A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

I think I broke the broodiness of my two RP hens.

They are not happy hens this morning. I put them in the "breaking cage" with just a plastic feed sack over them for cover.

It rained hard and got down to 30 degrees. The look cold wet and angry this morning. I Moved them into a regular open air cage to enjoy the chilly air, tomorrow they will go back in the pen...

Hopefully with a renewed commitment to laying eggs.

 

[rjohns39]

Got another dumb question for those of you who are experienced hatchers... I put my chicken eggs into lockdown last night. 60+ eggs had clear embryo development and most had movement, but only a small handful had internally pipped--beak into the air sack. Does this mean my hatch might be a day or two late? Or something worse?

Once you put them in lockdown do you check them for pipping? Or is it best to just leave them for two days?

 

[holm25]

Got another dumb question for those of you who are experienced hatchers...  I put my chicken eggs into lockdown last night.  60+ eggs had clear embryo development and most had movement, but only a small handful had internally pipped--beak into the air sack.  Does this mean my hatch might be a day or two late? Or something worse?

Once you put them in lockdown do you check them for pipping? Or is it best to just leave them for two days?

The best thing you can do is walk away and let them be for a day. Unless you dont trust your temps and humidity to stay perfect. I wouldnt be worried at all. Just let them be and check them if you think its necessary. But try not to open the incubator too much of you dont have to. Best of luck on the hatch and I will be waiting for pics when they do hatch!

Maybe R2elk and Ralphie will have more info to add. They are more experienced than me...

 

[feedman77]

Some may have caught a little extra heat and be ahead. But there always some early hatchers and some stragglers.

My hatcher has a big plastic window. So I just look thru it for pips.

Best imo to just leave til the majority hatch then look for stragglers at day 23. That is if most hatch on day 20 or 21.

 

[Finnie]

Got another dumb question for those of you who are experienced hatchers...  I put my chicken eggs into lockdown last night.  60+ eggs had clear embryo development and most had movement, but only a small handful had internally pipped--beak into the air sack.  Does this mean my hatch might be a day or two late? Or something worse?

Once you put them in lockdown do you check them for pipping? Or is it best to just leave them for two days?

The best thing you can do is walk away and let them be for a day. Unless you dont trust your temps and humidity to stay perfect. I wouldnt be worried at all. Just let them be and check them if you think its necessary. But try not to open the incubator too much of you dont have to. Best of luck on the hatch and I will be waiting for pics when they do hatch!

Maybe R2elk and Ralphie will have more info to add. They are more experienced than me...

I agree with everything Holmes said. Movement and internal pipping sounds to me like they are right on track.

 

[Finnie]

Here are the poults free ranging. They are 5 1/2 weeks old. (Swan's babies)

 

[holm25]

Here are the poults free ranging. They are 5 1/2 weeks old. (Swan's babies)

What pretty poults! What kind are they?

 

[rjohns39]

Very pretty poults.

With regard to my eggs, I have chirping in the bator. My hatching trays are covered, to prevent them getting hung up on the moving shelves. If memory serves they will do fine in the hatching tray for up to three days, correct?

 

[Finnie]

Here are the poults free ranging. They are 5 1/2 weeks old. (Swan's babies)

What pretty poults! What kind are they?

They are blue red bronze, carrying all the recessive Royal Palm genes. (Except the girls won't carry Narragansett.) There is one whose markings look black, so I think that one is regular red bronze, not blue. This was a cross of Bourbon Red tom over blue palm hen.

 

[Finnie]

Very pretty poults.

With regard to my eggs, I have chirping in the bator.  My hatching trays are covered, to prevent them getting hung up on the moving shelves.  If memory serves they will do fine in the hatching tray for up to three days, correct?

Thank you.

Yup, you can just leave them in there until they all hatch. Although if I had some still not pipped after the rest were hatched and dried, I would normally take the dry chicks out and candle the unpipped eggs.