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

[Loghousemom]

I know! A guy in Minnesota said some places there will get 20inches of snow! It is supposed to be 95 here tomorrow.....

Yup. We had 19 inches of snow on the 15th. It is finally melted so we can get out and work around the yard.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

first chick from under my broody from 50 something chicks I have hatched out of my frizzle 'fun color' group this is the first one to have chipmunk marks! It is so stinking cute I'm keeping it! No if ands or buts about it, IT STAYS I'll get pics of the other chicks tomorrow.

 

[ronott1]

first chick from under my broody

from 50 something chicks I have hatched out of my frizzle 'fun color' group this is the first one to have chipmunk marks! It is so stinking cute

I'm keeping it! No if ands or buts about it, IT STAYS

I'll get pics of the other chicks tomorrow.

Congratulations!

I am going to put half incubated egg under a broody tonight.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

and since this is a turkey hatch-a-thon here is a picture of Duck out on his/her's first free ranging adventure!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Quote: Yep, very different. Even humidity levels need to be different between still air & forced air.

Quote: Keep your snow. Things are finally turning green here.

 

[gryeyes]

I locked down on schedule this evening, unplugged the turner cradle and upped the humidity from 45% to 67%.

No visible pips in any other eggs, chicken or turkey. But the two early tutors are doing well.

 

[Mahonri]

I'm getting heritage Dellies and an SLW!

WAHOO!

Winging their way from MO as we dream.

 

[jandcclark5308]

I'm hoping somebody here can give me some advice or something.... this is my first time incubating turkeys and I've had rotten luck so far, I'm not sure if it's me or the batch its self I've done chickens with not much issue but these bad boys are sending me for a loop. I started off with 6 and now I'm down to 1. 1 wasnt fertile from the get go then 1 by 1 they started getting blood rings and dying.... they'll be fine and moving one day then poof blood ring and goner. I have the temp at 100 in a LG still air and humidity at 55 I haven't had any crazy spikes in temp (up or down) or in humidity. Handeling with clean hands, rotating by hand 3 + times a day. I'm supposed to be locking down here in the couple days (I got started a little to late to actually hatch by cinco de mayo) and don't want to lose my last one if it's something I'm doing wrong

 

[Mahonri]

Sounds like you are doing everything right... other than I don't know what the humidity should be for turkeys.

I put 8 eggs under a broody and I'm guessing I'll be lucky if one hatches.

I have plan B in action right now... chicks being shipped from Western MO as we speak to put under her with the one that may hatch.

 

[wolftracks]

I can't be sure, but I think my tutors are peeping. So hard to tell with these Silver Phoenix chicks making noise in the brooder, but I'm pretty sure I hear something. Due tomorrow, so

my bad hatches are over.