A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

JRNash · Jul 13, 2017

I used to try and nurse the chicks,it just prolongs their suffering IMO. If its multiple chicks I try and treat them.

OneMountainAcres · Jul 13, 2017

Upon closer inspection, it looks like 5 are marked. The penciled palm and blue penciled palm but then it looks like a self buff, chocolate palm and the mystery one which may be a mottled chocolate. I mat be keeping more than I thought lol

holm25 · Jul 13, 2017

JRNash said:
End it.

X2... I cull runts... If they aren't going to grow there is no sense in waisting feed on it...

rjohns39 · Jul 13, 2017

holm25 said:
X2... I cull runts... If they aren't going to grow there is no sense in waisting feed on it...

X3

rjohns39 · Jul 13, 2017

Auroradream26 said:
Upon closer inspection, it looks like 5 are marked. The penciled palm and blue penciled palm but then it looks like a self buff, chocolate palm and the mystery one which may be a mottled chocolate. I mat be keeping more than I thought lol

That's cool. Still looking for pix. :ya

rjohns39 · Jul 13, 2017

JRNash said:
I used to try and nurse the chicks,it just prolongs their suffering IMO. If its multiple chicks I try and treat them.

If they're not in distress, I'll give them more time (yea I'm a softy)--but the more of this I do, the more I see the error of my ways. :oops:

rjohns39 · Jul 13, 2017

The ladies have accepted their babies. However, that also comes with morning entertainment. Apparently, according to the turkey hens we have two feed troughs, one's for the babies. If a baby comes to the adult table (trough) they get pecked and re-directed to the other table. Then comes the chicken hens... Since the adult turkeys are all around one, they go to the kids table. Then it starts... A hen will peck at one of the baby turkeys, as soon as that happens, one of the nari hens will fly over and peck the chicken, which insights the roo who will go after the Nari, and is then countered by one of the Toms. I've tried to put extra troughs and bowls out--but in the end, apparently the babies are supposed to eat from their specified trough and no one is allowed to interfere. At night, the adult turkeys heard the babies into their shelter, we just man the door and watch. :wee

Flashpoint · Jul 13, 2017

rjohns39 said:
The ladies have accepted their babies. However, that also comes with morning entertainment. Apparently, according to the turkey hens we have two feed troughs, one's for the babies. If a baby comes to the adult table (trough) they get pecked and re-directed to the other table. Then comes the chicken hens... Since the adult turkeys are all around one, they go to the kids table. Then it starts... A hen will peck at one of the baby turkeys, as soon as that happens, one of the nari hens will fly over and peck the chicken, which insights the roo who will go after the Nari, and is then countered by one of the Toms. I've tried to put extra troughs and bowls out--but in the end, apparently the babies are supposed to eat from their specified trough and no one is allowed to interfere. At night, the adult turkeys heard the babies into their shelter, we just man the door and watch.

That's so funny! lol. Here the turkeys run off the red ISA hens, but dare not get close to one of the Australorp hens unless they want a good pecking - and the turkey is always the one forced to skeddale and quickly run away!
:lau