Post by katievt on Jun 1, 2015 17:02:42 GMT
We spent most of Sunday building a turkey coop in the barn. We were able to reuse lumber & tin, so that the only cost to us was a roll of chicken wire. We bought a big roll and used a third - so only have $18.00 into the pen! My husband let me use his air-compressor powered staple gun which was fun! Still have some details to finish (the door is a sheet of plywood screwed shut), but it is a nice, safe turkey coop.
There were 2 hens sitting on eggs - one with 3, the other with 5. I carefully packed them in a warm cooler (heating pad & warm towels) for transport. My sister, purplequeenvt, fired up her incubator as a backup, but they got on the nests I made right away! They were on them this morning as well, so I'm hopeful. He also gave me 2 fresh eggs, which I have in the fridge for safekeeping. I'll keep collecting eggs and maybe we will use the incubator.
Can you keep toms together? We put them in the same pen and they started fighting. Since we had to get a second load of turkeys, we separated them before knowing if they'd just do a little posturing, some jumps, and then be fine together. He is currently in our silo room loose (with a bunch of caged bunnies) while we decide what to do with him.
We ended up with 3 toms and 4 hens, as the man's wife told him he couldn't keep his pet turkey.
Since I don't know where I'd put 2 toms, much less 3, I gave one to my sister, L, who is thrilled with "Bubba". She was really jealous I was getting Narragansett turkeys.
I'll try to post pictures later!
There were 2 hens sitting on eggs - one with 3, the other with 5. I carefully packed them in a warm cooler (heating pad & warm towels) for transport. My sister, purplequeenvt, fired up her incubator as a backup, but they got on the nests I made right away! They were on them this morning as well, so I'm hopeful. He also gave me 2 fresh eggs, which I have in the fridge for safekeeping. I'll keep collecting eggs and maybe we will use the incubator.
Can you keep toms together? We put them in the same pen and they started fighting. Since we had to get a second load of turkeys, we separated them before knowing if they'd just do a little posturing, some jumps, and then be fine together. He is currently in our silo room loose (with a bunch of caged bunnies) while we decide what to do with him.
We ended up with 3 toms and 4 hens, as the man's wife told him he couldn't keep his pet turkey.
Since I don't know where I'd put 2 toms, much less 3, I gave one to my sister, L, who is thrilled with "Bubba". She was really jealous I was getting Narragansett turkeys. I'll try to post pictures later!
