" Jill" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Tracie wrote:
>> I need some advice really and hope someone here can help? I've got
>> the op****tunity 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.
>
>
> --
> regards
> Jill Bowis
>
> Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
> Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
> Seasonal Farm Food
> http://www.kintaline.co.uk
>
>
Thanks Jill. Concerning what we'll do if it's male........I don't need to
comment on that subject! I will give the "Blackhead" some research and
see
what that has to say - I don't want to risk my healthy flock.
Tracie
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