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

[JD4570]

Well, I don't have my BR eggs yet. I want turkeys so bad. I was planning on setting 10. So even if I don't get them I'm setting 12 BCM, 4 OE/EE?, 4 RIR , 4 PR, 4 NHR, and 2 mystery eggs. I even thought about getting 12 Roen Duck eggs.

Actually this morning I was looking at an old chest deep freeze I have that no longer works and went "Hmmm? That should hold about 60 dozen. 720 eggs at once, oh yeah!" By the way, do the straight jackets come with monogramming?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Seeking advice for staggered hatch. I ordered eggs in mid-March to come the 1st week of April after my hatch was done. Then on Mar 26, my neighbor gave me eggs from his chicken (Flarry Eye Grey) that lived with mine for a while. They were fertile (I'm guessing 3-5 days along at this point), so I put them in a home made incubator until my hatch was done. Then they were moved to the Brinsea after it was cleaned.
In the meantime, my shipped eggs came on April 3 & I just set them in a carton to let them settle. I decided I was going to put them in the ECO this morning & candle the FEG's at the same time. The FEGs look full...like lock down full. My homemade incubator is unreliable. I almost feel I should remove the shipped eggs and wait a bit, but they have been in there an hour already. I was thinking maybe just leave everything in there but stop turning for a few days? That way if the shipped eggs still need to settle & the FEGs are almost ready...? Or borrow another incubator & calibrate it so I can move the FEGs out?
There are so many experts on this board. Please help. I don't want to mess this up.

I have an autoturn cradle. I've left it on during hatch before and I've also turned it off for 24 hours. There was no difference in outcome. Remember to clean and disinfect your bator really well after the one hatch is done. I take everything out and make sure it's clean and disinfected before reloading again.

 

[tommysgirl]

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Last year was the Inaugural Turkey Hatchathon and we were a small but mighty group of newbies and old-timers. ​

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This year many of us have our own turkeys starting to lay, and we're seeing our first eggs!!​

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It's time for the Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Hatchathon!​

Well I am not hatching turkeys and that mine go into lockdown before 5/5 but sign me up!

 

[ThaiDye]

Seeking advice for staggered hatch. I ordered eggs in mid-March to come the 1st week of April after my hatch was done. Then on Mar 26, my neighbor gave me eggs from his chicken (Flarry Eye Grey) that lived with mine for a while. They were fertile (I'm guessing 3-5 days along at this point), so I put them in a home made incubator until my hatch was done. Then they were moved to the Brinsea after it was cleaned.
In the meantime, my shipped eggs came on April 3 & I just set them in a carton to let them settle. I decided I was going to put them in the ECO this morning & candle the FEG's at the same time. The FEGs look full...like lock down full. My homemade incubator is unreliable. I almost feel I should remove the shipped eggs and wait a bit, but they have been in there an hour already. I was thinking maybe just leave everything in there but stop turning for a few days? That way if the shipped eggs still need to settle & the FEGs are almost ready...? Or borrow another incubator & calibrate it so I can move the FEGs out?
There are so many experts on this board. Please help. I don't want to mess this up.

I have an autoturn cradle. I've left it on during hatch before and I've also turned it off for 24 hours. There was no difference in outcome. Remember to clean and disinfect your bator really well after the one hatch is done. I take everything out and make sure it's clean and disinfected before reloading again.

I did clean it really well. Took it apart & everything. I put the FEG eggs up front so I can see if they pip. I filled only one water well. Humidity reads around 55%. I don't have the auto turn cradle, but usually turn around 5 times a day. I could cut that down...

 

[ChooksChick]

This is a casual hatchathon, and we're to set whenever we can, and today is the day for birds that will hatch in 28 days, give or take.

On your marks, SET!!!

 

[Gardengirl73]

Hi Gardengirl--I'm a transplant too. Live in Mass, but heart is in Maine. I go back to visit my brother occassionally.

Hi, sorry I missed this. I was on vacation. NO WIFI Arghhh! It is tough to be away from home. Glad that you are close enough to drive. Flying for a family of six, from Kentucky, is insane. Driving almost as bad.

 

[wolftracks]

To expand on Linda's idea. How about the grid thing they use to put in a paint bucket to roll the excess off a paint roller. It's built like an A-frame with hooks on one side to grip the edge of the bucket. The other side is a sheet of metal grid to run the roller. Your pond isn't too deep and it would give them a ramp.

It's $3.47 at HD.

Well, I don't have my BR eggs yet. I want turkeys so bad. I was planning on setting 10. So even if I don't get them I'm setting 12 BCM, 4 OE/EE?, 4 RIR , 4 PR, 4 NHR, and 2 mystery eggs. I even thought about getting 12 Roen Duck eggs.

Actually this morning I was looking at an old chest deep freeze I have that no longer works and went "Hmmm? That should hold about 60 dozen. 720 eggs at once, oh yeah!" By the way, do the straight jackets come with monogramming?

I like the way you think!!!


Eggs are ready. Less than an hour to go!!!

 

[Wisher1000]

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Originally Posted by gryeyes

I don't know how old your duckies are, but I suspect they'll be able to get out fine at some point. I don't have a ramp into my stock tank, just a ramp to the edge like the wooden bit at the top of the photo/video. (The stock tank is on a lower terrace in my yard and the wooden "bridge" goes from the edge of the terrace above to the stock tank. The ducks and geese walk into the tank, but launch themselves out of it all the time.

However, I also have a "wildlife escape ramp" which I built from a rectangle of expanded metal. One corner is bent to hook over the side of the tank and the opposite corner is bent the other direction to rest on the bottom of the tank. The two other corners are bent back to block off the area underneath the escape ramp, so submarine swimmers don't get stuck behind it.

Expanded metal is like that grate stuff, like it was pulled. Smooth edges to the grate holes so webbed feet aren't hurt, but can get a grip or hold with toenails if necessary. When a momma ducks took her babies to swim, they used the escape grate to get out until they were a bit older, at which time they just jumped out.

I cant quite picture this in my head, if your out and about with cell can you grab an pic maybe?

Sally, here is a pic that Linda posted on her "Retired" thread, I hope she doesn't mind me re-posting it here for you.

Well, I don't have my BR eggs yet. I want turkeys so bad. I was planning on setting 10. So even if I don't get them I'm setting 12 BCM, 4 OE/EE?, 4 RIR , 4 PR, 4 NHR, and 2 mystery eggs. I even thought about getting 12 Roen Duck eggs.

Actually this morning I was looking at an old chest deep freeze I have that no longer works and went "Hmmm? That should hold about 60 dozen. 720 eggs at once, oh yeah!" By the way, do the straight jackets come with monogramming?

Monograms, bells, whistles, fringe, whatever you desire. How about a big Alabama "A" on the chest?

This is a casual hatchathon, and we're to set whenever we can, and today is the day for birds that will hatch in 28 days, give or take.

On your marks, SET!!!

Weeeeeellllll, like a few others, I couldn't wait,. I set yesterday........Saturday ............well, it WAS Saturday, just after midnight counts as Saturday ....................... okay, it was late Friday night.

At least I'm not trying to candle already....

 

[gryeyes]

I'll go take a picture of the expanded metal grate.... Be back in a bit. (And I don't mind anybody finding something useful on my "Retired" thread!)

Okay, here it is, the part that sticks out of the water, anyway. The ramp goes all the way down to the bottom of the tank, at an angle, just to provide a way for animals (including ducklings, silly hens who fall in, squirrels, etc) to climb out, no matter how low the water gets. Of course, I don't let it get much below the top anyway. Gotta top it off today. Pretty icky water right now - I can't find a tool to open the drain on the side of the tank, and siphoning takes forever.

 

[CayuseRanch]

Weeeeeellllll, like a few others, I couldn't wait,. I set yesterday........Saturday ............well, it WAS Saturday, just after midnight counts as Saturday ....................... okay, it was late Friday night.

At least I'm not trying to candle already....

I am going to be setting late as I am getting eggs shipped that probably will get here Monday. You know what this means right? It means while you are all getting fuzzy butts, I am going to be going crazy over my bator wondering why they aren't pipping, zipping and hatching. Better get going on my straight jacket lol