Day 63 - More Baby Turkeys

Early Sunday morning we found five more empty egg shells in the turkey enclosure next to Desdemona and Honky who were still sitting on eggs, and obviously, some baby turkeys.  Later in the morning I saw that the mother turkeys were walking around near the back of the enclosure and sure enough there were little turkeys following them and getting under their feet.  All together there were ten poults.  

Then Heather found an egg abandoned in the nest that was cracked and partially hatched.  She took the egg in her hands to keep it warm and slowly helped the little turkey chip away the shell and get out of the egg.

And so we had baby turkey number Eleven.  Heather wrapped it and kept it warm until it dried off and started to open its eyes.  We tried to put it with the other new turkeys but the mothers just ignored it.  Mike came out to see what was going on and when it was apparent that Eleven was alive, he went to the garage and built a box for it, with a spotlight attached to give it warmth.  We put the other five eggs that had not hatched in the box to keep them warm in case they were also late in hatching.    We'll see if Eleven  makes it through the night.

The rest of the little turkeys are eating, drinking, and growing.  

The rest of the day we spent working on the house.  Mike primed the two bathrooms with a waterproof sealer and I did the final patching and sanding in the laundry room and downstairs hallway.  Tomorrow we prime the laundry room and hallway.