Incubating Turkey Eggs.

[Megann]

Any advice would be appreciated!!! My hens just started laying! And I'm new at this.

 

[Glenmar]

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I have good hatch rates with chickens, but have not tried turkeys yet. I too am looking for advise.
I have a Brinsea ECO 20 with automatic turner.

 

[missnu01]

I also want to know what the differences are other than size. I am incubating my first chicken eggs right now in a Brinsea 20 Eco...so I have to do the turning. It's fine though...It isn't like I have to turn each egg individually...just rock the thing back a notch. Lol.
I got the incubator more for turkeys and ducks than the chickens. I mean I am always happy with more chickens...but we are going to have to eat quite a few to not be over run here before too long.

 

[stillstoked]

Newbie here also. I'm looking to hatch as many Spanish blacks as I can. I have an automatic Turner. any advise would be very helpful.
Thanks
T

 

[stillstoked]

Oh and what do we do with the eggs other than hatch them? are they good eating?

 

[R2elk]

Oh and what do we do with the eggs other than hatch them? are they good eating?

Yes they are very good eating and make wonderful custards. I prefer the turkey eggs to chicken eggs for baked goods.

 

[R2elk]

Any advice would be appreciated!!! My hens just started laying! And I'm new at this.

Here is a link to Porter's Rare Heritage Turkeys egg hatching tips. It helped me eliminate a number of problems I was having.

http://www.porterturkeys.com/egghatchingtips.htm

 

[KrisH]

We also have a new Brinsea, and they have some great info on their website

for example
http://www.brinsea.com/pdffiles/Brinsea_Handbook.pdf (Incubating Handbook) !! READ THIS ONE!!
and
http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/humidity.html (Guide to Humidity)
and
http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html (What to do if the Power Goes Out)


We have our first batch of turkey and bantam chicken eggs in there now. I will update when we have a hatch. This is a new incubator and hoping for better results with our other incubator.

We set the turkey eggs on the 8th. and as of a few minutes ago I can see slight veins forming. I have never been able to see them this early before. chickens yes, turkeys no.

RobertH

 

[chickieluver26]

Can someone with information on incubating turkey eggs help me please. We found a turkey egg on our ranch we grabbed it thinking it was one of our chickens we got back to the house and realized it was a turkey I candled it and here are the pictures of the candling
Here is the air cell

There is a medium to large dark mass at the top which I am assuming is the embryo am I right?

I have it in a homemade incubator that has a steady temp of 101.5 here is a picture of it

Can anyone help me or tell me if it is alive?

 

[casportpony]

I'm no expert, but I think 101.5° is a little too high.

-Kathy