Turkeys For 2013

[chicken pickin]

I am at 6 hatched so far . . . . we are busy today cleaning coops, etc., so I can't sit with my nose pressed to the 'bator window.

I have more BR and sweets in the incubator for a staggered hatch, and I have Narrigansetts with Oaks blood as well. The Narri are shipped so I am praying a few are not too scrambled !!

I have two jakes from Porters that need girl friends.

I probably need to order some poults from Sand Hill or Porters again--- but I only need a few, so if anyone nearby is willing to split an order, please let me know. I have 10 Auburn boys in need of girl friends.

WOW 10 TOMS... No hens in that bunch?

 

[abmaddox1981]

I am a noob for turkeys, but don't give up on them yet! I use dry hatch method on everything. keep humidity around 35% til lock down, then raise it up to around 70%. There are stickies on most species of fowl that recommend it on BYC. Good luck on your hatch

Thanks! I'm hoping everything works out......I guess I should have checked on here BEFORE I started my turkeys.

 

[Zootopia]

I seperated my white BB hens and a BBBxRoyal palm hen out with my black tom. One of the white hens promptly started limping. I dont see any spots on her pads or between her toes. She's so heavy I worry about leg problems on those BB girls.
One thing thats kinda interesting, the BB lay a huge egg and the black lays an egg that is only "large" chicken size. I have hens that lay bigger eggs. Only way I knew it was a turkey egg was it was white and I don't have any white egglayers.

 

[NoisyCricket]

I probably need to order some poults from Sand Hill or Porters again--- but I only need a few, so if anyone nearby is willing to split an order, please let me know. I have 10 Auburn boys in need of girl friends.

Oh man, I may be jinxing myself here. The eggs I got from you are developing well ( 1 clear BR), which is amazing as the incubator has been being a bit temperamental. Anyways, since I will (hopefully) have 2 lonely SG, I just may need a few friends for them. If you order from Porters, I would be interested in getting some Fall Fires..

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

cant wait to see all the new babies

 

[chicken pickin]

When you guys sell your poults do you always sell them for one specific price or do you give discounts if they buy more than a certain amount?

 

[kuntrygirl]

When you guys sell your poults do you always sell them for one specific price or do you give discounts if they buy more than a certain amount?

I sell my for one price when they are hatched. As they get older, I increase the price. I rarely give discounts. The feed store doesn't give me a discount (unless I have coupons) when I go to buy 50+ bags of feed, so I can't afford to give discounts to everyone. But that's just me.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Congrats to everyone who has new poults!!!

 

[Zootopia]

When you guys sell your poults do you always sell them for one specific price or do you give discounts if they buy more than a certain amount?

I've never sold large # of poults together the way we do chickens or guineas, mostly just 2 or 3. I might sell a third a a discount but I guess it would depend more on how many I had to sell.

 

[chicken pickin]

I sell my for one price when they are hatched. As they get older, I increase the price. I rarely give discounts. The feed store doesn't give me a discount (unless I have coupons) when I go to buy 50+ bags of feed, so I can't afford to give discounts to everyone. But that's just me.

Thanks!