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GGfadar:
Very very correct.......



Organic turkey farming is best for me......




Very low fat meat production................

stanvesco:
my turkeys rejectd all forms of nest,except tyres!
Den dey decided to group lay in 1tyre?
I had over 8turkeys sitting in a very large tire with over 100eggs,
eventualy d turkeys abandond d eggs with two turkeys,
and both eventually died on d eggs.

I was a novice den,

getting ready to setup anoda farm?

olawale4725:
. but its nt working,is it because fiers a male in dat same cage

samshoz:
I now force my hen to feed and drink. rastamouse: you need to educate us on candling you mentioned to us here.

One of the biggest questions new turkey farmers often ask me is when to expect the first egg. Newbies are anxious to a fault anticipating the arrival of the fragile solid white oval. There are signs that may suggest that your eggs are on the way. However, this article is not so much on the signs but rather the time.

Turkeys are fowls and as such their reproductive systems must be fully developed before they can lay. Laying is the final stage of sexual maturity in turkeys. The elegant creatures are good layers when they are fed. Let us examine when the turkey will start laying those precious eggs.

Unlike some birds, turkeys will lay eggs even if there are no male turkeys around. Toms, as male turkeys are known, are however required for the eggs to fertilize. No egg can hatch without fertilization. Any egg laid without fertilization will not be viable and cannot hatch!

On the average, turkeys start laying at the age of 7 months. They may lay between 12 and 16 eggs per clutch after which they will go broody. Even if the eggs have been removed, some turkeys will visit where they laid the eggs and brood.

From my experience, turkey hens start laying approximately two weeks after coming on heat. When the hen is on heat they readily offer themselves to the toms and mating takes place several times in the day. When this takes place, the first eggs should be expected about fortnight later.

Have a great day!

boluwajokosegun:
Good job , l hav local incubators for sale , kerosine & electricity or gas opetated ...

I sell day old turkey & can send to any part of naija

6 & 10,weeks old also available

Point of lay & matured male for crossing are available aswell

Call Gbenga on 08136650972 or 08120528950

Minimum purchase

stanvesco:
i tot u r incubating turkey eggs,
wil u raise al wen day hatch

stanvesco:
where do u stay,i may be interested in picking some turkey poults

just open n play your youtube video ,dn copy and paste d link directly here.

stanvesco:
where do u stay,i may be interested in picking some turkey poults

just open n play your youtube video ,dn copy and paste d link directly here.

kunlesufyan:
Alryt ,I'll be expecting

kunlesufyan:
Good afternoon, i have been trying to identify the difference between a male and female poult..can you help with any features I can look out for when I go to buy?

mkmyers45:
Its quite profitable but it depends on location and the birds need a lot of taking care of...

Roseey0:
How then do you ensure all eggs are hatched and that you hen doesn't starve as well?

Brooding is one of the most difficult periods in the life of any naturally incubating bird. During the period the bird limits most of its life activities like roaming, eating, mating and sand-bathing. These activities all play vital role in the total development of any bird.

Turkeys have an incubation period of 28 days. At the start of the period, the hen takes time off the eggs about twice daily using 30 mins or more to explore and feed. However from the 7th day upwards, the broodiness become intense and the hen reduces the number of times it takes time off. In the last week of the brooding period, the hen further reduces the amount of time it stay off the eggs. Mostly the hen limits that to just 5 mins or below!

When the eggs finally start hatching on the 28th day, the hen totally abandons any form of leave and permanently stay on the eggs 24 hours. It is a crucial period because the eggs need the right temperature to hatch. The mother's brooding temperature is just what the poults need to emerge. After each egg's hatch, the mother provides the protection from the outside weather which would have rather killed it. Normally the last viable egg should hatch after 3 days from the hatch of the first egg. The body of the hen can survive three days on the egg without a break.

IT CAN TAKE LONGER!

For some reasons however, the hen may stay on the eggs for more days. At the intense brooding start, the hen virtually starves. It stays on the eggs the whole day. That means no water and regular food. It may eat some insects around the nest but the diet will be limited to just that! It is very important to take action if the intense period travels past the third day. Leaving the hen on the eggs after the third day without food and water may end in tragedy.

The ideal situation is to remove all the unhatched eggs and just move the mother and poults from the brooding area. Any attempt to feed the hen while in the intense brooding period will yield the same result because the mother will get the appetite back and abandon any unhatched egg.

samshoz:
yes, its brooding already. I lost a hen 2 months ago while it was brooding, i still dnt know cause of death. I like that hen because it usually lays up to twelve eggs. But this layed abt 9. And i have been pondering wether or not to seperate hatched poult from hen, after reading your blogg, i decided am going to seperate them.