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Itsybitsy
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 Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject: I have a cunning plan . . . |
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My turkey hen has suddenly gone broody (she took about 2 weeks deciding last year), her eggs are yet again (sigh) not fertile and yesterday I had no work and it was market day, so I went in and bought 10 b/f turkey eggs. Now the thing is I only hatch under a broody, my 1st clutch were infertile as was the second, the third yielded 2 chicks which I shared out amongst the 2 patient broodies and the 4th lot hatched 5 chicks. My cunning plan is to put 10 chicken eggs under the turkey next week. . . . .
Any thoughts anyone?
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Spana
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Where are they 10 turkey eggs going then  |
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Itsybitsy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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They are already under the turkey, but she could quite easily sit on another 10 and turkey eggs take 28 days to hatch. . . . hence next week for the chicken eggs.
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Spana
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thats some broody 
Btw, I dont know anything about turkeys, so whats b/f  |
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NannyP
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Sounds like a good plan to me.....I am sure neither mum nor chicks will mind that they are a different species 
Course, as they get older, they'll have to relearn some different stuff...like, Christmas and Thanksgiving are not neccesarily celebrations to be scared of etc  |
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Itsybitsy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry Spana b/f is market talk - "believed fertile"
They are pretty big birds and their eggs are really only large hen egg sized, these market ones are not too big. I may be a little optimistic in thinking she will be able to sit on 20, but I'd certainly try for 18.
I don't think the chicks would have any problems Nanny and last year she was a wonderful attentive and gentle mother.
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bronskibeat
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well if its anything like my first turkey, they are quite clumsy and stand on the poults  She sat on 24, hatched 19 and only 2 grew to full size. The rest went a quite astounding array of different ways 
But dont let that put you off I'm sure you'll have better luck than I did!! |
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Spana
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: |
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I quite fancy some now after reading this
Can I do them in the bator ? Is it getting too late to find eggs?
Do you think when they are grown enough they would be ok just living in the cattle yards without a house to call their own? I have electric netting all round. |
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bronskibeat
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| spana, if you want some eggs, let me know and I'll post you some down, I've got spare eggs!!! I've 11 in the inc 9 of which are due on Tuesday 1 orp was bad enough............ mine just wander around the yard, the hen beeping away to herself and the stag doing his best to look important |
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Spana
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Yes please
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milkmaid
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they are fantastic birds nanny p
not the most intelegent
i had one that sat in next doors garden in the reeds
i just left her thinking nothing would come of it and then heard cheaping and she arrived back with 3 poults in tow |
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Itsybitsy
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| Spana wrote: | I quite fancy some now after reading this
Can I do them in the bator ? Is it getting too late to find eggs?
Do you think when they are grown enough they would be ok just living in the cattle yards without a house to call their own? I have electric netting all round. |
I like mine, at the moment I have the female and 2 young males, they live in a hut I cobbled together inbetween two other huts, they fly quite well so will probably find somewhere high to roost in the cattle yards.
Lots of eggs about.
I managed to get my youngsters some turkey crumb last year - when they were too old to need it so the chick chicks are eating it now and the turkey poults will manage with chick crumb.
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