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

[Avlana]

[COLOR=B42000]http://www.porterturkeys.com/egghatchingtips.htm (Turkey)[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=005CB1]https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/turkey-incubation-and-hatching-guide [COLOR=0000FF] (Turkey) [/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=0000FF]this is the one I went with last year all three hatched thanks @yinepu [/COLOR]​

Thank you!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[ChooksChick]

Is there any give or take a day or two with this hatch?

This is an informal hatchathon, and I'm not really big on start and end times...It's more of a suggestion!

Set when you want, and we'll oooooo and aaaaaaaah when the fuzzies happen!!

I don't consider myself lucky, but sometimes the stars line up and shine upon me. Today, I was really busy at work, but I slipped away to come home and check the hatchers, I had adjusted the temp before leaving for work and wanted to make sure it was okay. The feed store is on my way home and I needed chick starter, so I stopped in.

I have become an expert at resisting the sirens call of chicks and can even look at them without being tempted, so when I heard the peeping as I walked through the door, I was not concerned. I walked over to the brooders and peeked inside. There was this one that stood out. I kept looking at it and it moved differently and sounded different. Then I saw a snood!

I got a poult for $1.00!

That almost seems like the crux of a story, "Then I saw a snood." That's all it takes, my love. The vision of a snood is the end of resistance!

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When you go buy the stuff to make one from scratch....down to the wood and screws...it's all over. That's me.

Do any of you have Blackhead in your area? I know I do and want to keep this turkey alive if at all possible. I have had turkeys in the past, and they all died at about three to five months of age. I know I have to keep it on hardware cloth for a year, give it it's own pen away from the chickens, and worm regularly, but what other precautions should I take?

WE DO have it here, but I would never keep poults on wire...I know there are some who live by that rule, but I see hundreds of wild poults out there that never met wire. I grow mine up with my chicks on soil in my brooder house/run.

The way I see it, I put them on the ground as soon as possible when it's warm enough, and let the beneficial aspects of the environment do their thing. I also let them have exposure to chickens and adult turkeys, because there must be something to that- like old farmers have their way of putting a turkey plop in the water of chicks to inoculate them against coccidiosis. I haven't ever had a case of blackhead, but if I did, it does have symptoms, and one can get treatment for it at the vet. There was a chicken customer of mine who got turkeys last year who got BH in one and she just went to the vet. Our extension office says it's here and there, but no guarantee one will have it show up on one's farm.

I let my human babies crawl around on the floor and play in dirt, too, and there were plenty who disagreed with that...I respect different ways of doing things. I'm just sharing my experience.

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Seriously, you people have a way with making us suburbanites HURT, don't you....??? If I shaved one more like a poodle, do you think I could get away with it??


@Pinwheel

You need to be posting pics of your little ones!!! And you need to get goats so I can hug them!!!!

So I said I would let my hen decide whether or not I was going to hatch on this Cinco de Mayo and as of yesterday she made the decision, she is now brooding thanks to leaving 4 fake eggs in the nest boxes for a couple of days. She was hatched last Cinco de Mayo and this is her 3rd broody period, I successfully broke her last time hoping to have her brood again now.

With her going broody now, do you think it is safe to let her brood for an extra 9 days until I set eggs on April 14th for the Cinco de Mayo hatch?

Hiya!! Just go ahead and set now! You'll make her happy and you'll have the first fuzzies of the hatch! No reason to wait just so you have them on Cinco de Mayo. You can set more later when another hen goes broody....because that's always how it works, right?

 

[ChooksChick]

Any tips on incubating the turkeys? I heard they're harder to hatch. I've hatched from quails to chickens, to exotic ducks to geese. But first time with turkeys. Anything different I need to do?

Thanks, Sally, for helping out! You're always there to pop up a good resource!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

OMG I need a straight jacket!!

and sooooo close to home!! she says she cant sex them! 9 weeks, I find that odd at that age? anyone?

 

[chicken pickin]

OMG I need a straight jacket!!

and sooooo close to home!! she says she cant sex them! 9 weeks, I find that odd at that age? anyone?

Oh my!!! Cutest things ever!!! They should be sexable at this age.

 

[ChooksChick]

OMG...SERIOUSLY with the cuteness!!!!

My eyes!!!! They burn!!!!!

 

[ChooksChick]

For anyone seeking some seriously fancy chicken eggs to set next week, I am finally offering some of my chocolates on ebay. Just search for Chocolate and Ameraucana, Marans or Rocks.

You have any idea how hard it is not to hatch every last one???!!!???

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

I didn't see this until it was to late. I set 4 Ancona eggs about 5 hours ago. Do they count?

 

[mlm Mike]

I didn't see this until it was to late. I set 4 Ancona eggs about 5 hours ago. Do they count?

Relax, there is no counting here, everything set too hatch is good. Welcome.