Turkeys For 2013

[ashandvine]

Momma MW is finally setting her clutch! woo hoo

 

[StelleKitten]

Momma MW is finally setting her clutch! woo hoo

Yay!

 

[RockerHen]

My hen laid a HUGE egg today! Poor girl. I wonder if it's double-yolked?
I also have put eggs under a broody wyandotte cross hen. Here's hoping in 28 days I'll have some babies

I also plan on giving another broody hen (sister from the same hatch to the other hen) the rest of the eggs.

 

[frank53061]

My Red Bourbons are laying 1 to 2 eggs a day that's 5 Hens and I found one Hen that may have been trying to be broody but just missed the mark.
I think I have some far sighted Turkey Hens twice now I have found a Hen I don't know if its the same one or not setting in the nesting area all fluffed up and being vocal about me taking her egg but there was no problem in taking it because she had missed the mark by a good foot in distance from setting on the egg and no other eggs were found.
I know they make glasses for Chickens but for Turkeys ?

I have 2 Toms that have no feathers on there chest because of all the mating.
Remember the 70s when some men would have there shirts unbuttoned and would have there gold chains on you know the John Travolta look I think I need to get my 2 Toms some bling and hang a disco ball in the Pen

These cold and dreary SPRING DAYS I need a good Smile from time to time I hope I could do the same for you.

 

[chicken pickin]

Im finally setting my turkey eggs today, 14 Bourbon Red eggs(maybe 1-2extra if I collect todays too) all collected from my 2 hens. I am very excited! I will also set chicken eggs in a week to hatch with them, my Marans just started laying so I may put in some of her eggs.

 

[chicken pickin]

My hen laid a HUGE egg today! Poor girl. I wonder if it's double-yolked?
I also have put eggs under a broody wyandotte cross hen. Here's hoping in 28 days I'll have some babies

I also plan on giving another broody hen (sister from the same hatch to the other hen) the rest of the eggs.

WOW

Poor hen that is big. Id guess a double yolker.

 

[chicken pickin]

Momma MW is finally setting her clutch! woo hoo

Very excitng keep us posted.

 

[desertmarcy]

Hi all, Ashandvine told me about this thread. I started reading it and realized I was never going to have time to get through all the posts before 2013 is up, so I'd better just jump in and say

This will be my 5th year keeping turkeys. I just love them! Guess I am a bit crazy when it comes to keeping turkeys since I ordered 3 more breeds from Porter. Bourbon Red, Pencilled Palm, and Lilac. I had the Bourbon Red before, those and Royal Palm were my first breeds. They were hatchery stock and I had a lot of trouble with the Bourbon Reds, so I gave up on them, but always liked them. I'm looking forward to getting some better ones from Kevin! Right now I'm breeding Narragansett (just have a pair), Royal Palm (from two bloodlines), Blue Slate and Lavender (Lavender tom over Blue Slate and Lavender hens) and Mottled Black (from Porter).

Rockerhen, one of my Royal Palm hens laid a big egg like that yesterday, but it had a toenail hole in it, so I cracked it into the frying pan for lunch today. It was a double yolker! This is the first turkey double yolker I've gotten. Yum, made a great fried egg sandwich

 

[flocksalot]

Momma MW is finally setting her clutch!  woo hoo

 

My MW, Harvey girl, recently hatched her clutch. Here's a photo. She's a very good momma for a one eyed turkey.

 

[redneck farmer]

Do the chicken treats article apply to turkeys cause I wanna give my poult some broccoli