatching didn't go...

I've had a complete fail incubation before - it is horrible'!

 

[winteree]

Sorry to hear the hatching didn't go...

I've had a complete fail incubation before - it is horrible'!

yep so im trying again.

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

yep so im trying again.

Only way to do it!
Something went after Penelope a few days ago - no bird losses, but the eggs that were in the nest were destroyed (fortunately, I'd swapped out the turkey eggs for chicken eggs!) Now, she seems to have stopped laying - or at least I can't find them. I've looked everywhere I can think of. I have two of her eggs percolating in the Brinsea, and five more in the cool room; if she doesn't lay more in the next week, or if I can't find them, I'll set those on the 10th - but I hope to have MORE...more....more....

 

[ronott1]

Only way to do it!
Something went after Penelope a few days ago - no bird losses, but the eggs that were in the nest were destroyed (fortunately, I'd swapped out the turkey eggs for chicken eggs!) Now, she seems to have stopped laying - or at least I can't find them. I've looked everywhere I can think of. I have two of her eggs percolating in the Brinsea, and five more in the cool room; if she doesn't lay more in the next week, or if I can't find them, I'll set those on the 10th - but I hope to have MORE...more....more....

Stress, like almost being eaten, will often stop them from laying. It could take a couple of weeks for her to start again.

I agree, the best thing to do after a bad hatch is hatch some more!