Turkeys, a dog and Eggs

A stray dog came into the yard again today and killed some of our birds. Thought we had solved most of the problem by keeping them in their yard instead of letting them run loose so much. So when I heard a dog and looked out wasn’t too worried. But got the shot gun and went out any way. Guess a bunch of the birds had “flown the coop” and jumped over the fence. Found one dead turkey hen in the front yard, and another one over in the neighbor’s yard. Once again, the roosters didn’t get touched.

So I started the day with 9 turkeys, 3 Toms and 6 hens. I now have 5. 2 hens died and I can't find 2 Toms. I have 4 hens that escaped injury it seems and one Tom that got torn up on his back pretty good. It all looks superficial, so it should heal. And the 2 Toms that are missing not sure if they ran off to hide and haven't come back or are dead some where and I just haven't found them yet. This all happened about 11am and I was hoping the others would come home later, but no more did. So tonight we went out to the coop after we put them to bed and clipped one wing on all the birds. Except the injured Tom and one of the roosters.

On better news, I have eggs I’m putting in the incubators tonight. Not sure exactly how many, I’ll count them as I put them in. But I have both chicken and turkey eggs. I’ll put them in separate incubators, and check out the auto turner for the chicken eggs. The turkey eggs won’t fit in the turners, too big. I read about a new method where you put the eggs in the incubator for 12 hours and then store them in a chilled place. So I put some in one night and then put them in the little fridge with the temp turned as warm as it will go. I’ll see if that makes a difference. Also got a new egg wash to check out so some of the eggs have been washed and some haven’t. All are marked so I can tell which is which.

Got called to sub at the high school for a Spanish class. Fun. But it pays the same. Have sent in my app for about 3 different positions. See what happens with those, too.

And I’m happy being married again and having the kids here. And the flowers are started to show in the yard.