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[mixedUPturk]

Sure, pm away!  I'll even give you my phone number if you'd rather text them.. 

I found the spreadsheet on my duck hatch.  The ones that hatched had lost the following % by day 25.  15.41%, 10.61%; 13.56%; 15.95%.  The lowest percentage pipped first, and hatched 2nd.

Wow Awesome!!! Thank you So Much! My percents spread like that worries me, but i figured its just gotta be watched!

 

[scflock]

Get a GQF.

One turner shelf in the GQF will hold 1 and 5/6 plastic trays, total of 66 eggs per turner shelf. Since you have to trim one of the egg trays to fit (when using the large chicken egg tray), you will have one tray hold 36 and one 30 per shelf. You could set 30 eggs every week and move one tray to the Brinsea for hatch, then add fresh eggs. You'd only use one and a half shelves for this process, and would have room to hatch Ams and OEs too if you pick up a used Eco 20. You don't need the fancy Brinsea for hatching.

I have thought of all of that, and that would be ideal for me. The only time I have seen a Sportsman recently, I waited until I got home from work to show it to my wife. It was gone

All I will be incubating next year are the 2 marans flocks and the Ams, so 30/week would be ideal

 

[WalnutHill]

I have thought of all of that, and that would be ideal for me. The only time I have seen a Sportsman recently, I waited until I got home from work to show it to my wife. It was gone

All I will be incubating next year are the 2 marans flocks and the Ams, so 30/week would be ideal

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[RubyNala97]

To hold the eggs upright. I was worried about the small air cells in the large eggs. I had 23 make lockdown, and the eggs were huge, so many of them were almost vertical at lockdown. Those hatched first, and every egg with a small air cell hatched. I think the upright position kept them from drowning, they just punched the ends of the eggs out and slid out. By the time a few hatched, the eggs were laying flat on their sides, but they were pipped by then, so they still hatched. I was impressed enough that I think the carton experiment is worth a shot

I've contemplated hatching in cartons, on every hatch except the peas. It's popular for shipped eggs but I have not done it. I'm just not sure how it would work out in the shape of the mini. I will definitely try it once I get the 20. I'll be curious to see pics if you try it next time, please.

 

[FridayYet]

I have processed, and would do it again, but Mrs. Flock is still a little squeamish over it. She has eaten them, but she has a funny look on her face when she does . It's a shame, too, because marans are a fantastic table bird. I have customers that will buy them as meat birds, but it costs me more to grow them to butcher size than I sell them for

If I put pieces in the crockpot for enchiladas, it doesn't resemble the cockerel I knew and makes it easier.

 

[RubyNala97]

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[FridayYet]

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Let's see if I did this right...

Awesome Ruby!

 

[WalnutHill]

At what age do turkeys start laying??

Heritage turkeys mature sexually around 36 weeks, then lay 80-90 eggs for the season. My challenge will be to try to identify eggs from several hens. This year I had only three laying, and I could ID each of their eggs by color. If I sell poults at hatch, I need to be able to identify Gen 1 and Gen 2 poults from straight Narragansett/Golden Narragansett poults.

 

[scflock]

I've contemplated hatching in cartons, on every hatch except the peas. It's popular for shipped eggs but I have not done it. I'm just not sure how it would work out in the shape of the mini. I will definitely try it once I get the 20. I'll be curious to see pics if you try it next time, please.

I was very concerned about the small air cells at lockdown, and I absolutely believe that their vertical hatching position helped

 

[scflock]

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I had never heard of that before. That's awesome, thanks