~*Third Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatch-Athon*~ all poultry welcome!

[Jessshan8]

Quote: I saw the same thing from my BR's today but no eggs as of yet.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Yay! You got turkey biz-ness!

YAY!!! I cant wait for the eggs now. I check 2-3 times a day lol. I keep telling myself any day now. Soon Ill be swimming in turkey eggs, I cant wait.


Who all here has already started getting eggs?

I've been getting eggs from my slates & palms for over a month. Took about 2 weeks to be fertile.

 

[yinepu]

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if the temp has stabilized and isn't still climbing.. by now I would say to ignore the blinking and go ahead and set those eggs...

 

[sonderah]

if the temp has stabilized and isn't still climbing.. by now I would say to ignore the blinking and go ahead and set those eggs...

I did I did!!! At 7 am I set 32 eggs!!!! I'm soooo excited and I just can't hide it!! Lol My turkeys!!! Fingers crossed!!

 

[yinepu]

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My test hatch eggs are showing good fertility... little spiders were looking back at me when I candled them this morning..

 

[sonderah]

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My test hatch eggs are showing good fertility... little spiders were looking back at me when I candled them this morning.. 

I shall go insane waiting til time to candle this batch! Since it has my 1st turkeys and a few EE eggs from a pullet I got last weekend who had been with an EE rooster, so I kept the 1st 3 eggs she laid me!

 

[Wisher1000]

I hate to admit this, but with the new incubator, I only candle once, at day 18, and toss the clears. Did I mention, I love this bator?!

 

[sonderah]

I hate to admit this, but with the new incubator, I only candle once, at day 18, and toss the clears.  Did I mention, I love this bator?!

I sure hope I love my new one! I haven't been doing it long enough to not think about it every minute of every day still!!! Lol

 

[yinepu]

I hate to admit this, but with the new incubator, I only candle once, at day 18, and toss the clears. Did I mention, I love this bator?!

I candle more often than that... since I have so many eggs in any given month that I incubate.. space can be limited (even with 6 incubators).. so incubating clear eggs just takes up space that fertile eggs could be using.. lol

plus hand turning 300+ eggs 5 times every day gets a bit time consuming..

even worse when I have each incubator packed to capacity,,, (1800 eggs when I lose my mind and pack them all)...

 

[Arielle]

Quote: 10 pounds in 10 weeks is remarkable growth!!

WHat bigger birds?? what is bigger than a toulouse?? Wait . . . I think you mean they get older and therefore bigger . . . . .

I was shocked to see the enormouse size of the geese at the Northeast POultry congress. HUGE birds. Like a stuffed toy for a child bed huge!


( brain tossing ideas around and around . . . . .)

My Turkeys are getting down to business


Hes also training to be in the Circus, I caught him practicing his balancing act


The Circus might not want his act though. Because he fell.

ROFL the girls are so patient and the boys are soo slow!!!! lol I watched my pair to see if they could get the job done-- male took so long other male interupted and claimed a turn, only he was across the hen and under the original tom. . . not gonna work that way!!

Quote: No eggs yet but I keep checking!

I hate to admit this, but with the new incubator, I only candle once, at day 18, and toss the clears. Did I mention, I love this bator?!

Effecient!

Quote: That's about the time I start tipping the incubator!! lol What are you going to do with 1000+ babies?? You can't eat that many.