Hatching Turkey eggs

[Strader]

I read an article where turkeys do not see red, green, or orange the way we do as bright colors. Thats why bright orange vests can be worn when hunting them.

Heres what it said:n the past few days, I’ve explained that deer and turkeys see colors differently than most other animals. They seem to be red & green color-blind.


Turkeys & Deer See Differently than Other Animals!

That’s why you can wear blaze orange hunting wear without worrying about being seen by deer or turkeys — green, red and orange are non-colors to them.

 

[IceAngel]

I really think that a lot of "leg" problems come from inbreeding. I started out with one hen and one tom that shared 25% of their gene pool (niece and nephew) and didn't have any structural problems in the off spring. I kept the hatched hens and sold all but two toms who I was hoping to trade. Still hadn't found an unrelated tom in my area by the time the new hens were mature so the second generation of hens mated with their father and brothers. Now I saw about 10% leg deformity. Has anyone else experienced something similar?

 

[Amossy Itozya]

Hi I tried with no success to incubate Turkey eggs by using incubator machine everytime I found nothing, but when I leave the eggs with their mother they do hatch without problem, for chicken and quial I get chicks with no problem with the same machine.
please help

 

[kmartinez]

I keep my humidity high 50's for the 1st 24 days and a couple days before day 25 i slowly rise humidity into low 60's,temp at 100, on 25th day and beyond i crank down the heat to 98 -98.5 and humidity up it to mid 70's as close to 80 as i can get but not over 80. Vents fully open all the time.

The turkeys love floating catfish food ground up with turkey starter crumbles. The starter i find here is 24 percent protein i like to have ot as close to 30% protein adding the catfish food gives u 28% protein. My last hatch ate it same day they hatched they could not resist the stuff. I also put wooden balls in the water dish to prevent downing. And brown sugar and acv with the mother just a tad into their water

 

[IceAngel]

Hi I tried with no success to incubate Turkey eggs by using incubator machine everytime I found nothing, but when I leave the eggs with their mother they do hatch without problem, for chicken and quial I get chicks with no problem with the same machine.
please help

O.K. so we know your Bator works for chickens and quail. We also know that your Tom is fertile because your hen has hatched eggs naturally. How old is he? I read in a Department of Agriculture article that Toms lose their fertility by two years old. I am not sure if this meant degreased or poor quality sperm production or if it has something to do with their weight. As they get larger Toms may have difficulty mounting. Most commercial farms use artificial insemination.

Next time you try hatching Turkey eggs make sure they're not older than 7 days. Also you might want to break one open to see if it has been fertilized. If you see a tiny white bullseye then you know it is. Next, start candling at 10 days. There are some very good instructions in BYC about candling. If you see some developing embryos you are half way there. As long as your thermometer and hygrometer are reading true and you follow the temperature and humidity guidelines you should have turkey chicks in 28 days. Perhaps you haven't calibrated your thermometer and hygrometer. Don't assume they are reading true, they must be calibrated the first time you use them. There are also directions on how to do this in BYC.
Finally, if you still don't see any evidence of hatching at day 28, carefully start opening the shells. There are also directions on how to do this . You just might have such huge chicks that they can't pip on their own. Opening the shells will also tell you at what stage the chick stopped developing or died. This will give you some clues as to what might have gone wrong. Hope this was helpful.
Good luck.

 

[pjnbill22]

Hello,
We're incubating midget white turkey eggs now. His is our first time with turkeys, we've hatched 2 broods of various chickens lately, but I'm curious to hear from the seasoned turkey farmers, what's the preferred temperature and humidity setting?
Is there any other info we need to know about hatching turkeys?
My dad raised turkeys and is a great source of info for raising them, but he only dealt with them a 2 day old poults.
All helpful advise is welcome.
Thank you,
PJ (=

 

[pjnbill22]

Thank you!