Hatching Turkey eggs..?

I'm gonna be watching the answers on this one.   I've got 20+ turkey eggs in the bator.  On the first set of 5 I had only one 1 hatch. The other 4 were developed, just died before they pipped.

I must have read the same research as you because my settings are the same.  Hope to hear what might have happened, in order to keep it from happening to all the other eggs I'm putting in the 'bator. 

Good luck...and I'll keep watching!

Rita
 

I wonder some times if all these rules about humidity and lock down are accurate i believe that as humidity is concern there is a lot of tolerance i put in my DIY  incubator 12 turkey eggs humidity 45 to 50% on the lock down day that was last Monday i found one bird hatched in perfect condition in the incubator it hatch at 45 to 50% i razed humidity to 70 and on Wednesday the day due 28 day all the rest hatched

As to the humidity question, I don't believe their is an exact universal right answer due to variables that need to be taken into consideration: Altitude and Relative Humidity in the air where you live.

I live in SE Louisiana and am only 84 feet above sea level: I mostly use dry incubation until lock-down. Last week, our relative humidity outside was 94% and even with the central air on inside the house my incubators (a brinsea octagon advance 20 and a little giant with fan) both maintained between 34-50% humidity with no water added.

From what I understand, air at lower altitudes has more oxygen and water molecules per square foot than at higher altitudes. This affects the heat transfer ability of the air in the incubator. After that it gets technical, but the gist is that one shoes won't fit all, although it will fit quite a few applications.

Follow this link for some interesting information about the affects of altitude on incubation. All measurements are in metric, but are based on 100 degree F temperature constant for the embryo.

http://www.hatchtechnology.nl/html/pdf/articles/High%20Altitude%20Incubation.pdf

I'm not a export , but I have had to learn a lot this year ,a lot of loss ,a lot of grief ! but I have found out that humidity seems to have a HUGE part of hatching turkey eggs .I tried at about thrirty five percent for the first part and then up'd it for the hatch period and found that the chicks were weak from trying to get through the shell ! ( lost everyone of them )! Then I up'd the humidity to fifty five percent for the first part and then up to and past seventy five percent for the hatch and they were way stronger , busted through with out any effort ? But that's justr how  it worked for me ? might not work for someone else

Porter's hatches alot of turkey eggs, so I followed his directions as closely has I could.

http://www.porterturkeys.com/egghatchingtips.htm

I had an excellent first turkey hatch, I do know now my incubator temps were a little on the high side, so all my eggs were done hatching by day 26.

I also followed Porter's directions for getting poults off to a good start, and this was good info

also.

http://www.porterturkeys.com/poultstartingtips.htm