Final month I confirmed you our Spanish Black turkey hen hiding within the hedgerow and setting eggs. (That publish here.) The incubation for turkeys is 28 days, so I had the top of Could circled on my calendar. Certain sufficient, proper about that point she received off the nest and Dan noticed three poults. The issue was that being on the market meant that these infants may very well be straightforward pickings for a cat, skunk, or raccoon. We determined to place her and the poults in our massive canine service and transfer her someplace safer – the turkey yard.
She additionally had about 8 unhatched eggs, which we put within the service together with the poults. These three have been the one ones that hatched.
So, we now have two and are hoping for one of the best. It is at all times arduous to lose animals.
Within the hen home, we now have our different turkey hen, one among our Muscovies, and a hen all hunkered down tight on nests. I informed you about the egg fiasco, and plainly that Jenny J gained the battle over the eggs. When Dan checked, Mother Muscovy was sitting on an empty nest. So he gave her 5 duck eggs, which she twittered over and tucked into her nest. The query is whether or not she’s received one other 32 days of broody left in her. Of Jenny J’s, we’re considering one thing ought to have hatched by now, however she’s a couple of week behind Jenny B, so she could but get some poults. Or ducklings. Or chicks. We’ll have to attend and see.
