I became a mom on Saturday. I had 3 poults hatch. 2 died in the egg. One of these 3 isn't doing very well but 2 are doing really good. They follow me around like a puppy. Here we go again.
TRKYHTR
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Hope the 3 do well.
God Bless,
David B.
I hope they do well!
Those are awesome!! Good luck with them!
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Those are some cute little fellas. Good luck being a new mom.
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Loved the pics!!!
Good Stuff, One thing I miss the most is raising and having turkeys at the house......wont be long and I'm getting more......Good stuff Joe!
Do you raise these as future decoy mounts or as pets?
Cool, Joe. That's got to be a kick raising those little rascals.
Jim
Cute little buggers ! Looks like Buddy had a good spring too ! :icon_thumright:
vaturkey :newmascot:
Cool. What is their purpose? Pets? Dinner? Both?
Quote from: Dan Smith on May 29, 2012, 01:57:52 PM
Do you raise these as future decoy mounts or as pets?
These will probably be pets since they have imprinted on me but yes I raise them as decoys and food.
TRKYHTR
Cute little things!
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Neat pics Joe!
Wess
Quote from: 2ounce6s on May 30, 2012, 09:20:11 AM
Hard to believe such a big old bird comes from such a small fuzzy little ball. You hatch those in an incubator or will your hens set? Using a brooder? We used incubators and brooders. I used to stick a quail hen in the brooder with quail , pheasant and turkey chicks. It would take a day or so for the hens to get used to them but they'd adopt them all soon enough. They all have the same lost call. Once the chicks started getting pin feathers I'd move them to a pen with a light bulb hanging in it and raise them on out. Would just leave the hens where they were and stick a fresh batch in with them. Survival rates really went up when I started using the "surrogate" hens. Probably mess up the imprinting on you though.
I hatched them from an incubator. I don't use a brooder. I just have them under a light. I have about 20 more eggs in the incubator. I hope a few more will hatch next week.
TRKYHTR
Very cool. They are such beautiful animals from birth to adults. Good luck with the future hatching's.