Hopefully the 3 hatch! My experience with malpositions pipping at the wrong end isn't good, but I have had one or two to hatch just fine. Let us know how it goes!
Usually pipping at the end happens in shipped eggs where the egg gets shaken up and damaged but can also happen if you accidentally set eggs in a turning rack with the air cell down. Are they shipped eggs?
My Narragansett poults are early strutters, and apparently blacks too as a tri color mottled black and a rusty black poult from my December hatch strutted before a week old. Must be something about black turkeys. And every time mine have strutted that early they have been for sure males, so...
Yes he already acts like the boss in the brooder. He is from my friend's turkeys, I hatch her eggs for her. I have another from the same parents that is a couple weeks older, but has brown on its head and more diluted looking. They are off a phenotypically barred slate looking tom and tri...
Had a black poult trying to strut and gobble at just a few days old the other day. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself. The little chirpy gobble was so cute!
They pack quite a punch when they are grown. The turkey is imprinted and has no fear of you. If it is already acting aggressive at 4 weeks old I would hate to see how aggressive he is going go be towards you when he is grown. You can try getting him a turkey companion around the same age and...
I'm sorry you only have 2 wyandottes. Maybe see if the seller can send more if you cover shipping?
I ordered 12 more eggs from the seller that I got the painted eggs from. They will be here next week. So far 12/14 are developing from the first set. I just want to make sure I end up with a...