Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[CelticOaksFarm]

#5 don't hatch anything bigger than YOu


Emu.. Prolapsed penis it sounds like. I would contact an avian vet if you can. At the very least post on the Emu thread for help.

 

[Marty1876]

Something along the lines of not hatching anything that has the possibility of eating you and your children (and their sandwiches) down the road?

Awww. You don't have any quail babies to put with him? Mine aren't laying and I have no room, or I'd hatch some now to have some for my turkeys. They'll just have to deal with chicks or ducklings to show them the ropes.

Nope. Poultry share dieseases with turkeys. It's best to leave them alone, but I may give him a little quail buddy soon.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

X2 with Marty. Chickens can spread blackhead to turkey and peafowl and it can kill those two species.

 

[JulieNKC]

I thought they could only give turkeys blackhead if they are carriers? There's no blackhead around here, chickens and turkeys are kept together regularly. Mine have all been around poults/turkeys. Except for my rooster, my flock has been and will remain closed other than eggs.

Do you have any adult turkeys marty? Do you know if they make good mothers? If mine finishes laying and sets, which I think she is doing in the shed now since I found her snooping around in there when I was getting plastic to cover the brooder pen, I'd like to let her hatch some of my eggs. I think I read that turkeys lose poults pretty frequently though, and if she lets the poults get wet they'll die. So I'm not sure yet.

 

[Marty1876]

Julie -

I ate most of my adults this year (we had a big thanksgiving dinner for both our families, it took all 6) but I have had many adult turkeys, for a long tim, and am hatching replacements now.. (Ok, I'm a farm kid in my 40s, now you know.) Some turkey hens, like some chickens, are good setters. I've had several do the setting, however, I always do the raising, unless a hen had proven herself, and I keep her alone with her brood. They are rather dumb mothers, to be frank.

Like peacocks, they'll fly up or away rather suddenly, and leave the wee ones behind. They stand on them, loose them in puddles, and let the cats eat them, most of the time. My mom had a wild breed turkey hen that hatched and guarded like mad, could trust her with 30 cats around. She was the exception. Another hen I had several years ago, a white hen, would sit and mostly guard, but it was prudent to keep her in a pen, with fine wire around the bottem 18 inches to discourage cats from reaching in.

Why don't you try her out, let her set, then pen her alone. If you have cats, forget it, it's probobly not worth the risk. Like all mothers, the first time is the hardest, but if she does pretty good, she'll be better next year. If she leaves the eggs in 14 days, forget it forever. This is all just my opinion. You know your bird better than me.

 

[Marty1876]

Hi Duckgirl, Hi Countrygirl, whats new? HI everyone just reading today.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Julie, if you run a completely closed flock and don't have neighbors who have free ranging poultry then your flock would be highly unlikely to have something similar to blackhead to be spread.

 

[JulieNKC]

Julie, if you run a completely closed flock and don't have neighbors who have free ranging poultry then your flock would be highly unlikely to have something similar to blackhead to be spread.

I'm 10 minutes from downtown. There's a rooster who lives close enough I can faintly hear him, but far enough I don't know where he is.

I've seen wild turkey's closer than anyone else with chickens.

Julie -

I ate most of my adults this year (we had a big thanksgiving dinner for both our families, it took all 6) but I have had many adult turkeys, for a long tim, and am hatching replacements now.. (Ok, I'm a farm kid in my 40s, now you know.) Some turkey hens, like some chickens, are good setters. I've had several do the setting, however, I always do the raising, unless a hen had proven herself, and I keep her alone with her brood. They are rather dumb mothers, to be frank.

Like peacocks, they'll fly up or away rather suddenly, and leave the wee ones behind. They stand on them, loose them in puddles, and let the cats eat them, most of the time. My mom had a wild breed turkey hen that hatched and guarded like mad, could trust her with 30 cats around. She was the exception. Another hen I had several years ago, a white hen, would sit and mostly guard, but it was prudent to keep her in a pen, with fine wire around the bottem 18 inches to discourage cats from reaching in.

Why don't you try her out, let her set, then pen her alone. If you have cats, forget it, it's probobly not worth the risk. Like all mothers, the first time is the hardest, but if she does pretty good, she'll be better next year. If she leaves the eggs in 14 days, forget it forever. This is all just my opinion. You know your bird better than me.

We have 2 stray cats living in the yard next to us, maybe I'll wait then, and let her try next year when she can raise her own. I want a tom out of this bunch, no reason to take chances. Maybe I'll keep a few poults, keep the pretty one and eat the other.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Hi!

My mom made me put my 4 RIR chicks on craigslist is $8 for the 4 babies a good price? I will miss them soooo much!

Bobby is in lockdown! Yay! Hes already starting to pip!

if you closed a flock, and only brought in eggs, could you still introduce black head to your flock? I might not be able to get eggs from you marty (peacock) if this is true....

 

[JulieNKC]

Hi!
My mom made me put my 4 RIR chicks on craigslist

is $8 for the 4 babies a good price? I will miss them soooo much!
Bobby is in lockdown! Yay! Hes already starting to pip!

if you closed a flock, and only brought in eggs, could you still introduce black head to your flock? I might not be able to get eggs from you marty (peacock) if this is true....

I think hatching eggs are usually safe.