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    Does anyone else use a Janoel incubator?

    Fantastic news - it's a little miracle every time :)
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    Does anyone else use a Janoel incubator?

    If you take water out of the channel just making it shallower but not reducing the surface area available for evaporation it won't make any difference to the humidity -if you want to drop it don't use the channels use something else - a small cup, spounge, wet paper towel etc - I find the...
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    Does anyone else use a Janoel incubator?

    It's always best to store your eggs cool - below 10 degrees c if you can - they are fine for 10 days and I recently hatched turkey eggs over 14 days old with no problem - turn them at least twice a day whilst you are storing them so the yolk doesn't stick to a certain part of the inside of the...
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    At this time of year you can be pretty sure that probably all of her eggs will be fertile :-), happy hatching !!:D
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    They all look fertile to me - usually unfertilised eggs have a small white dot the size of a pin head rather than a larger spot with a denser middle like the eggs in your picture :-)
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    Turkeys Fighting.

    Thanks - I have 3 Male and 2 female birds in a fenced area of approximately 240m2 - plenty of room for them to get away from each other - most of the time they seem to get on with each other and each eveing when I get home all 5 of them are lined up side by side on their perch which is an 8foot...
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    Turkeys Fighting.

    I witnessed a fight today where 2 of my male turkeys had their beaks down each others throats ! Could they actually kill each other by damaging their mouths/throats etc ?
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    Non water-resistant turkey

    Thanks - that explains it - the bourbon red is anTom and does display a lot and it has been raining almost constantly for a month now :-( at the moment 3 Toms the red and 2 bronzes are in with 2 bronze hens - the red is dominant so let's see what happens with breeding - I may have to take the...
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    Non water-resistant turkey

    Yes they have a shed and an open undercover area as well as their uncovered perch - I think I may put a perch in the covered area but it is small and the roof is only about 5 feet high so they won't be very high whilst in there - it was really intended as a slightly sheltered area as I live on a...
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    Non water-resistant turkey

    I have 4 bronze turkeys and 1 bourbon red, they are all young adults about 7-8 months old, we have been having a lot of very wet weather and I have noticed that the bourbon red looks very wet and bedraggled lately whilst the bronze turkeys seem to have lovely shiny waterproof feathers - the...
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    Hooray :-)...... Too early to consider incubating yet in the UK but in 6-8 weeks time I might give a batch a go :P
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    I found this blue egg this morning sitting in a puddle - I have recently introduced a cockerel to my flock and so took the opportunity to check it for fertility as it was no good after being in a puddle all night - what do you think ?
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    Does anyone else use a Janoel incubator?

    I have the 48 egg version and it's pretty good - I just hatched 7 from 7 fertile crested CLB eggs today in it - I keep the humidity a bit lower than just filling 1 of the channels with water by covering about half the bottom of the incubator with tin foil for the first 18 days - have also now...
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    The Hatch Is Done

    Really well done - congratulations :D
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    7 brand new crested cream leg bar chicks hatched today :-)

    I hatched 7 from 12 posted eggs so I was really pleased - the remaining eggs never started so I was impressed by getting 7 to hatch at this time of year - last hatch of the season for me - I clearly have 3 girls and 3 boys but 1 is really hard to tell - it has clear dark stripes chipmunk type...
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