Well another week passed, where do they go?. Hatchings percentages are really good and it seems as though we have poults popping up everywhere. Such an exciting time I think. We currently have builders on site and they are fascinated by the hatching process and the development of the poults. Spring Fever is infectious and everyone is buoyed up by the new life and blossoming trees that…
Laying Well: It has been a hectic few days sorting eggs, putting orders together and generally trying to keep up with the turkeys who are laying very well at the moment. I say ‘at the moment because as every poultry keeper knows it can all change in an instant. Something as simple as a strange dog wandering past the pens can put…
The turkeys are starting to lay more regularly and we are collecting eggs and incubating them. The next stage is candling to see if the eggs we set are fertile, and then it’s another wait to see that they are hatching well. At a few months old the poults have sufficient feathering for us to get an idea as to whether the pairings have gone well and the results are…