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Post by horseyrider on Mar 29, 2015 16:05:42 GMT
I have a young Bourbon Red hen and a tom, and am proud to announce that my hen is setting!!! 
This way I won't have to raise them separately and house them separately.
Or eat either one of the parents for Thanksgiving.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 0:33:28 GMT
w00t! Congratulations!
Our turkey hen laid her eggs in the 'scovy nest. One or both of them destroyed the nest some time between morning and evening chores. Stooopid birds.
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Post by horseyrider on Mar 30, 2015 1:51:02 GMT
Oh no! Any chance they'll keep laying and get down to business?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 2:06:30 GMT
I think so. They just have to stop trying to share the same nest. Silly birds!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 2:10:54 GMT
That is so much fun! Congrats. Our turkey hens all used to go out and find themselves some tall grass or weeds. Freddy, the tom, was not invited. We sold a lot of turkey babies.
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Post by amylou on Mar 30, 2015 19:28:36 GMT
I'm expecting some chicks starting tomorrow. Little Red went broody three weeks ago tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 21:33:06 GMT
I was walking through the woods yesterday and ran up onto a wild turkey hen setting. Haven't seen any little ones yet. Last year the first ones I saw was April 9th. They been out in the pasture and the Toms have been strutting for weeks....James
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Post by rocktowngal on Mar 30, 2015 21:35:02 GMT
I have a young Bourbon Red hen and a tom, and am proud to announce that my hen is setting!!!
This way I won't have to raise them separately and house them separately.
Or eat either one of the parents for Thanksgiving. I love BR's I lost my female to a coyote. If you ever have spare eggs...I would love some! |
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on Mar 30, 2015 21:51:42 GMT
We had one, maybe 2, hens laying right now. We've been collecting the eggs so they won't get damaged until one of them decides to set, then we'll tuck these under her
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Post by bearcreekfarm on Apr 1, 2015 0:39:53 GMT
Sweet!
We have not tried raising turkeys yet, but it is on the to do list.
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