We had a broody hen, and some turkey eggs ,fertility unknown. So we sat the hen on the eggs. And after 3 weeks ( of the 4 it takes for turkeys to hatch) , she got fed up with this and left. We realised when we found a clutch of cold eggs one morning .
With nothing to lose, we put the eggs in our mini-incubactor to see what would happen . As the eggs had been cold for an unknown length of time , we had no expectation of hatching anything .
Still wet, but hatched and chirping . So it was left in the incubator to warm up and dry out. So what to do next?
The others show no sign of hatching (yet ) - perhaps the cold spell has affected them all differently and slowed the development at different rates .
So what next ? Well, they need to be kept in a warm environmnet for the first few weeks. So the seed propagator has been brought into use , and with a 250W lamp to provide the heat , we have a brooder .
And as it hasn't a mother, it needs to be shown how to peck
And what are going to have for Christmas Dinner this year ?
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