first time turkeys

[1cheepchick]

Hi, I am incubating 14 turkey eggs (Narragansett). I am having trouble keeping the temperature from fluctuating in my still air incubator so hoping they all survive. In hopes they do I have a question: How long do I keep them in the brooder when they do come out?

 

[SA Farm]

Incubate ~28 days. Give them a day or two to fluff out, then move them to the brooder. Every week, decrease the temp by about 5 degrees. When they're 2 weeks ish, you can start taking them out for day trips if the weather is nice. My Orlopp (sp?) Bronze are three+ weeks old now and they are going to move out of the brooder to their outside house/run this weekend. They're already happy with their brooder temp being about 72 degrees and yesterday when they were out, they seemed to think it was almost too hot outside, so they're ready.
That's how I gauge anyway. I know everyone kind of has their own ideas and methods, but I hope this helps you a little anyway

 

[1cheepchick]

Thank you for those tips. I am trying to keep the incubator at or around 100.5 and 50% humidity. Is that about right do you think? I am at the just wait and see stage. I candled them and only see 1 moving and 3 that are of the same stage but no movement...

 

[SA Farm]

No problem. Your temp and humidity sound good. The Orlopp I bought as day-olds. I should (

) be hatching some chicks this weekend though and they've been holding steady between 99.5 and 101 with humidity at about 53%