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Thanks! How long will it take? Just wonderingI saw mine mating for some time before she started laying. Just be patient. I have a Bronze/Royal Palm tom and a Royal Palm hen. Everything should be fine.
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Thanks! How long will it take? Just wonderingI saw mine mating for some time before she started laying. Just be patient. I have a Bronze/Royal Palm tom and a Royal Palm hen. Everything should be fine.
Rosie's first egg was on Jan 13, 2013. They were mating back before our deer season (Thanksgiving time) I might be off as to when they started mating but I think it was a good month or so. I'll bet she'll start very soon.Thanks! How long will it take? Just wondering
I was thinking maybe some tooth ache numbing drops like Ambisol could be used to numb the foot before cutting, but your tom sounds like there was very little pain involved. I could not try to remove the Bumble on the meat chicken's foot today, but will try to do it when I get back from the feed store in the morning. I hope the feed store got in the DE powder they have on order, it comes in a 40# bag, but I don't know how much to use, but I figure the shelf life on it should be fairly long. Are recomended amounts to use on the label? I have never used the food grade for animals before, but have bought a lot for pool filters before. Hubby says he will help hold the bird and assist, but he does sometime have a weak stomach. At least when it came to kids vomiting or changing pooped diapers! LOL By the way, Julie, do you diaper your tom while he is in the house on a comforter, healing? just wondering? I haven't trained any to a litter box, like you can do a rabbit. In fact, I don't have a litter box for the cats either. They are trained to use the Cat/Dog door and use the sandbox outside. I will try to get Hubby to take pics. as we go along with the Surgery.I do not anesthetize the area. As someone stated, it's like the corns on our feet. It's a VERY hard dead skin knot, so I use a new razor and gently cut the area around the scab. I'm not sure if there is anything to give for pain, but I will research to find out and post the answer. Good questions.
I'm sure someone has answered this, but I'll give you my 2 cents worth.My two Bourbon Red turkey hens have each been laying an egg a day for a month. I incubated 6 eggs, four died fully formed without pipping. One I helped hatch after it pipped and it is doing well. The last egg is still alive but not pipped yet - four days late. I'm frustrated, and saddened by the loss. I have 35 more eggs in the bator and have been studying how to improve the hatch rate. The problem is, I added two eggs a day for a staggered hatch. Starting tomorrow they will begin hatching two a day. What should I have the humidity at? 50% or 80%?
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Porters has silvers.I am sorry I have not been on, my neighbors hunting dogs got under the fence and into our pasture and killed my Silver turkey hen!! :'( I only have one baby girl from her but I have about a dozen of her eggs in the incubator!! So now I am desperately ISO a Silver Auburn young hen or more!!! I have been scouring the Internet for breeders, but considering the Auburns are the rarest heritage breed and the silvers are even more so, I am not having any luck!! I was sick about it for days!!!
Ugh. 8 turkey eggs are dead. One internally pipped. The rest died just a few days ago. I HATE tabletop bators with the wafers. What junk.