Got an 83% hatch rate on shipped painted turkey eggs. Ended up with 10 but one had to be culled. 3 whites, 1 chocolate tuxedo, 4 painted, and 1 odd one that looks like a sweetgrass. There is one bronze poult in the brooder I used to tutor the newborns to eat and drink.
Hatched 10 out of 11 of the first set of shipped turkey eggs that made it to lockdown. 12 originally were developing out of 14, 2 were clears so I don’t count those. 10 out of 12 = 83% hatch rate. However 1 has slipped tendon and 1 appears to be a stargazer, and likely those two will have to...
That’s a great hatch rate! I will definitely add it to my collection one of these days. Perhaps after grad school. I am toying with the idea of going part time at work because of school. I will be pinching pennies. lol
I’m so sorry you ended up with just 2! It absolutely is not scummy to ask for more eggs. I certainly would offer to cover shipping if she would reship some eggs since you had a poor hatch rate.
A wild gobbler has been visiting my friend’s royal palms. I hatch her eggs for her and take her the poults. He appears to have had a fling with her hens. There are some bronze looking poults hatching that should be palms.
Gave this beauty to my neighbor along with the white jake I hatched back in December. They are friendly and docile birds so I figured their grandkids would enjoy them when they come in to visit. Had to make room for grow outs and thin the flock. She is a barred rusty chocolate.