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I am back...and very excited. I have 9 Midget Whites and 20 Heritage (mixed colors) turkeys in lock down. Today is day 27. I have 4 hatched and several others piping. I have 2 that are at the wrong end of the egg? Is there anything I should watch for, or may need to help with? Here are pics of...

I received an order from Murray McMurray this morning. I have 19 adorable chicks total...2 of them are Salmon Favorelles. Both of the have runny eyes and poopy butts. One feels fine and is eating, and drinking and running around like a wild child. The other one feels awful, won't eat, but will...

I just put my lone surviving Midget White egg in lockdown. Out of 8 shipped eggs this is the only one that developed. It was still moving like crazy tonight when I candled at lockdown. It is in with my only 4 surviving Dorking eggs and some of my chickens eggs, Wish me luck. I so want this 80.00...

Not enough to worry about the last 20 days, I guess. Had first pips this morning. Went to work at 8:30 and all was fine. One of my assistants returned to the ranch about 11 and called me that the power was out. I had her cover them and came straight home.The temp was down to 85, but stayed at...

Hello. This is my first lockdown in about 3 decades. (actually as a kid, I am sure I never did "lockdown") I have 5 ring necked pheasant eggs and 11 chicken eggs that I locked down last night. The pheasant eggs were shipped and all but 2 have saddled air cells. I had this bright idea to turn an...

Hello all. I am new to the forum and new to turkeys. Today will be the fourth day with my first turkeys that I purchased from a local feed store that said they came from a local breeder. They told me they were about a week old. One is very small. The others are growing in leaps and bounds daily...

Here is a picture of one of my shipped Dorking eggs candled tonight on day 7. I let them sit for 28 hrs, fat side up before going in the incubator and did not start turning for 3 days.Of 17, this is the only one like this. (5 were clear, 2 blood rings and 9 others developing) Does anyone know...

I have 8 Midget White Turkeys and 6 Ringed neck pheasant eggs incubating that were shipped. I let them sit for a little over 24 hrs (small side down) before putting them in the incubator and did not turn them for three days. They are in an auto turner small side down. We are on day 14 for the...

Hello all. I just recently joined and this is my first time incubating since I was a teenager some 30 years ago. It is also my first time incubating turkey eggs. I bought shipped eggs and today is day 11 for the Midget Whites. Of 8 eggs, only one is clearly developing..and it was moving this...

I just love BYC. I searched and read this site for a few weeks before purchasing my incubators and putting my eggs in a little over a week ago. I have found many great tips and appreciate all of the honest experiences! I have 7 shipped Midget White turkeys in, 8 ringneck pheasant, and some of...