Help with incubating turkey eggs

[trying to hatch]

I have a nova incubator with automatic turner. There is a Gage that inserts at the top that has been reading 100 degrees. I recently inserted another thermometer inside laying by the eggs and its reading about 10 degrees lower than the other. I did have more water than I probably should have in the bottom and I removed that today. What should I do?

 

[WalnutHill]

Please use an accurate thermometer, not just "another" thermometer, and place it at the level of the top of the eggs.

I have seven thermometers for my incubator, I have NO idea how hot it is. So I bought a Brinsea Spot Check, which is calibrated to be accurate in the very small range of incubator temperatures. It is 3-5 degrees off from all the other thermometers.

 

[trying to hatch]

To me that looks like somewhere around 8-9 days of incubation.  Air cell is good for the stage of development, perhaps a bit large.  But if you've been incubating more than 10 days, please check your incubator temperature to be sure it's high enough.

I have had them in the incubator for 16 days. Added two more thermometers and it's showing right at 100 degrees. So is there something else I should be doing? It did seem like there was a lot of water so I removed most of it. My basement is pretty humid anyway. Thank you for u for your help!

 

[WalnutHill]

The best advice is to candle again, or to candle more and see if some are farther along.

I have some turkeys in at 20 days, I will candle tonight and share a photo.

 

[trying to hatch]

To me that looks like somewhere around 8-9 days of incubation.  Air cell is good for the stage of development, perhaps a bit large.  But if you've been incubating more than 10 days, please check your incubator temperature to be sure it's high enough.

Here are the videos of me candeling...Let me know what you think please...you may have to cut and paste the web address.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...476&authkey=!ABwvAC_BTL7L0O4&ithint=video,MOV


https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...479&authkey=!AHNm4wYgmqy80jM&ithint=video,MOV

 

[WalnutHill]

Whether they look like 16 days of incubation or not, I'm not so sure...but they do look healthy and vigorous!

 

[trying to hatch]

Thank you. Does anyone else have an opinion if the air sac seems too small and if so what I should do?

 

[WalnutHill]

Yes, I'd consider it much too small, and if you are adding water to raise humidity, stop for a week and recandle.