Here's my latest hatch of poults (still in the hatcher in this pic, they are in the brooder now)... 25 poults out of 26 eggs. The little guy in the cup had a rough hatch, and needed help... after he finally climbed out of his shell he had a pretty wet/rough navel, so I put him in the cup for a while to keep the other's from pecking at it while he dried and fluffed. Seems fine today, navel dried up and nobody's bothering/pecking at it. This time I banded the legs of the RioXEastern poults, so I can easily tell them apart from the Narris if I decide to sell some of these guys young.
The yellow downed poult in the front on the right has an extra red tinted head, and a much darker stripe down its back than the others that I've hatched. Only one hatched out pure yellow this time. Can't wait to see how all these little yellow poults feather out... gonna be a long wait tho, lol.
This makes 45 poults in my brooder so far.. yikes, lol. There's 58 or 59 more eggs cooking in the Dickey still too... and I'm still collecting 2-3 eggs a day from my 4 girls, lol. At least I'm hatching enough that I'll be able to keep quite a few, sell quite a few and process quite a few... and not get too attached to every single one. Sure wish a Blue Slate or 2 would pop up tho.
Anyone have any tried and true tips for breaking a stubbornly determined broody Turkey Hen so she goes back to laying eggs? I've caged her in a wire cage twice now for 4-5 days at a time to no avail (she just wrecks her tail feathers and scuffs up her little snood pacing the cage). So we're going on almost 2 weeks of being broody. As soon as I decide to let her out of the cage, I let them all out to free range but at feeding/coop-up time in the PM she finds a spot to settle into by dark, then has hoarded a few Guinea eggs and pulled them under her by 9AM the next morning. Even if I get out there early and grab the first few eggs the Guineas lay she's still in her spot pretending she's on eggs, lol. She is driving me nutty
I'd really like some more eggs from her, she eats like a horse so a little more return from her this season would be nice
The yellow downed poult in the front on the right has an extra red tinted head, and a much darker stripe down its back than the others that I've hatched. Only one hatched out pure yellow this time. Can't wait to see how all these little yellow poults feather out... gonna be a long wait tho, lol.
This makes 45 poults in my brooder so far.. yikes, lol. There's 58 or 59 more eggs cooking in the Dickey still too... and I'm still collecting 2-3 eggs a day from my 4 girls, lol. At least I'm hatching enough that I'll be able to keep quite a few, sell quite a few and process quite a few... and not get too attached to every single one. Sure wish a Blue Slate or 2 would pop up tho.
Anyone have any tried and true tips for breaking a stubbornly determined broody Turkey Hen so she goes back to laying eggs? I've caged her in a wire cage twice now for 4-5 days at a time to no avail (she just wrecks her tail feathers and scuffs up her little snood pacing the cage). So we're going on almost 2 weeks of being broody. As soon as I decide to let her out of the cage, I let them all out to free range but at feeding/coop-up time in the PM she finds a spot to settle into by dark, then has hoarded a few Guinea eggs and pulled them under her by 9AM the next morning. Even if I get out there early and grab the first few eggs the Guineas lay she's still in her spot pretending she's on eggs, lol. She is driving me nutty
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I have 3 hens setting on 1 nest and 4 girls setting on another nest and 2 girls setting on another nest and 3 girls sitting on separate nests. I'm confused. :/ 
