They would be inside the mudroom...inside the attached gar rage. Do you still think this would be risky? I have heard that turkeys are a little harder to get past the first weeks than chickens. We certainly don't want anything to happen to them. I would just like to get them started because...
Thank you sooooo much. This sounds similar to what my friend did. I am going to give this strategy a try next time and hope for better results. Thank you :)
How do you regulate your humidity?? The brinsea instructions say to keep 1 reservoir full until day 18 and than fill the other. But when I did that the humidity was sky high....so I only kept a little water in it and kept the humidity from 25-40% until day 18 and than 75% or higher. and only had...
I had a brilliant idea...or maybe not so much !!! Has anyone tried shipping a small hard cooler to the person you are buying eggs from and having them ship it back with the eggs in it??? When I buy shipped eggs they are wrapped with extreme care, padded, and clearly marked fragile. The last...
I have heard so much that turkeys and chickens from hatcheries just are not of as good quality. I want to raise bourbon red turkeys but would like to start with quality. How do I know that I am buying quality eggs from someone. Not just eggs from hatchery turkeys??? Any advice??
Its very frustrating isn't it!! They get all that way and die right before. I just wish I knew what is wrong. My temp was at 99.6-99.8 for the entire time. I used a Brinsea Mini Advanced bator.
Ya...they were all with their feet toward the large end and their heads toward the small end. Like they never turned around and got positioned properly. One of the 2 that did hatch hatched from the small end...the other from the large end. It is so sad the see them fully developed. They yolks...
I had 5 eggs make it to full grown size and only 2 of them hatched. They other 3 died just before....never rocked or anything. The 2 that hatched are healthy and happy. What is going on????? I only candled them 3 times. The last time was on day 10. I know there is probably no definant answer...
I just had a chick pip at the wrong end. When he did i noticed a little bit of blood. I read a lot on here that they often die like this unless you can help them to air. So with that being said....I got him out wrapped the egg in warm wet paper towels. broke the shell a little bit around the pip...
We have 2 days left on the countdown. Day 2 started at 9:00 last night. The eggs have not rocked or anything. I candled them and did not see any movement. I assume they are fully developed chicks because they entire egg is black except the air sac....I am worried that they have died. I have kept...
I have a Brinsea Mini advanced. It has two spaces for water. The first 18 days you are supposed to fill one of them....the last 3 days you are supposed to fill both. Last hatch most of my chicks never made it to full size but the 2 that did died within the last day. I am pretty sure they...
well we had 1 chick that was rocking on thursday. no movement friday and nothing today. today was day 22. I candled the egg and saw no movement. the kids and i cracked it open and it was long gone :( the internal membrane was really tight around it. i thought this was because of low humidity but...
well we had 1 chick that was rocking on thursday. no movement friday and nothing today. today was day 22. I candled the egg and saw no movement. the kids and i cracked it open and it was long gone :( the internal membrane was really tight around it. i thought this was because of low humidity but...