Turkeys...Those Big Feathered Dogs

[holm25]

Poor rooster. : (

Thanks

Holm, hope that wasn't one of your show bucks. Waiting for those turkey babies!!

Sadly it was. But I wouldn't be able to show him until this fall anyways...

 

[Auroradream26]

I just pulled 6 little bowling poults out of the hatcher They all coordinated their hatch and hatched at the exact same time apparently lol. There are still 3 more eggs in there though I think one is a dud. The other two are pipped.

I also checked on a duck egg that had unzipped halfway this morning but never went any further. It died mid zip. I'm hoping the others have better luck. It's my first and only duck hatch this year and I'd like to get a couple to hatch.

I also took the cast off of Pebble's baby (CCL cockerel) with the broken leg today. His leg was broken right at the ankle. It was swollen and purple and moved at extremely unnatural angles. It's only been 12 days since I put the cast on but you know how fast they grow. He only used 1 leg for the first 3 or 4 days before he started putting any weight or pressure on it at all. He's been jumping, perching, escaping the brooder, and running around like it wasn't bothering him anymore for a few days now. It's amazing how quickly they can heal. Once his cast was off, he just laid there for a few minutes before he got up and started walking around...like nothing was ever wrong. I won't be putting a new cast on, just because of how difficult it was to do the first time (and remove) but he'll be staying in the newborn brooder for a couple more weeks to limit him. I'm glad that I didn't just put him down like I had considered. Maybe he'll grow up to be a stunning young man He's very friendly now lol

 

[micah wotring]

Hey guys! I left the turkey thread on BYC (along with others) so as to focus more on school but I'm pretty much done with school for the year so I might be joining again when the site is back up! Anyway, those 6 turkey eggs never hatched. I'm not sure what their problem was. I forgot to spray them with lystorine so maybe that was it. I've got 14 more in there now and a hen(chicken) sitting on a few more. Hoping for some poults soon. Oh, and my muscovy drake attacked Ronan (in avatar) yesterday! He lost quite a bit of blood but after some doctoring he is looking better.
Anyway, there you are. A ramble of turkey talk from the past few weeks.

 

[rjohns39]

I just pulled 6 little bowling poults out of the hatcher They all coordinated their hatch and hatched at the exact same time apparently lol. There are still 3 more eggs in there though I think one is a dud. The other two are pipped.

I also checked on a duck egg that had unzipped halfway this morning but never went any further. It died mid zip. I'm hoping the others have better luck. It's my first and only duck hatch this year and I'd like to get a couple to hatch.

I also took the cast off of Pebble's baby (CCL cockerel) with the broken leg today. His leg was broken right at the ankle. It was swollen and purple and moved at extremely unnatural angles. It's only been 12 days since I put the cast on but you know how fast they grow. He only used 1 leg for the first 3 or 4 days before he started putting any weight or pressure on it at all. He's been jumping, perching, escaping the brooder, and running around like it wasn't bothering him anymore for a few days now. It's amazing how quickly they can heal. Once his cast was off, he just laid there for a few minutes before he got up and started walking around...like nothing was ever wrong. I won't be putting a new cast on, just because of how difficult it was to do the first time (and remove) but he'll be staying in the newborn brooder for a couple more weeks to limit him. I'm glad that I didn't just put him down like I had considered. Maybe he'll grow up to be a stunning young man He's very friendly now lol

You are way more advanced at first aid than I am... One of my ILs has a dislocated or backward formed hip... It's learning to walk with it and I'm terrified to try and reset it. It has full range of motion in the knee, ankle and toes and appears to be able to put pressure on the hip to help raise itself up. I can't feel any separation at the hip.

 

[Auroradream26]

You are way more advanced at first aid than I am... One of my ILs has a dislocated or backward formed hip... It's learning to walk with it and I'm terrified to try and reset it. It has full range of motion in the knee, ankle and toes and appears to be able to put pressure on the hip to help raise itself up. I can't feel any separation at the hip.

Aww, poor thing! I haven't been able to successfully help any with hip/knee issues yet so I have no advice for you I also have one chick (silkie) with a bum leg right now. I can't feel anything wrong or out of place but it won't use is one leg. It's happy, healthy, and getting around ok with one leg so I've just left it alone for now. Not sure what to do for him.

 

[Duckling and Spider]

I just pulled 6 little bowling poults out of the hatcher They all coordinated their hatch and hatched at the exact same time apparently lol. There are still 3 more eggs in there though I think one is a dud. The other two are pipped.

I also checked on a duck egg that had unzipped halfway this morning but never went any further. It died mid zip. I'm hoping the others have better luck. It's my first and only duck hatch this year and I'd like to get a couple to hatch.

I also took the cast off of Pebble's baby (CCL cockerel) with the broken leg today. His leg was broken right at the ankle. It was swollen and purple and moved at extremely unnatural angles. It's only been 12 days since I put the cast on but you know how fast they grow. He only used 1 leg for the first 3 or 4 days before he started putting any weight or pressure on it at all. He's been jumping, perching, escaping the brooder, and running around like it wasn't bothering him anymore for a few days now. It's amazing how quickly they can heal. Once his cast was off, he just laid there for a few minutes before he got up and started walking around...like nothing was ever wrong. I won't be putting a new cast on, just because of how difficult it was to do the first time (and remove) but he'll be staying in the newborn brooder for a couple more weeks to limit him. I'm glad that I didn't just put him down like I had considered. Maybe he'll grow up to be a stunning young man He's very friendly now lol

 

[Finnie]

I have a broody question. Both of my turkeys are sitting on hidden nests. One of them has spent the last two nights on hers, and so far the other one has been back in the pen each night at lockup. (I imagine that is temporary.)

Could I give them chicken eggs from my incubator that are in lockdown to let them hatch? Will that trigger them to advance to the motherhood stage without all the weeks of sitting? Or do I need to let them sit for at least a while? One week? Two?

Right now they are hoarding their own infertile eggs. I'm assuming I can swap some of those out for chicken eggs and they would keep sitting.

I wish I still had a tom.

 

[Duckling and Spider]

The chances of them being okay to raise a clutch so soon are low. I believe 3 days short for chickens, and turkeys can deal about one week early.
Some birds need to feel an egg hatch to bond.

 

[Finnie]

They would definitely be hatching the eggs themselves. Hopefully they won't crush them.

My other thought was to let them sit the whole four weeks to keep them out of trouble longer. I think I can fence off the one's nest safely. The other one would be tough. But since she's not sitting yet, I might be able to move her to a better spot and confine her.

 

[Finnie]

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.