Setting Eggs 12/27 Anyone else?

[just2rosey]

Hi Cynthis12!!

Sure is close enough!! My lazy behind didn't get my eggs in until the 28th, and then I added a late egg on the 29th.

I know I candled early, but the cochin eggs are a light brown and very easy to see through. That's half the fun!!

Momofthreechicks, how long do turkey eggs take? I have never raised turkeys..... but I definitely understand the urge to add just a couple more eggs.

Hi, Ajcress, nice to see you here, too. I am so glad I am not alone in the winter hatching madness.

I see several people from the Christmas thread are at it again.

ClintD, good luck with your shipped eggs especially!! I will be anxious to hear how you like the LG. I am planning to take the plunge this spring and buy an incubator, I am currently using a homemade incubator with a water heater thermostat in an old Omaha steak box. I hand turn 3X's a day. I would like an incubator with a turner so I could set more at a time.

 

[ajcress]

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Cynthia12 my name is Athena! From WV!! Nice to meet you! I think the 29th is close enough. I set eggs on the 28th so maybe we will have some eggs hatch at the same time!!!

 

[ajcress]

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Just2rosey HELLO!!! I am happy to see some familiar faces...and also that I am not alone in the hatching madness!!! I just hope Ihave this bator figured out!!

I have the LG still air without the turner and I have used it for years with lots of success! It is very inportant to keep it somewhere the temperature doesn't change to keep it more stable. I also took both red plugs out to adjust the temp for more airflow. set temp at 100 degrees and your ready!! that was just my method..it worked!! good luck in what ever you decide to do!!!

ClintD I also wish you good luck!! the shipped eggs I had gotten for the Christmas thread all grew but quit on me... I had alot of humidity issues so I think that was the problem..

 

[ajcress]

I really need a lesson on how to post pics to this site.. I would love to post pics of my new egg hotel and the little LG that I have. I think I will keep the lg for an overflow brooder to make sure everything is kept separated.. anyone care to post pics of their bators??

 

[Melissa Rose]

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Hope this helps and Happy New Year

 

[ajcress]

oh boy!! Thanks!!

looks like the camera will come outta the case and take a trip to the coop with me today. gonna get a few pics ofthe girls and the bator...stay tuned for updates from Cress Hollow Farms!! Thanks again for the help. I need to change my avitar I had someone help me years ago when I first became a member.. but pics first!!!

 

[Melissa Rose]

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Yeahhhh more chic pics

 

[Cynthia12]

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Cynthia12 my name is Athena! From WV!! Nice to meet you! I think the 29th is close enough. I set eggs on the 28th so maybe we will have some eggs hatch at the same time!!!

Hi Athena. I used to live in VA. I was a lot younger then. lol... I moved to Utah. Quite a change in scenery. I love the huge mountains here though. They are beautiful when you get up into the canyons. They are beautiful to me still at I am driving down the street, and there they are! Right there, rising right up in front of you. Just beautiful.

 

[mommyofthreewithchicks]

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I think they take 28 days. This is my first year with the turkeys so I am still learning the ropes.

I think if we get more turkey eggs I will have to calendar it out, some how I don't think I want them brooding with the silkies.

 

[KWAK]

I have 16 eggs due to hatch on the 12th!
the can be any of the fallowing crosses.
A) Austra white hen X austra white roo.
B) Austra white hen X buff orpingtonXAustralorp roo.
C) Austra white hen X Ameraucana Roo
D) Austra White hen X blue sumatra roo.
E) Austra White hen X Black sumatra mix Roo.

A) Buff orpington hen X austra white roo.
B) Buff orpington hen X buff orpingtonXAustralorp roo.
C) Buff orpington hen X Ameraucana Roo
D) Buff orpington hen X blue sumatra roo.
E) Buff orpington hen X Black sumatra mix Roo.

A) White leghorn hen X austra white roo.
B) White leghorn hen X buff orpingtonXAustralorp roo.
C) White leghorn hen X Ameraucana Roo
D) White leghorn hen X blue sumatra roo.
E) White leghorn hen X Black sumatra mix Roo.

A) Barred rock hen X austra white roo.
B) Barred rock hen X buff orpingtonXAustralorp roo.
C) Barred rock hen X Ameraucana Roo
D) Barred rock hen X blue sumatra roo.
E) Barred rock hen X Black sumatra mix Roo.

A) Black or blue sumatra hen X austra white roo.
B) Black or blue sumatra hen X buff orpingtonXAustralorp roo.
C) Black or blue sumatra hen X Ameraucana Roo
D) Black or blue sumatra hen X blue sumatra roo.
E) Black or blue sumatra hen X Black sumatra mix Roo.