Change of Plans!!
I found a tom to buy on CL! I'm going Monday to get him. Now I'm going to disrupt their nests so they will hopefully be ready to start over when they meet him.
He is a Phoenix! Time to go play with the turkey calculator.
It's not a no no! You are right, it is a good idea. I encourage other people to do it. But I don't have anywhere far enough away from the other birds for it to do any good. Sometimes I will keep new birds penned up separately, to acclimate, but there is still only ever wire separating them.
Is it a no no to remind you that quarantine is a good idea? Though I don't dispute wanting (NEEDING!!) fertile eggs.
I don't 100% of the time. Occasionally I simply forget. I would feel awful if you meant to, and forgot. Of course I'd be sorry if anything happened regardless.
You know what I mean!
Only one way to know!Swan was not happy about being pulled off her nest at bedtime! In the dark, I could count at least 14 eggs there!! I will get a better count in the morning. I don't imagine any of them would still be good for eating.
