Tracie wrote:
I need some advice really and hope someone here can help? I've got
the opportunity to aquire a turkey (hatching egg), now I only have
chickens and what I would like to know, before I go ahead or not, is
whether I can put the egg under a broody (she will sit on anything
that is egg-like!)? Also will she see the turkey chick as her own
and will the other chickens accept the turkey? I have plenty of room
so that's not an issue, I just won't go ahead with it if it is a bad
idea.
Its an unknown.
Until its hatched you have no way of knowing how your hen will react. She
may be fine, she may kill it instantly, she may just walk away from it.
A separate issue is one of how good it is to raise one bird alone, I would
never sell one egg / day old alone, unless it was to make up a group.
Another is what will you do if its male?
and another yet is I would suggest you research "blackhead" before mixing
your chickens with turkeys.
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regards
Jill Bowis
Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Food
http://www.kintaline.co.uk
