Failing miserably at hatching eggs

[TheStewarts]

It's our first time and we (and by we I mean me... busy mom or 2 humans, 2 dogs, 4 sheep and 27 chickens) suck at this whole incubation thing. It's only day 2 and I am fairly certain that I have both fried and chilled these poor turkey eggs. I didn't take into consideration how much the temp of the house would effect this process. It was perfect the day we started and then today I ran out for some feed, came back and the thermometer read 104! YIKES! Guess we will keep going for a while longer to see if anything works out.

 

[brahmabreeder]

they should be fine at 104 degrees. My chicken eggs got up to that temp. one night and they are fine. I also would like to stress that you buy a hygrometer to measure the RH%. Humidity is often ignored and it costs newbies hatching fun at the end and just leaves them with disappointment.

 

[TheStewarts]

Ok good... I hope they are ok... my thermometer is a thermo and hydrometor combo

 

[Lagerdogger]

I had the same thing happen on my first batch of turkey eggs. I hatched 7 of 8. Don't worry...

 

[cuppycake]

I'm incubating my first turkey eggs too, and the very first night I woke up to a temp of 108! I was sure they were cooked but left them in. At 10 days I see definite life in a handful of them. Not sure if they'll make it to hatch or how many, but there is hope

 

[Kambrie]

My clutch that is hatching right now was running hot for the first week. They were up around 104, but we got it down and they are hatching now.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Crossing my fingers you have a good hatch.

 

[Kitty86]

I am having problems with my turkey eggs hatching.. so far out of 3 eggs only 1 has hatched! 2 days after the due date of the eggs i opened them up and they was a fully formed Poult.. so my question would be what am i doing wrong??

 

[cuppycake]

I am having problems with my turkey eggs hatching.. so far out of 3 eggs only 1 has hatched! 2 days after the due date of the eggs i opened them up and they was a fully formed Poult.. so my question would be what am i doing wrong??

difficult to say without more information. It could be any one of a number of things, and then sometimes everything can go right and a chick just isn't strong or healthy enough to make it.

 

[Kitty86]

yeah not sure what more info to put.. this is just my first year hatching anything.. out of the trouble ive had at the start of the year.. i know have 14 chicks, 2 crested duck duckling and 1 baby turkey