On July the sixteenth our hens and turkeys finally hatched we ended up with six turkeys and about 17 or 18 chikens. the chickens were mostly black but we had 5 or 6 chicks that were yellow. last night the 17th 3 chicks couln't hatch so we had to help … [Read more...]
Turkey Eggs Update
Well, we candled the turkey eggs to see how many of them are going to hatch. When you shine a really bright light through the egg in a dark room, you can see inside it. If you see a "spider" in the egg, it means that is developing into a chick and … [Read more...]
Turkeys – day 2
It is June 23rd and day two incubating our turkey eggs. An incubator is the white box Stephen and I are sitting in front of. What you do is you put the turkey eggs in and turn every morning and night. The only way to know what side to turn them on … [Read more...]