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A bit of an update... So there was a break in the water main last week. We we're under a boil order. Today I seen a water Dept worker flushing out the line on our road (opening up the fire hydrant). So I walked up there to talk to him.
I asked him if the water department is putting clorine in the water he said no, that all the EPA tests have always come back with no additional clorine needed. I said wait a min... Let me ask again in a different way. Is there any clorine in this water at all? He said yes, the town where they buy the water from clorinates the water.
I said oh this all makes sense now... I had 13 turkey chicks hatch out over the summer all but 4 survived. He said he's raised chicken chicks on this water and never had a problem. I said yeah but these are turkey chicks and their livers are not fully developed when they first hatch and I didn't buy them from the farm store, so they were just hatched, not 1 week plus old like in the tubs at the farm store. He said he has no experience with turkeys.
Then the conversation turned to filtering and zero water filters but I really wasn't interested in any of that... So now i'm fairly sure (although I have no evidence) that my turkey chicks died of clorine poising. Next hatch will get spring water until they are 2 to 3 weeks old and their livers are fully developed.
Anyways I'm just a learner about raising turkeys... Here's a few pics of my 7 turkeys soon to be 6.
Here's the 4 of the 13 that survived. 2 Jake's (Young Tom's) & 2 hens.They are growing like weeds and have their adult feathers now - good looking birds. Both Tom's have a nice constant white band on their tail feathers when they display.
Here's my 2 mature hens and Tom that's going to become Christmas dinner right quick.
When I process the mature Tom, I'll put one of the Jake's in with the two mature hens then I'll have two breeding Tom's with two hens each, both seperated in their own yards. The Tom's need to be separated, if not they fight to the death come breeding time. If all goes well, and I can keep eggs in their clutches from freezing late winter / early spring. I'll have 4 hens sitting and should have a bunch of chicks (if all goes well of course)...
I asked him if the water department is putting clorine in the water he said no, that all the EPA tests have always come back with no additional clorine needed. I said wait a min... Let me ask again in a different way. Is there any clorine in this water at all? He said yes, the town where they buy the water from clorinates the water.
I said oh this all makes sense now... I had 13 turkey chicks hatch out over the summer all but 4 survived. He said he's raised chicken chicks on this water and never had a problem. I said yeah but these are turkey chicks and their livers are not fully developed when they first hatch and I didn't buy them from the farm store, so they were just hatched, not 1 week plus old like in the tubs at the farm store. He said he has no experience with turkeys.
Then the conversation turned to filtering and zero water filters but I really wasn't interested in any of that... So now i'm fairly sure (although I have no evidence) that my turkey chicks died of clorine poising. Next hatch will get spring water until they are 2 to 3 weeks old and their livers are fully developed.
Anyways I'm just a learner about raising turkeys... Here's a few pics of my 7 turkeys soon to be 6.
Here's the 4 of the 13 that survived. 2 Jake's (Young Tom's) & 2 hens.They are growing like weeds and have their adult feathers now - good looking birds. Both Tom's have a nice constant white band on their tail feathers when they display.
Here's my 2 mature hens and Tom that's going to become Christmas dinner right quick.
When I process the mature Tom, I'll put one of the Jake's in with the two mature hens then I'll have two breeding Tom's with two hens each, both seperated in their own yards. The Tom's need to be separated, if not they fight to the death come breeding time. If all goes well, and I can keep eggs in their clutches from freezing late winter / early spring. I'll have 4 hens sitting and should have a bunch of chicks (if all goes well of course)...
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