Friday, September 9, 2011

The Incubator Works

Although we had some turkeys hatch out eggs this spring, they kept losing babies - lack of parental experience? We did not see any indication of predators - the dogs weren't barking...




So we decided to dust off the incubator and try it. We were between flushes of egg laying, so it was a small experiment. Just as I was losing hope, I went downstairs this morning and voila - turkey babies.




Now they have a box with light and water and feed. We will see how they do -


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