Recent content by RustyBucketFarm

8/18/2020 12:00 pm

Quote: I also am hatching my first batch of Heritage White Holland turkey eggs this week and have been reading as much as I can about lock down and hatching. I just placed the eggs on lock down today and out of 12 shipped eggs I have ten that appear to be still moving when I candled today. I...

This older thread has helped me understand hatch rate a little better. I would so appreciate someone helping with my personal recent hatch rate. I started with 39 eggs gathered over four days and candled them at 10 days incubation. There were 5 that were not fertile and 1 that stopped...

I really appreciate all this information and will certainly run over and join in on the thread you told me about. Indeed I do have pips now!! lol It started last night at 11:45 and all night long a total of 10 have pipped so far... I actually started hearing them peeping in the shells before...

Awe.... your babies are beautiful and look very healthy! What is their breed? I'm sure by now you have more that have hatched and are probably nearing the end of your lock-down. Mine has just begun! Late last night they started to pip and I stayed up all night long watching and listening...

Me too! Just excited to see those new babies of yours hkemmling!!

Day 20 and nothing new to post... no pips yet! I may have gotten off one day when I counted the entire day I placed them in the incubator. If that's the case then 21 days will not be reached until noon on Wednesday. I just read an article on BYC that indicated the same day of the week that...

Just noticed how big that chicks feet are... wow! lol

OH MY GOSH! I'm so happy for you!! Mine haven't moved since the first day of lockdown so I keep reminding myself to let nature take its course...

Mam... could you please change my name to CrazyCritterFarms ? Thank you in advance for your help... have a blessed day!

HELP! Right now I have 33 eggs on lock-down (20th day) and would love to know the answer to your question! I didn't see anything posted so I'm hoping that someone will see this again and have some advise. I also wonder if the food coloring is diluted or used straight from the bottle? Thanks...

Good for you on having 32 eggs and you'll also have to let us know about your hatch! So far no pip yet here but I keep checking on them. What incubator do you use and humidity level are you keeping them during lockdown? I'm keep right at 100 degrees and 65 to 75% humidity. Thanks so much for...