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Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Fri May 03, 2013 1:12 pmby Darkside
I am a beginner turkey farmer so don't have much experience with them, but I got a coop, hunted for some wild turkeys to start it with and had a gobbler and 4 hens. One hen laid an egg, then another one after the first egg hatched and then a third one... but then it all stopped. Its been voer 24 hours now without any new eggs. Feed meter is at just over halfway - the gobbler is still there, the hens all have one empty inventory slot directly below them - there is no poop in the coop....
what could be going on?
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Fri May 03, 2013 1:21 pmby martinuzz
If you're on Roanoke, there was a pretty long server crash yesterday, so that's take off some hours of progress. It can take a while for them to lay an egg. Just have a bit more patience. If by tomorrow there isn't any egg or poop, then it would seem bugged.
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Fri May 03, 2013 3:11 pmby er-queent8r
Feed your Turkeys some meat and I bet they will lay eggs again. Also be sure there are 2 rows below the hens. One for poop and one for the eggs.
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Sat May 04, 2013 2:27 pmby Darkside
Still no eggs today...
They just eat and poop. That is all. And just to be clear, I do not pick them up ever as I am sure that would reset egg laying timer.
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Sat May 04, 2013 2:41 pmby Dallane
Darkside wrote:Still no eggs today...
They just eat and poop. That is all. And just to be clear, I do not pick them up ever as I am sure that would reset egg laying timer.
Thats really odd. Are the slots under them empty?
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Sat May 04, 2013 2:54 pmby Darkside
Dallane wrote:Darkside wrote:Still no eggs today...
They just eat and poop. That is all. And just to be clear, I do not pick them up ever as I am sure that would reset egg laying timer.
Thats really odd. Are the slots under them empty?
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Sat May 04, 2013 3:02 pmby Dallane
no idea. try moving them around never know
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Sat May 04, 2013 9:58 pmby Darkside
That seemed to do it, I removed everyone from the coop, then put them back in... and now an egg has appeared!
PRAS!
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Sat May 04, 2013 10:05 pmby Dallane
Darkside wrote:That seemed to do it, I removed everyone from the coop, then put them back in... and now an egg has appeared!
PRAS!
Nice! Grats!
Re: Turkeys dont lay eggs
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Sun May 05, 2013 4:32 pmby Yourgrandmother
Turkeys are useless Darkside.