Turkeys For 2013

[kuntrygirl]

These are my eggs that I set this afternoon.

e NICE !!!!!!!!!!! Good luck !!!!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

How do you all store the turkey eggs, I am ordering the plastic flat trays for geese eggs. are they about the same size? a goose egg is about 5- 5 1/2 oz usually. The turkey hen coming next week is laying so I plan to set weekly.

 

I store my turkey eggs in regular egg cartons. Although they are too big for them, that's where I store them. :/

 

[kuntrygirl]

Dh and I spent the day finishing a coop for the turkeys.  TIme to divide up everyone for the breeding season as I saw one sweetgrass hen laying down trying to entice any tom  possible. THree were walking all over her last night without a clue what to do-- she was trying to teach them, but they were too impetuous and not persistant enough. GOt her moved to the pen with the correct tom. 

All the auburns got moved, all toms, no hens unfortunately.  Move a BR tom to live with them . Hmm, maybe I should toss Mutt and Jeff in with them-- the bachleor pad.! lol 

The young bourbon red hens were introduced to the Three Amigos-- will see if they can figure out the process!  

One more pen tomorrow to finish, and then the Narrigansets and Sweetgrass will be separated. 

( rubbing hands) anticipating a good breeding year!!   My biggest thread is coyotes and fox.  Using the dog to make his rounds to help with that. THen to set up electric fencing.  Just in case. 

Envy that so may of you have eggs cooking , and poults.

I'm tired just reading about what all you and DH did.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I should have asked this question when I asked what poults were worth (thank you all, by the way, I was in the ball park and this is my first year incubating turkeys)
My next question is have your Tom's ever gotten mean and how old were they? When I was 12ish my Dad bought a huge white Tom at an auction and before long he would chase my sister and I from the house to the barn. If you didn't get that hook loose to open the door quick enough, he got us. How my Dad would roar. Then it happened to him. My Dad never had a sense of humor when it came to him being flogged by that turkey. I think the Tom was gone that very day. Anyway, my Tom is a yr old, no signs of being mean. Will it eventually happen? (My last question, I promise!)

Well, I hope that is NOT your last question. That would not be too cool.

I have never had a mean Tom. I guess I have been lucky.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Okay, can you guys shut your egg cartons containing turkey eggs? Because I can't, they barely even fit in the slots. I have to leave them open on the counter. Does my hen just lay big eggs? These are my first turkeys, I'm not sure of the average egg size.

I'm with you. I can't shut the cartons. I leave them open on the counter. Turkey eggs are bigger than chicken eggs, so they won't fit in as comfortable as chicken eggs will in a regular egg carton.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Make sure everyone is not selling yourself short when selling your eggs or poults to others. I know that every area will be different but don't let anyone take advantage of you when it comes to pricing. Just because they are not willing to spend the money on your eggs or poults doesn't mean that you don't have a great product to sell. Check around your area to see what everyone else is selling their eggs or poults for and try to be in line with them.

In my area, I sell poults for $12.00. And that is for day old poults. I DO NOT go down on my prices. I provide THE BEST feed on the market to my poults and turkeys and my birds are VERY healthy, well taken care of and have excellent living conditions. I'm sure everyone on this thread fits into that same category. So, make sure you are getting your money's worth. Now at the same time, I do give discounts to people I know and people on BYC but not to a stranger emailing me from Craigslist.

And you can always post on here to see what we are selling eggs, poults, hens or toms for.

 

[desertmarcy]

I have never had a mean tom, either. I sell poults for $10 each. I think $5 is too low. My stock is all organically grown, but I don't think that matters to most people buying poults, but it does cost me more to raise turkeys. I hate it when people sell their stock for too low a price, really they are taking a loss, because then the buying public thinks that is what they are worth or should pay, and the people selling at a reasonable price have a harder time selling. Just my opinion.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I have never had a mean tom, either. I sell poults for $10 each. I think $5 is too low. My stock is all organically grown, but I don't think that matters to most people buying poults, but it does cost me more to raise turkeys. I hate it when people sell their stock for too low a price, really they are taking a loss, because then the buying public thinks that is what they are worth or should pay, and the people selling at a reasonable price have a harder time selling. Just my opinion.

Well said!

 

[r4eboxer]

I have never had a mean tom, either. I sell poults for $10 each. I think $5 is too low. My stock is all organically grown, but I don't think that matters to most people buying poults, but it does cost me more to raise turkeys. I hate it when people sell their stock for too low a price, really they are taking a loss, because then the buying public thinks that is what they are worth or should pay, and the people selling at a reasonable price have a harder time selling. Just my opinion.

Yes very true, the reason I priced mine at 7.00 was someone is selling eggs for 3.00 each and I thought if I went too high on poults I'd never sell them. I've updated the prices on my website and on my ads. I am going to honor the prices I have quoted but not selling for 7 anymore. I will lower the costs for some but not craigslist like Kuntrygirl pointed out.
If you sell goslings what do y'all sell them for? I had mine at 12.00

 

[kuntrygirl]

I have never had a mean tom, either. I sell poults for $10 each. I think $5 is too low. My stock is all organically grown, but I don't think that matters to most people buying poults, but it does cost me more to raise turkeys. I hate it when people sell their stock for too low a price, really they are taking a loss, because then the buying public thinks that is what they are worth or should pay, and the people selling at a reasonable price have a harder time selling. Just my opinion.

Yes very true, the reason I priced mine at 7.00 was someone is selling eggs for 3.00 each and I thought if I went too high on poults I'd never sell them. I've updated the prices on my website and on my ads. I am going to honor the prices I have quoted but not selling for 7 anymore. I will lower the costs for some but not craigslist like Kuntrygirl pointed out.
If you sell goslings what do y'all sell them for? I had mine at 12.00

Last year, I sold mine for $12.00 too.