Turkey Talk for 2014

[chicken pickin]

A minor detail I forgot to mention was that when I introduced her to the chicken pen she got in a fight with one of the hens and her snood was dangling by a thread and ended up shriveling up and falling off a couple of days later.

I thought it looked like she was missing the snood. I was going to ask you if you removed it but didn't want to offend you. SO that makes sense. How long was the snood prior to it falling off?

 

[SilkieSensation]

I got my first hatchery order of the season in on Monday! I ordered 25 CX from McMurray's and an Andalusian, and polish pullet chicks. As luck would have it all of the meat birds survived and the Andalusian and Polish both died. The freebie Cochin also survived. They were really good and credited my account for the dead chicks and I'll reorder when te weather isn't so cold. But in the mean time I have the meat birds to occupy me and the ducklings and goslings should be hatching any day now! Then there's Ellie....I have been wondering about her lately....She is a hair over 6 months old and she has been looking a bit boyish lately. She has even started growing a beard. I think it's a bit strange for a 6 month old hen to start growing a beard. What do you guys think?

I know I'm in the minority here, but I have always thought Ellie should be Elliott, especially with the snod injury you mentioned & now the beard.

 

[chicken pickin]

I know I'm in the minority here, but I have always thought Ellie should be Elliott, especially with the snod injury you mentioned & now the beard.

Im right with you. Which is why I mentioned the lack of Mohawk and that it could be a slow maturing tom. Especially with the missing snood that makes it appear to be a hen. Im thinking it is an Elliot also.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Got my first turkey egg of the season this afternoon. Pretty sure it came from 1 of the young palm girls. The slate girls laid last year & their eggs are a very light cream with dark brown speckles & this is a tan with light brown speckles.

 

[chicken pickin]

Got my first turkey egg of the season this afternoon. Pretty sure it came from 1 of the young palm girls. The slate girls laid last year & their eggs are a very light cream with dark brown speckles & this is a tan with light brown speckles.

Congrats on your first egg of the season.

 

[Lybe8438]

The snood came off when he/she was fairly young. She still had all the fluff on her head and was roughly the size of the hens.

 

[K Epp]

I was going to call it Elvis. I went to the barn and took these pics of my hen. She is about 11 month old bronze.

 

[racinchickins]

A minor detail I forgot to mention was that when I introduced her to the chicken pen she got in a fight with one of the hens and her snood was dangling by a thread and ended up shriveling up and falling off a couple of days later.

That does make a difference. The lack of a major snood was my main criteria. Knowing that, it makes it much more likely to be a boy.

 

[SilkieSensation]

I was going to call it Elvis. I went to the barn and took these pics of my hen. She is about 11 month old bronze.

Your bronze is a girl, but Ellie is in need of a name change.

 

[Reyvaughn]

On the Ellie topic... S/he has some pretty interesting caruncles forming. Yep. Looks like a name change is needed.