Turkey Talk for 2014

[wild flocks]

Like that?^^^^^^^^$

 

[gevshiba]

Thanksgiving and Dinner escaped the brooder this morning. Apparently they weren't told that BBW can't fly well.

They actually fly pretty well until they get heavy.

One of my BBB's was reluctantly "entertaining" the tom today. After he was finished, she took off across the run, wings spread wide, running as fast as her fat behind could go. I'm sure she thought she was flying. My neighbor and I got a good laugh out of it.

 

[wild flocks]

Lol

 

[gevshiba]

My new BR hen is very timid and tries to keep away from me. 6 days ago, she was in the nest box and wouldn't budge, even when I took the top off to get the egg. She hisses like a snake. That went on for 3 days, then she started trying to remove my body parts. She strikes like a snake too. Last night I couldn't get the egg away from her. Today I put in a smaller nest box that, I hoped, the BBB's couldn't get in. One did and I had to take it apart to get her out. She couldn't turn around. I dumped the BR hen out of the box she was in, since she refused to come out and she spent the entire day outside. I thought I had broke her. I had been saving eggs for the incubator, but had 9 that wouldn't fit. I took them down and put 3 in the small box. She walked in, saw those eggs, did the snake neck thing, then went right in and settled down. I started adding eggs with her hissing and biting at me. She broke one egg, lunging at me. But she had all 8 eggs tucked under her when I checked a few minutes later. I'm not sure what she'll do, but I thought it was worth a try. Does anyone else have a hen that gets super aggressive and what do you think about it? I've only had her 3-4 weeks.

 

[BullChick]

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[TurkenItUp209]

Seems this is the place for the advice, so here goes.

I have a breeding trio of two year old Narragansett's both hens are laying an egg a day the last week, before they were skipping a day. They are 2.5 years old. I have two incubators one with 7 (if we did it right will hatch in 10 days) and a group of 14 from the last week to go in tomorrow.

Here is my concern, these girls want to be moms, I can tell when I take their eggs they are upset.

I want to know how long can I wait until I let them brood their own clutch? Can I harvest eggs for the next few months and incubate/hatch them for more poults and then let both hens have a natural hatch say the start of summer? Late june?

My tom is actively mating them and I know all my eggs are fertile.


Thanks for any insight to a newbie turkey guys journey!

TIU209

 

[TurkenItUp209]

My new BR hen is very timid and tries to keep away from me. 6 days ago, she was in the nest box and wouldn't budge, even when I took the top off to get the egg. She hisses like a snake. That went on for 3 days, then she started trying to remove my body parts. She strikes like a snake too. Last night I couldn't get the egg away from her. Today I put in a smaller nest box that, I hoped, the BBB's couldn't get in. One did and I had to take it apart to get her out. She couldn't turn around. I dumped the BR hen out of the box she was in, since she refused to come out and she spent the entire day outside. I thought I had broke her. I had been saving eggs for the incubator, but had 9 that wouldn't fit. I took them down and put 3 in the small box. She walked in, saw those eggs, did the snake neck thing, then went right in and settled down. I started adding eggs with her hissing and biting at me. She broke one egg, lunging at me. But she had all 8 eggs tucked under her when I checked a few minutes later. I'm not sure what she'll do, but I thought it was worth a try. Does anyone else have a hen that gets super aggressive and what do you think about it? I've only had her 3-4 weeks.

That's a broody girl for ya.

 

[wild flocks]

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[wild flocks]

Thanks

 

[wild flocks]

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