I have 5 turkey eggs left in my incubator. It has been such a challenge incubating these eggs after the Mom abandoned her nest. The eggs were all at different states of development. 2 hatched successfully......they are almost 3 weeks old now. One developed to the point of pipping...
I have a tricky situation with the Royal Palm turkey eggs my friend brought me. I have already hatched 2 poults out of the dozen eggs. Out of the 9 eggs left in the bator......1 looks like it has about a week left, 2 look like they are half way developed, and 4 look like they are on about day...
Sounds like a good plan. It's definitely early enough for you to make some changes. I kept one of my two water reservoirs full and my humidity stayed between 30 and 40%. At lockdown I filled both reservoirs and my humidity stayed between 55 and 65%. Worked great for me. 90-100% hatch...
I think I would start by lowering the humidity during incubation. I have run mine between 35 and 45 % and have had excellent hatch rates both times. From what I read, if the humidity it too high, the egg does not evaporate like it should.....the air cell doesn't get big enough.....and the...
Some people don't "lockdown" until they have an internal pip. The humidity is not as critical until you have an external pip. So.....if you don't have any external pips it's ok to open the incubator and candle the eggs. After you have an external pip, don't open the incubator for any...