Breeding Bourbon Red turkeys the natural way=NOT for the faint of heart!

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  • Season 2 Episode 5:
    (Reissued due to a copyright strike that came thru AFTER 356,263 views?)
    -A disastrous moment discovering Copper and Popcorn's eggs are infertile
    -Execute plan B.. buy hatching eggs from local breeder friends and gamble the girls will sit on them before they go bad
    -Copper makes her nest in a stupid spot, Punk is resigned and just builds a box around her
    -Some beautiful footage of Popcorn's hatch
    -Some violent footage of Copper's hatch
    Stay tuned, the babies will be meeting Smalls and the chickens soon, plus we have many more veg plots to plant while we get eaten alive by black flies.
    A like, a sub, a comment, a share? All simple and free gestures that will help our little Podunk channel grow. Many thanks!
    #turkey
    #bourbonredturkey
    #turkeypoults
    #turkeybabies
    #turkeybreeding
    #heritageturkeys
    #homesteading
    #farming

ความคิดเห็น • 93

  • @rutha1464
    @rutha1464 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Domestic turkeys are tricky to successfully breed to say the least. The larger the breed, the greater the challenges. Midget Whites are like bantam chickens, you just let them have at it, and they go out in the field, and bring back a clutch. The giants (BB Whites & Bronze) are often most difficult. We always bred the smallest tom to the largest hens, and that gave us best fertility. What a pleasure to view your hatch!

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This! Thanks so much for stopping by, Ruth! 🦃

    • @LeenLeen-ie6rs
      @LeenLeen-ie6rs 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ء

  • @Belle2550
    @Belle2550 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bourbon Reds have been on the top of my poultry list for years, it was your first upload that we put things off so we could better educate ourselves. Showing failures so others can learn is the best way to educate new farmers.

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's very kind of you to say, so glad I could help. 😀

  • @christiandavidsmith6815
    @christiandavidsmith6815 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These videos are better than any college classes or high school seminars, you'll actually LEARN something from Small time farmers, I already have Quail and Chickens and deciding between Midget Whites or Bourbon Red KY (Turkeys)

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much! I vote bourbon reds, but I'm clearly biased 😉

  • @Mardi-LovetheLandHomestead
    @Mardi-LovetheLandHomestead 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this video!! Thank you for keeping it real❤

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks so much! The only way I know how to be ❤

  • @tinazatse7008
    @tinazatse7008 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! Thank you for reposting it.

    • @user-bk1lq6pe8t
      @user-bk1lq6pe8t 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rhen🤍🙉💋🩶❤️❤️🩶

  • @aurorasalazar26
    @aurorasalazar26 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your videos!!! 🥰🥰

  • @karenladwig3856
    @karenladwig3856 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dont't give up too soon!❤❤

  • @rtrrecords
    @rtrrecords ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful

  • @user-rw1dl5nr6t
    @user-rw1dl5nr6t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your videos are very beautiful. Greetings to you, my brother from Iraq 😊

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow, Iraq! 🇮🇶 thanks so much, cheers, brother 😃

    • @user-rw1dl5nr6t
      @user-rw1dl5nr6t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@North44farmstead 😊

  • @mdkhokonmia2094
    @mdkhokonmia2094 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤ right 👍

  • @marestysugranja7505
    @marestysugranja7505 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Qué ternuritas amiga 🤗😍. Abrazo grande y bendiciones desde Uruguay

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow, Uruguay 🇺🇾! Abrazos back to you!

  • @stephendove7447
    @stephendove7447 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great video

  • @Fancypigeonvlogs
    @Fancypigeonvlogs 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice

  • @lucasfelipe1930
    @lucasfelipe1930 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a wonderful video, what beautiful turkeys 😍😍. Their color made me fall in love! Hugs from Brazil 🇧🇷.

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow, Brazil! 🇧🇷 Thanks for watching, hugs back from 🇺🇸!!

  • @ColeHomestead
    @ColeHomestead ปีที่แล้ว +4

    after my girls Ginger and Khira got snatched by Coyote, I found Khira's nest and saved 10 of the eggs to the incubator. of that 9 hatched last week and they are doing great. my other hen Lucy nested in the horse trailer so had protection from predators and she hatched out 4, now she's running with her mate Bubba and the poults.

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, life takes, but life gives back. Congrats on your miracle brood, that's amazing!

  • @d.ahwooomazenkas8075
    @d.ahwooomazenkas8075 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍❤️

  • @aftabwazir1221
    @aftabwazir1221 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kon kon birds buddies ki videos dekhta hai 😍❤️

  • @mattjones9019
    @mattjones9019 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We just brought home 3 bourbon reds today. Two ladies and a boy. They’re 7 months old and we are excited to try to breed them when the time comes! We’ve hatched some chickens before but not turkeys

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'll love it. Challenging at times, but so worth it when you see what doting moms the hens are!

  • @yassineghazzali1479
    @yassineghazzali1479 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very Nice vidéo hello from Morocco❤❤❤

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow!! Morocco 🇲🇦! Thanks so much for watching!

  • @jsnfarmhouse5210
    @jsnfarmhouse5210 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤🎉

  • @Digital4NZix
    @Digital4NZix 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey folks! Thanks so much for your video. It's funny AND informative. We just got 7 reds, (The Magnificent Seven) and we are in love with them. They are really friendly, but it looks like when the mommas start sitting on eggs it might get dangerous. Anyway, best of luck to you and I hope to see more videos from you. Imparting the serious knowledge, like how to get the eggs fertilized to begin with; what kind of other accommodations should we have for the birds (we saw you have a building but what do you do for them outside?), etc. Thanks again! 👍

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much, Digital. Congrats on your magnificents, you will love and occasionally hate raising bourbon reds 😉. Their instincts are as intact as wild turkeys, so you have to micromanage your hens come nesting time or they will nest in ludicrous spots outside their parameters. For outside the barn, ours have a large fenced in pasture complete with grapevines, apple trees, and huge lilac trees they love hide and dust bathe under. They tend to disrespect our un-electrified poultry netting, so if you can afford to electrify then DO IT! Also, if you're breeding, your poults will be stronger and healthier if you have a tom from a different bloodline. We run two bloodlines on our farm and it has drastically cut down on poult loss. Hope this help, keep us updated on your progress and welcome to the farm fam! 🤎🦃

  • @patmapuzulueva7431
    @patmapuzulueva7431 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😮

  • @abc-dj3dx
    @abc-dj3dx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She has a beard, cool.

  • @animaltv07
    @animaltv07 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ayam kalkun sedang mengeram...wahhh. .moga nanti banyak yang netas ya.

  • @Zeke-kx3zw
    @Zeke-kx3zw ปีที่แล้ว

    Ouch….empty!
    Ouch….empty!
    Ouch….empty!
    Ouch…..SOB! 😂

  • @OkikaHawaii
    @OkikaHawaii 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    😂

  • @omarhalim287
    @omarhalim287 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Peace be upon you, they are wonderful turkeys. I am also a turkey lover and I love the color brown

  • @SunnyIlha
    @SunnyIlha 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How often do they lay?
    How do you start a couple, who will make eggs?

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They lay in the spring until they have enough to sit on, then start up again in mid-late summer to hatch again for fall. Your best bet for breeding is to get an unrelated pair to start.

  • @yolizamora4107
    @yolizamora4107 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍🦃🐤🐤🐤🐣👌😘😍👏❤

  • @user-uq9dh9zf8d
    @user-uq9dh9zf8d 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😅😅😅😅😅

  • @Shadowfate93
    @Shadowfate93 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ive got a bourbon who has laid 10 eggs ao far, but isnt brooding yet.

  • @angelinaiwarah1648
    @angelinaiwarah1648 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have been having bad hatch from incubator, does it mean the natural way of hatching is better

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! I have much better hatch rates under the mom hens than I do in the incubators!

  • @gkge
    @gkge ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did your turkeys lay any fertile eggs this year? Did Seven figure it out?

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No fertile eggs from Seven's crew yet, so I took the girls over to the barn for a date with Linus.. It looked like a raving success! Search n44farmstead on Instagram, I put up a short video of it if you wanna see!!

    • @gkge
      @gkge ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@North44farmstead Ah, poor Seven. Maybe he just can’t choose the violence needed for poultry mating. Looking forward to seeing your new turkey babies!

  • @blazingspartan6027
    @blazingspartan6027 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello, by any chance is there a way I can have my male turkey lose weight. I'm in a similar predicament in trying to breed my broad breasted bronze turkey and any feedback would be greatly appreciated 😊

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Blazing, are your turks in a situation now where they can forage? Winter is tough, they pack on some pounds from lack of movement and eating mostly grains. Now that spring is here, giving them a larger pasture should get him moving around for exercise and eating less grains and more grasses and bugs! You could also bring in some fruits and veggies to supplement until the pasture is more lush. My turks love apples and tomatoes.

    • @blazingspartan6027
      @blazingspartan6027 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @North44ºfarmstead thank you for the feedback, I will do that.

  • @angelledesma7170
    @angelledesma7170 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think it is so awesome to breed the rare turkey it being like two decades I haven't seen one

  • @danielvargas9741
    @danielvargas9741 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DanleiVargas🎻

  • @SeriousDragonify
    @SeriousDragonify 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I realized that the turkeys and chickens aren't different than on the look and sound.
    They behave same.

  • @topnotchpainters8805
    @topnotchpainters8805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi . Are you located in canada. What I need to do if I want to purchase turkeys from you ?

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว

      We're in Maine, bud. Sorry we can't ship 😔

  • @smailahawa5025
    @smailahawa5025 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lady from ghana and am so much interested in rearing of turkeys but don't have the means

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WOW, Ghana! 🇬🇭 Thanks for watching! I hope you get to raise turkeys someday.

  • @missbackwoods
    @missbackwoods ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why was this demonitized ?! Wth

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Right?! For a 40 second song that they somehow found a year later? 😭 It killed me to delete the other video. The comments section was gold 😆

    • @missbackwoods
      @missbackwoods ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@North44farmstead geeze I'm sorry thats so crazy stuff

  • @movienaut
    @movienaut 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    First time on your channel! What da hell was copyrighted for? Turkey chicks can't be copyrighted!

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha, I concur! It was actually a short clip of a song that was advertised as copyright free, but then a year later was copyright claimed AFTER the video did well. How convenient for them, right??

  • @zama4994
    @zama4994 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why was it demonitized?

    • @zama4994
      @zama4994 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ohhhh, you made a "sewer side" and a fat joke within 2 min. The copyright strike is probably just how they decided to punished you.

  • @sandyparsons2420
    @sandyparsons2420 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maybe you should wear some gloves when you’re checking those eggs I’m sure that hurts

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally should 😄. Copper's like a mini velociraptor.

  • @ajaysarkar2347
    @ajaysarkar2347 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello... I`m from India, I`m looking for Bourbon red turkey hatching eggs.

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Ajay, I'm sorry but we are not allowed to ship eggs.

  • @smailahawa5025
    @smailahawa5025 ปีที่แล้ว

    Am interested but don't have the means

  • @ytwolf7907
    @ytwolf7907 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello sir، my name is Shakhara، I live in Kurdistan، and I am a red turk، please tell me a number of suitable ways to read them

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow, Kurdistan! Thanks for watching, I'm not sure what your question is?

  • @angelinaiwarah1648
    @angelinaiwarah1648 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have local turkeys how can i get Red bourbon turkey to buy in my country Ghana

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm not sure. I hope you can find some!

  • @Miguel195211
    @Miguel195211 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why demonetized?

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was a 40 second song that was advertised as copyright free 😒

  • @mobileplayers5008
    @mobileplayers5008 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Imagine u get to eat turkeys meat everyday.

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah, special occasions only 😃

  • @user-es2fr1vs3e
    @user-es2fr1vs3e 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😅f lraq

  • @katiemireles3070
    @katiemireles3070 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You probably shouldn't put your foot right behind where you are pointing your nail gun. This is why God gave us husbands to do these things.

  • @user-rd6mo5eh4k
    @user-rd6mo5eh4k 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Э

    • @North44farmstead
      @North44farmstead  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If this is the equivalent of a Greek butt crack emoji then you are my hero 🤣

  • @securem3
    @securem3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Butt crack needs to be in every video