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

[Manningjw]

Soooo I candled some of the eggs early (I know I shouldn't have but I couldn't help it!) My excuse was most people have to rotate eggs by hand anyhow so what does a quick peak hurt...

Most show clear veining, noticed what might be a red ring of death but it was irregular, maybe veining? I will wait until day 8 or 10 to see what happens.

 

[ronott1]

Soooo I candled some of the eggs early (I know I shouldn't have but I couldn't help it!) My excuse was most people have to rotate eggs by hand anyhow so what does a quick peak hurt...

Most show clear veining, noticed what might be a red ring of death but it was irregular, maybe veining? I will wait until day 8 or 10 to see what happens.

Blood rings will be a red pencil looking line that goes around the egg. There will be dark cloudy looking stuff below it and no veins. You will know for sure in a several days.

 

[debs_flock]

I sad....My little brinsea bator is empty

I was all set to put new eggs in today but I was suddenly swamped with a demand for hatching eggs, so now I have nothing to put in my bator. I've been looking on eBay and here just looking for something.

if my calls duck would start laying I would be soooooo thrilled as I'm dying to hatch some ducks for the first time.

I almost always have hatching eggs available.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...s-multiple-breeds-available-bin#post_10952487
Can't stand to see an empty incubator.

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The ones I hatched I just put in with the chicken eggs. When the chicken eggs were ready to hatch, I just moved the duck eggs down with the following week's batch. I just need to mark turkey/duck eggs to keep track of when they need to lock down. I've been setting my call duck eggs from the first one they laid. I've pulled about a dozen clear. On the last candling, I finally found one developing, can't hardly wait!!!!

Quote: Hurry send them to me My bator is only 1/4 full and well i live in oregon OR YOU CAN PUT THEM in your Bra... LOL my dad todl me that once

Do a search on "bra a bator" or something like that. There's been several threads on here of people doing this. Ummm Kim, if I remember correctly from meeting you at Stockton, you might be able to try this

I know I could

LOL

I LOVE this picture!

Broke down and bought a second incubator for the surprise batch of eggs I received yesterday. I feel like I've officially gone over to the dark side.

Only problem: The box says this incubator holds 50 eggs and I only have 27 to put in it... No, No, No. Stop thinking like that!

I bought the first Genesis (I'll never need more room than 42), then bought the second (well, I couldn't decide what to NOT include), bought the third (now I can do staggered hatches easily), then I bought the Brinsea 380 cabinet....................and yes, I have still stacked eggs....................

Also this thread needs more turkey pictures.

There must have been 50 moving through my yard, the biggest group of wild turkeys I've seen at once.


One in the front yard last year, this one had poults trailing behind.


And my test hatch of the first five turkey eggs.......................four hatched last night and the fifth is pipped................pictures later!

 

[Gardengirl73]

You will be assimilated

 

[Gardengirl73]

Thanks! I would love to try call duck eggs. I think it just might be the eggs maybe. The last time I tried hatching her eggs I started with 3 dozen and only hatched 2 ducklings. I have had a really good hatch with her eggs before, but not lately (and at that time she said she was having bad hatches) As I wrote this 1 that had a normal air cell hatched out. I don't understand if they were dry, why where the air cells so small?

I have never hatched ducks, but the chicks that I had shrink wrapped were that way because they didn't lose enough moisture weight. The chick itself was too full of moisture, puffed up and could not turn. The air cell was too shallow and they drowned (were suffocated in the sticky membranes really). I now dry incubate until the chicks lose at least 15% weight, measured in grams. Then I hatch at higher humidity with lots of ventilation. I haven't had any suffocate in the sticky membranes or get stuck after that. It would probably explain the small air cells. I keep one incubator dry and one at 50% in case I need to slow weight loss in any. I just had on chick hatch that had lost almost 20% of it's weight. It popped right out! Just food for thought. Sorry about your sweet little ducks.

 

[dsqard]

I got pictures of some waterfowl today.

 

[debs_flock]

I got pictures of some waterfowl today.

Great shot and I love the reflections.

 

[dsqard]

Thank you Deb, just wish I had my telephoto lens with me today.

 

[debs_flock]

The fifth (and final) poult in the test hatch is about halfway zipped. When it's out and fluffed, I'll take pictures. The first four are all slates.

 

[dsqard]

The fifth (and final) poult in the test hatch is about halfway zipped. When it's out and fluffed, I'll take pictures. The first four are all slates.

#1 You better post pictures. I am having poult withdrawal after candling this morning. So jealous of you all that are hatching some already.

#2. Lucky you. Just love the looks of the slates. So pretty even as poults!