Turkey Talk for 2014

[chicken pickin]

It usually takes me until they are roughly 12weeks old to be able to know gender for certain. Some you can tell slightly sooner or later.

 

[SilkieSensation]

It usually takes me until they are roughly 12weeks old to be able to know gender for certain. Some you can tell slightly sooner or later.

I can get about 75% accuracy from looking at legs & snoods as poults.

 

[JJSS89]

I can get about 75% accuracy from looking at legs & snoods as poults.

This is pretty good. I try to never speculate on my turkeys' gender until I know for sure because I have been wrong a time or two or a time or two.

 

[chicken farmer]

We went to a swap meet/trader days yesterday and seen a blue slate tom there that I liked and I almost bought. He had just a little bit of faded brown on a part of his tail. Do blue slates usually have a little brown?

 

[SilkieSensation]

We went to a swap meet/trader days yesterday and seen a blue slate tom there that I liked and I almost bought. He had just a little bit of faded brown on a part of his tail. Do blue slates usually have a little brown?

Probably a lilac (bronze with a double slate gene). They are rare. I have a hen. She's gorgeous. Look on www.porterturkeys.com under lilac & see if it matches.

 

[chicken farmer]

Probably a lilac (bronze with a double slate gene). They are rare. I have a hen. She's gorgeous. Look on www.porterturkeys.com under lilac & see if it matches.

I think it might be,but he didn't fan out his tail but had a little brown on it so maybe. I'm thinking about heading down there to get him here in a little bit

 

[SilkieSensation]

Probably a lilac (bronze with a double slate gene). They are rare. I have a hen. She's gorgeous. Look on www.porterturkeys.com under lilac

I think it might be,but he didn't fan out his tail but had a little brown on it so maybe. I'm thinking about heading down there to get him here in a little bit

He would be a great addition. Especially if you can find a hen for him. They breed true & are pretty rare.

 

[ksandvig]

I am happy to say that I put my 2 poults outside yesterday YAY haha they are about 5 wks old, they had been in a round dog pen & were getting very restless so I fixed their grow out pen up & they love it out there I have a coop for them also & I locked them in it last night, went out this morning & they were just a talking away!
So now a month or so in grow out & they should be able to go out w/ my 8 hens, to make room for 2 chicks I have in the brooder now, as I have 8 chicks coming end of May
lots of switching around but oh so worth it

 

[marchick]

Hi Everyone,Hope its o.k. to ask a question! I have a hen royal palm hen turkey that wont lay in a nest.We have one large nest on the ground and she shows no interest in it.We also have a large nest about 4 ft off the ground. She has dropped an egg around the pen a couple times but mostly lays them at night and they drop a good distance to the ground.She is healthy other wise. Any Ideas on what to do? Has anyone else had that problem?

I dont know what to do!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Hi Everyone,Hope its o.k. to ask a question! I have a hen narragansett turkey that wont lay in a nest.We have one large nest on the ground and she shows no interest in it.We also have a large nest about 4 ft off the ground. She has dropped an egg around the pen a couple times but mostly lays them at night and they drop a good distance to the ground.She is healthy other wise. Any Ideas on what to do? Has anyone else had that problem? I dont know what to do!

Lean a board against the coop wall near the corner so it makes a dark tent. See if she likes that as a nest.