Re: Infertile Rooster?

Jill wrote:
John Morse wrote:
Does anyone have some tips for getting a rooster fertile?
The rooster will top the hens, but no eggs are fertile.
I know its the rooster as I have hatched eggs when I switched
the rooster to another one.

Thanks
John

What is he?
Age?
Feeding?
Season?

Has he been wormed?


Is it worth trying to make a rooster fertile? Woudln't it be easier to just get another rooster?

I have a problem with my turkeys... this is the second season without a single egg hatching, and the ones I had in the incubator did absolutely nothing either. I think that as they all came from the same supplier they have maybe been inbred too much.

It's a pity, as the male is now too tough to make a decent meal (and Christmas is over) and I have to search for another supplier.

Catherine
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