- Apr 1, 2010
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Hi y'all,
I'm a newbie here and have gotten excellent advice from the folks on this forum the few times I've posted.
Here's my problem: my two turkey girls (who are pets and complete sweetie pies) don't appear to be eating. There's four feet of snow on the ground and it has been pretty cold here in Ontario (-10 to 20 at night). There are two heat lamps in the coop (where they live with my five chickens), and they also have a wire run that is enclosed from the wind.
I take them and the chicks treats twice a day - the chicks gobble everything up, but the turks barely nibble on anything (they do however grab and eat eggshells).
But here's the weird thing - both turkeys are laying eggs regularly (once a day/every two days) even though it's cold and they don't appear to be eating much.
(I didn't even realize that turkeys would lay eggs regularly until one of them spent a weekend at the vet's - she laid two eggs while there).
Any advice? I love my girls and am stumped over this.
Thanks in advance!
I'm a newbie here and have gotten excellent advice from the folks on this forum the few times I've posted.
Here's my problem: my two turkey girls (who are pets and complete sweetie pies) don't appear to be eating. There's four feet of snow on the ground and it has been pretty cold here in Ontario (-10 to 20 at night). There are two heat lamps in the coop (where they live with my five chickens), and they also have a wire run that is enclosed from the wind.
I take them and the chicks treats twice a day - the chicks gobble everything up, but the turks barely nibble on anything (they do however grab and eat eggshells).
But here's the weird thing - both turkeys are laying eggs regularly (once a day/every two days) even though it's cold and they don't appear to be eating much.
(I didn't even realize that turkeys would lay eggs regularly until one of them spent a weekend at the vet's - she laid two eggs while there).
Any advice? I love my girls and am stumped over this.
Thanks in advance!