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| 4 wild turkey toms in the field beside us, not a clear photo, but I was just excited to capture them on camera at all. |
sharing stories of life with 2 parents, 6 children, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 3 goats, countless chickens, turkeys, an apple orchard and a market garden
Showing posts with label turkeys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label turkeys. Show all posts
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Turkey update
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| Don't be fooled, this year's turkeys are EVIL! |
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Turkey poult day
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| Riding in the van |
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| Cheep! |
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| I ordered a dozen, I guess I got a baker's dozen. |
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| Griffin helps to move them into a larger box |
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| Getting warm under the red heat lamp. |
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| Proof they are only 1 day old, the hornbill on the end of their beaks. It helps hatchlings break out of their shells and then falls off within a few days. |
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| Cuteness. |
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Turkeys 4 weeks later.
The turkeys are 4 weeks older. A few days after we got them, the runty-looking one died. We knew on day 1 that it was likely and we were surprised that he made it for 4 days more. So at 4 weeks old, we have 11 healthy turkeys left.
Here they are a week ago, already filling up their second home.
And taking flight!
Looks like time to move! So I fixed a hinge and put them in the small temporary pen next to the goats.
(just for clarification, those are wet woodchips in the bottom of the water)They have more room to move around, room to test their wings, and room for the really big tube feeder! They seem very happy there, very peaceful.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Turkey day
My turkeys arrived at the feed store today. I ordered 10 but ended up with 12. With our large family attitude, we just shrugged and said, "what's two more?" Notice the little hornlike thing on the end of this one's beak. This is to help him peck his way out of the egg. They shed these in the first day.
We put them in a box with the red heat lamp, water, thermometer and a pie plate full of food. When they are put in the box, we dip their beaks in the water to teach them to drink. Then we teach them to eat, tapping the pie plate to encourage them to peck at it. The temperature needs to be approximately 95 F for the first few days. They will stay in here for the first couple of days to stay warm. Then I will move the set up somewhere bigger.
We put them in a box with the red heat lamp, water, thermometer and a pie plate full of food. When they are put in the box, we dip their beaks in the water to teach them to drink. Then we teach them to eat, tapping the pie plate to encourage them to peck at it. The temperature needs to be approximately 95 F for the first few days. They will stay in here for the first couple of days to stay warm. Then I will move the set up somewhere bigger.
Weird effect.
Every year we have to remind the girls to stop playing with their food!
Every year we have to remind the girls to stop playing with their food!
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