A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[I Like Turkeys]

What incubators do you all use?

I currently have a GQF 1502 Sportsman I use as an incubator, and have a GQF Hovabator Genesis I use as a hatcher. The fan burned up in my Genesis, and while I am awaiting the replacement part, I am having to improvise. I hatch in staggered batches, so to keep from exposing the entire cabinet of eggs to the higher humidity required to lockdown, I use a large shallow rubbermaid container with a lid that fits in the bottom of the hatching tray. It has like 10 holes drilled in the sides for adequate ventilation and lined with paper towels for traction. I've used this method quite successfully for several years when the Genesis is too full during hatches. The chicks create their own humidity inside the container as they hatch. I had removed the water pan from the Sportsman until I had to lock this set down. I didn't want the air in the incubator to be too dry, so I returned the water pan and opened another vent. The humidity has been in the low 30's. It was 20% without the pan of water.

I did just impulse buy a Nurture Right 360. I'm going to give it a whirl as a hatcher for small batches while I'm waiting on my Genesis part. The Lord knows I love GQF, but they don't get in any hurry shipping. Maybe Amazon spoils me? My NR 360 will be here Thursday.

I use Nurture Right 360 at the moment. It works well. Better if you have risers for it. The only issue with it I have is the amount of eggs it stores.

 

[KF0002]

I use Nurture Right 360 at the moment. It works well. Better if you have risers for it. The only issue with it I have is the amount of eggs it stores.

What do you mean risers for it? Glad to hear yours works well!

 

[Pyxis]

Good news, the owner of the dog paid me for all the birds and damage with no trouble. She even said she is considering rehoming the dog now so this has no chance of happening again.

 

[KF0002]

Here is Sassy with her surrogate chick. She is less of a fire breathing dragon today. She adores the little thing. Can't bring myself to take it from her. Can't catch it anyway. Lol. It looks like a Legbar/Game cross.

 

[KF0002]

Sassy and Ruger must both be carrying a copy of BWB as well as a single copy of cg each? That is the only explanation for this little chick on the left that just hatched out of Sassys eggs.

Yellow poult on the left has a yellow down and a small spot of faint grey on his back. It has to be a royal palm, no? The one on the right is what the rest of their poults have looked like.

 

[R2elk]

Yellow poult on the left has a yellow down and a small spit of faint grey on his back. It has to be a royal palm, no?

No. Royal Palms do not have a stripe on their back. Sweetgrass do. There may be others but Sweetgrass is the one I know.

 

[Huntmaster]

I have heard that some Royal Palm poults can have the stripe not sure though, none of mine ever have.

 

[KF0002]

No. Royal Palms do not have a stripe on their back. Sweetgrass do. There may be others but Sweetgrass is the one I know.

It's not really a stripe. Just a small spot. I can't math how a sweetgrass would come from two Narragansetts. If they both are bb1 Ccg nn (n-) they could potentially throw royal palms. Otherwise she has been jumping the fence to get in with the red sweetgrass.

 

[KF0002]

When the poult is fully dry I will take a pic of the faint grey spot. It took a long time to hatch and I am letting it rest and fluff up a bit.

 

[R2elk]

I have heard that some Royal Palm poults can have the stripe not sure though, none of mine ever have.

None of the Royal Palm poults that I have had ever had any markings on them until they would start to develop black markings on their wings.