Hatch date May 17! anybody else?

[Paintedhorsegirl]

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I love EE's....

 

[Paintedhorsegirl]

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Oh no...how come a delayed hatch? did something happen?

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Wow thats exciting! How long do turkey eggs incubate for?

About 28 days.

 

[Paintedhorsegirl]

Today is day 17, so Im getting really excited..I know Im suppost to stop turning eggs on day 18 , raise humidity and lock down...But is the last time i turn them tonight or do I turn them once more on day 18 morning? Do I raise humidity tinight or wait until tomorrow on Day 18 to raise it?
My humidity has been right around 50% give or take..So I need to raise it to about 65%, right? Ive only incubated once before, i dont remember how i did it. Ive had 1 air vent open the whole time but when do i open the second one?

 

[shelleyd2008]

I would just leave it around 50%, if they seem to be having trouble you can put a wet washcloth in there to bump it up long enough for them to get out.

I've got 1 goose egg due to go in lockdown today (the other eggs quit), then I've got 1 chicken egg due to go tomorrow. So I guess I'll just take the eggs due in the next 4-5 days' and move them all so I don't have to keep moving a few eggs every day. That would be the goose (already in the hatcher), 1 chicken egg, 2 turkey eggs, 12 pheasant eggs, and I might move the 10 coturnix eggs too. But if I move those (due the 19th), then I might as well move the 18 chicken eggs also due the 19th...some of them are Serama, so those have to be moved. They always seem to hatch early.

Hmmm....that's 6 days before those hatch, so I think I'll stop with the pheasants for now.

 

[Paintedhorsegirl]

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I will do that just leave it at 50%

Wow, you have a lot going on in your incubator... hatching eggs seems addicting..haha I want to more in once these ones hatch, but I got rid of my old rooster, and my silkie roo is only about 6 months...He hasnt had any interest in any hens yet, so no fertile eggs...Except ducks but i dont need more ducks...maybe I should just go get another friendlier rooster for my older hens...hhhhmmmmm......

 

[HollywoodHillsHens]

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Oh no...how come a delayed hatch? did something happen?

Candling my eggs around day 15, most didn't seem to be as opaque as they seem to need to be. I think one of my two incubators was running a bit cool (about 98 degrees) for the first 10 days.... we had a 2 hour power outage one day, but that didn't seem to be long enough to compromise the hatch.

Crossing my fingers!

 

[snazzyboots]

i have some due to hatch on the 17th. 9 orpingtons and 1 salmon faverolle. this is my 3rd hatch. good luck to everyone

 

[Paintedhorsegirl]

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Yay... I will wish you luck! Lets hope we all have succesful hatches!

 

[CasieD]

My first attempt at incubating... due to hatch on the 17th as well!

I'm using a borrowed Little Giant forced air model. It's been hard to keep the humidity level up, had to put in a sponge to help.

There are 25 eggs set, half are EE's and half a cross of my EE roo and hybrid brown hens. Just doing this to give it a try and see how it all goes.

Good luck everyone!