**~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

[tazcat70]

Good luck. Do you want a few chicks? I am kinda glad I am handing them off as soon as they hatch. Teehee. I do not envy the worry.

 

[ChooksChick]

Well.


I just went down and candled, and I have a thousand wiggling shadows and not one pip!!

These little beasties know I'm high strung today...they're doing this on purpose.

In other news, my slate hen wandered off and joined the Turk-us. Little brat knew the carny was in town and had been crossing the road toward the far woods for a couple of days, even leaving her BFF Holly (Holland White) alone. Those two are stuck like rat traps, so that was a bit weird, and then, POOF!! She disappeared yesterday afternoon in the middle of our snow/sleet/rain/crap. Not a single feather to be found, and I LOOKED...while hunting morels, so you know it was serious scrutiny. This was voluntary.

The flock of about 25 wild turkeys has been tauntingly close for a couple of weeks, and today I had to shoo one of my pea hens back across the road and into our territory. That's unusual. Little hussy.

My tutors are housed in the cute brooder with a momma. She doesn't seem to realize she has ~200 chicks. Many of them are hidden under the big Sweeter Heater a lot of the time, and she's new at this anyway, so slightly bewildered to start. I'm hoping she'll be careful.

 

[heyheypaula]

SO I now have the opposite problem that I posted about yesterday.... I went out (it is a Friday night!) for TWO hours and I just came back to a condensation-filled incubator... I think one of my dogs (playing with the other) must have jostled the plug out of the socket/extension cord on the ground because the incubator was off... The temp was 77 and the humidity was 35%. I have the worst luck ever. I just plugged it back in and have my fingers crossed. As of 10pm tonight I am in day 19!!
Last incubation I didn't have any eggs hatch because I think I opened the incubator to fuss with them too much after day 18! Or my humidity wasn't high enough all around.
Am I in trouble this time too?? What do you guys think?! I cannot believe this, I am so upset

 

[heyheypaula]

Actually, I may be wrong on the humidity, it was hard to read because my incubator (brinsea) was so fogged up! I thought it was 35% but I just checked and the humidity is 95%, which seems like a pretty hefty leap for 3-5 minutes. The temp is already up to 88 degrees... So anyways, maybe the humidity didn't fall after all? A couple of my eggs were shrink-wrapped last hatch and that's why I'm so worried.

 

[ronott1]

SO I now have the opposite problem that I posted about yesterday.... I went out (it is a Friday night!) for TWO hours and I just came back to a condensation-filled incubator... I think one of my dogs (playing with the other) must have jostled the plug out of the socket/extension cord on the ground because the incubator was off... The temp was 77 and the humidity was 35%. I have the worst luck ever. I just plugged it back in and have my fingers crossed. As of 10pm tonight I am in day 19!!
Last incubation I didn't have any eggs hatch because I think I opened the incubator to fuss with them too much after day 18! Or my humidity wasn't high enough all around.
Am I in trouble this time too?? What do you guys think?! I cannot believe this, I am so upset

You could still be ok. They are pretty tough on day 19.

Sending happy hatch thoughts your way!

 

[pbjls]

so I ahve a large batch of eggs(about a hundred) on day 23. there is at least one piping and I think I heard more chirping. should I put the whole batch on lock down early?

 

[ronott1]

so I ahve a large batch of eggs(about a hundred) on day 23. there is at least one piping and I think I heard more chirping. should I put the whole batch on lock down early?

If they are pipping I would put them into lockdown. These are Turkeys? What Day and time did you set them?

 

[pbjls]

If they are pipping I would put them into lockdown. These are Turkeys? What Day and time did you set them?

they are turkeys and were set on 4/10

 

[ronott1]

they are turkeys and were set on 4/10

before or after 12 Noon?

 

[tazcat70]

Actually, I may be wrong on the humidity, it was hard to read because my incubator (brinsea) was so fogged up! I thought it was 35% but I just checked and the humidity is 95%, which seems like a pretty hefty leap for 3-5 minutes. The temp is already up to 88 degrees... So anyways, maybe the humidity didn't fall after all? A couple of my eggs were shrink-wrapped last hatch and that's why I'm so worried.

95% humidity is WAY too high!