Hatching turkey eggs problem

[lilstrick 25]

Ok 1st year hatching turkeys and I have noticed in the 3 hatches I did that they pep and not long after there is this really sticky goo that will seal over the pep and suffocate the turkey if anyone has ever experienced this please pass on the information it would help thanks in advance

 

[feedman77]

Sounds like a humidity issue. The eggs didn't dry down enough ans was still some fluid when they pipped.

What humidity did you use during incubation and lockdown.

I saw that on a couple. Of poults that pipped the wrong end. The goo sealed up the pip hole and was hard as a rock.

 

[lilstrick 25]

Yes was hard afterwards and incubation humidity was 50 to 60 percent lock down was pretty much the same bc I got the big bator with 3 racks and the humidity is as the derection say to set it

 

[feedman77]

I usually dry incubate. And at lockdown raise humidity to about 70. My early hatches were terrible at the start of spring.

My humidity was to low. My late hatches the humidity stayed at around 35 thru incubation and I had substantially better hatching percentage.

If you have more to hatch try a lower incubation humidity.

Also have a accurate humidity meter sometimes the ones in even the best incubators are off by a lot.

 

[lilstrick 25]

Ok I got 1 clutch left this year so I'll try that thanks and I'll let u know how it turns out

 

[serama girl]

When I incubated turkey eggs, I kept the humidity between 50 and 60, and at lockdown I set it to 80, and I was able to get some poults to hatch.