- Jan 7, 2014
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My 14yo son was helping his grandfather cut hay and came across a nest of wild turkey eggs. Grandpa is not a warm, fuzzy soul, and was going to wind up destroying the nest, so my son gathered them up and brought them home to our incubator. The wife candled them (that was this past Saturday) and she thinks they are very far along, 24-25 days out of the 28-29 day incubation period. We rotated them for the first day, but have since stopped. We have the temperature ranging from 96 to 99 degrees, and humidity from 50-70%. We hope to have babies by the end of the week.
Here are my questions: If they hatch and survive, will they eat just as baby chickens do? I have chickens and raise chicks now and then and feed them starter until I think they're ready to come off of it. Will this work for the wild turkeys as well? How will they do with the chickens around? Will they blend right in? And with them being wild, will they even stick around? Do they lay like chickens, or are they a once a year layer? So many questions!!!
Thanks in advance.
Here are my questions: If they hatch and survive, will they eat just as baby chickens do? I have chickens and raise chicks now and then and feed them starter until I think they're ready to come off of it. Will this work for the wild turkeys as well? How will they do with the chickens around? Will they blend right in? And with them being wild, will they even stick around? Do they lay like chickens, or are they a once a year layer? So many questions!!!
Thanks in advance.
