Wild Eastern Turkey poults **testing eggs**

[wilds of pa]

Finally get to play baby turkey for awhile..

set a test hatch..10 eggs in..1 early quitter....8 poults hatched...1 didn't hatch

another test in progress...pheasant hatch, looking very good so far..will know by end of day..lots of peep's in their

 

[spish]

may i ask, the water holder in your pic (red base glass jar) where can i get hold of the red bases? i have plastic waterers and they also break so think maybe its time to switch to the glass jar method!

 

[wilds of pa]

You can get the bases here in the USA just about any were that sells feed supplies or Tractor supply co carries as well. Even check Ebay

 

[wegotchickens]

I don't know much about turkeys:

Is there a way to tell wild turkey eggs from domestic turkey eggs?
Or an obvious way to tell wild turkey poults from domestic poults?

I noticed your eggs have a lot of color variety, and the poults look a lot like the Narragansett poults a friend is raising. He gave me some eggs to hatch that are dark cream. A different friend gave me some that are a little darker but exactly the same size. She didn't know what her turkeys were called. The darker eggs have hatched and look like the Narragansett poults I saw before. But now that I've seen your eggs and poults I'm wanting to be sure I wasn't given wild eggs...

 

[spish]

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many thanks for that, will try ebay. do they have a special name? or do i just search water dispenser base or something?

 

[HawaiiHorseGirl]

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many thanks for that, will try ebay. do they have a special name? or do i just search water dispenser base or something?

Spish- They are just called Chick Water bases, if you can't find any let me know I'll send some to you for whatever they cost. I work at a feed store...

 

[Kansaseq]

My Slate turkey eggs looked like this

And the poults looked like this