A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[ShellyBear]

Cracked it open. . .there was a fully formed poult but died just before hatching.

 

[Ravynscroft]

From your description it sound like a bacteria infected egg and I seriously doubt that there is a poult in it.

X2

Jiggly movement that could be caused by your movement is not a poult moving... if it seemed 'sloshy' in the movement, get rid of it... plus, no veins... cloudyish looking fluid?

 

[rjohns39]

R2/Ralphie, What are your thoughts on late hatchers? Right now I'm at about a 50% survival rate with them??? That said, I took six that hatched at day 29 and they are fine, the two that hatched at day 31 didn't make it through the night and I still have two more pipping day 32.

 

[Ravynscroft]

R2/Ralphie, What are your thoughts on late hatchers? Right now I'm at about a 50% survival rate with them??? That said, I took six that hatched at day 29 and they are fine, the two that hatched at day 31 didn't make it through the night and I still have two more pipping day 32.

What is your temp at, Bob?

 

[rjohns39]

What is your temp at, Bob?

99.4 (+/- 0.1), My humidity dropped during this group... down to 24% when I woke up on day 25. Fixed the problem and got back up to 60% by noon, so don't know how long it was down.

 

[Ravynscroft]

99.4 (+/- 0.1), My humidity dropped during this group... down to 24% when I woke up on day 25. Fixed the problem and got back up to 60% by noon, so don't know how long it was down.

Low humidity for a day wouldn't cause late hatchers... I run my turkey eggs at 100-100.5, last hatch was 100% all 14 hatched... 1 didn't survive, but it was a huge malpo poult, legs never got under him...

 

[duluthralphie]

99.4 (+/- 0.1), My humidity dropped during this group... down to 24% when I woke up on day 25. Fixed the problem and got back up to 60% by noon, so don't know how long it was down.

How sure of that temp are you?
Do you always run at 60%?

 

[duluthralphie]

Low humidity for a day wouldn't cause late hatchers... I run my turkey eggs at 100-100.5, last hatch was 100% all 14 hatched... 1 didn't survive, but it was a huge malpo poult, legs never got under him...

Do you have a fan and turner?

 

[Ravynscroft]

Do you have a fan and turner?

Yup, but didn't use turner last time... rolled them on their sides...

 

[duluthralphie]

Thanks. That seems high to me, but sure worked well for you.


I normally have 700 eggs or so under incubation at once.. I am not hand turning them!!!!!