Making Babies

HappyHomesteader · Post by **HappyHomesteader** » Tue May 10, 2016 4:57 pm

Will do Ross

Post by **thegawd** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:11 am

well we ended up with 8 curious healthy poults! 50% survival rate. had 2 hatch n die, and a few pip n not hatch, probably because of my stupidity with assuming the humidity level was ok when it was way to high. another turkey hatch is in order.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Thu May 12, 2016 10:31 am

Woo hooo!! Very cute. Yes, I agree, you need another hatch !

Poultryprincess · Post by **Poultryprincess** » Thu May 12, 2016 5:20 pm

I absolutely LUV turkeys!!!!
They are the sweetest birds evah (*o*)

My "PET" Ridley Bronze tom "Baby Cakes" used to follow me around & jump on my feet until I picked him up.
Our rotti went crazy every time he smelled where B.C. had been.
I decided it was not safe for Baby & his woman Betty to be here.
Sad day when he went to a Petting Zoo, but glad the dog couldn't get him.

Colleen Kinzie · Post by **Colleen Kinzie** » Thu May 12, 2016 5:45 pm

Congrats on the cute turkey babies!!!

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Thu May 12, 2016 6:53 pm

Congratulations! Love the babies!

Post by **thegawd** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:33 pm

THANKS!

My broody Red turned into both hens in that pen going broody, in the same nest box, sharing the eggs. hmmmmm... Well I went with it, the nest box is large enough for both and they got along just fine. eggs are pipped under each hen...

see what tommorow brings!

Post by **thegawd** » Mon May 16, 2016 1:36 pm

ok so to update on broody red hens... very disappointing... it would seem that once the chicks zipped the weight of the hens crushed them. I was all excited and walked into both hens sitting tight n no chick noises... I lifted them up and saw what happened. So disappointing. so I broke them of being broody by simply taking the nest box away. they slept on the roost that night.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Mon May 16, 2016 2:26 pm

Lovely babies, what is it about turkeys? My hatches not great yet but I find that this early in the year. One of my broody BSW girls hatched 4 and she too crushed 2 eggs with full term poults. I wonder if I disturbed her? One egg a bit behind the others so I threw it in the bator. I think another may have given up what with the weather and all. 9 poults in the basement getting bored too.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Tue May 17, 2016 8:57 am

I wonder sometimes if nest box design can be a factor in a hen crushing eggs- I have a humongous dark Cornish that's always going broody. So far I've been breaking her of it, but next year I'll probably let her hatch some eggs. I think she weighs close to 10 lbs, maybe she needs a much bigger nest box to hatch successfully or ??