Category: turkeys (Page 1 of 4)

After our last 2024 turkey chicks update, there was some more progress on the last ones that were still growing in the summer kitchen, and then the addition of two other turkey chicks!

The video takes you through the release of the last group plus the new ones’ intro. And then to release day of those last two new ones, with sadly, the one of them not doing well…

This is the last known update for turkeys this year at this time. We are always grateful to the Lord for His provisions, and His graciousness of all the new turkeys this year!

— David

Just a catch-up video on the turkey chick goings-on since our May turkey post.

I believe in the video below we cover pulling 3 groups of young turkeys out of the summer kitchen and putting them in the barn at night to begin their life with the turkey flock.

Funny too, but apparently a couple of chicken eggs ended up with the turkey eggs because we ended up with a couple of chickens in with the turkeys. 🙂

Here’s another picture of them in the summer kitchen before moving them out:

Something we learned: One turkey hen ended up sitting outside and hatching out quite a few turkey chicks. We thought we’d experiment and let her raise them out there and not move them into the summer kitchen, but sadly all of them ended up disappearing or dying, so we have decided to not do that again and just grab any turklets (my name for turkey chicks, kind of like “chicklets” 😀 ) and put them in the summer kitchen.

And on another very sad note: Our “matriarch” of the flock, Trina, died since the last update. Originally, she just showed up on the homestead one day and moved into the barn, we bought her a mate, and the rest is history. Here’s the blog post we did about her arrival from back in 2016.

This should be she, and should be her first chicks…

Goodbye, Trina…we thank the Lord for bringing you here in His kind providence, and for the huge flock He granted from you…

But back to current day, as far as I know, all the turkeys that we have moved out into the barn this year are still alive and doing well, and we are grateful!

And without further ado, here’s the update video. Be on the watch for the turklet cam! 😀 :

Again, we are thankful to the Lord for granting these provisions!

— David

The Lord has graciously started to grant turkey chick hatchings for this 2024!

We only have one turkey run, which is in our brooder barn/summer kitchen, so like last year, the plan is to grab the first mommy and her turklets and put them in there. And then if any other turkey hens hatch any, grab them and put them in the brooder barn with mommy #1.

And so far, we’ve had about 4-ish hatch-outs! We feel badly taking the new turkey chicks from the new mommies, but it’s kind of the only way I see we can handle the situation at this time.

They have nested in the barn, and in areas outside the barn, in our inner area, and even in the orchard. We have lost quite a few…I wonder if they get stepped on at times. But God has kept around quite a few as well, and here’s their video:

As always, we thank Him for His graciousness in granting these provisions!

— David

After our previous update, we thought we’d give what we expect is a final update this 2023 of the new turkeys the Lord has graciously granted.

Sadly, a few have died or gone missing, but there are still quite a few of them here.

And here’s their video:

Again, we are grateful to God for His provisions, and we pray for continued health and safety of them, and guidance in their use!

— David

Continuing on from our last blog post, the Lord has continued to grant more turkey chicks this 2023, and we’re very thankful! He has, however, decided to reclaim quite a few of the young ones, which we document in the video. I don’t know what was going on…maybe being stepped on by bigger ones, which is maybe the most likely scenario…I don’t think it was sickness, but could have been.

Anyway, here’s the video of the next part of this 2023 turkey chick journey…

Again, we are indeed grateful to God for His continued provisions of the new turkey chicks!

— David

Leaving off some time after our first 2023 turkey chicks blog post, we thought we’d catch you up with the next update. The Lord has continued to be gracious in granting quite a few more turkey chicks, having them hatch them out in the barn so we can collect them and get them into the summer kitchen/brooder barn.

And here’s a video of those adventures!

As always, we are grateful to God for His provisions, and pray for the continued health of the turkeys and all our animals, as He might grant!

— David