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

[winteree]

That makes me hurt for you. must be so very sore.....

I <3 painkiller and yes it does hurt but not as bad as i thought it would

 

[winteree]

I saw you already tossed these guys together. I have mixed chicks 2-8 weeks old, adding every 1-2 weeks & they all do fine. I have to make sure the smallest ones are agile enough to get out of the big ones' way, but usually no problems. I just pitched a batch of 25 3-8 week olds out in my main coop a couple days ago. We hadc2 pevking injuries from my turkey tom grabbing 2 chicks & 3 casualties from the old door my SO laid across unstable supports collapsing after I told him it wasn't going to work & he did it anyway (Men! *SMACK!!!*) Overall, no problems between the 25 babies & the 24 older chickens & 6 call ducks alreafy in the pen. The tom was the only problem & he got over it quickly & no problems since.
I had a father like that. Nothing I ever did was good enough & he was always too lazy to help with anything but always running his mouth. I moved out as soon as I could. The good thing I learned from growing upceith him is this: Never wait on a man to do something you can get done faster & usually better by doing it yourself. I have become very self sufficient over the years.

Yeah asking for help is really not worth my effort anymore so i do what i can by my self

 

[AmericanMom]

7/14 out... 3 more have piped... Not even due til tomorrow

 

[winteree]

These are the 3 I hatched last week. Momma is a splash polish. Daddy is a blue partridge silkie. Babies are dark skinned, feather footed, smooth feathred & splash colored. Toe counts vary. The 2 new babies both have 10. The 3 here have 8, 9 & 10.

Sooo cute

 

[lsmith]

Well none of my other chicks hatched. I did eggtopsys on 1 and it was fully formed and looked ready to me but was not alive. I didn't bother with the rest. I gave them 25 days and only got 1. The duck egg is still in the incubator. Good news is that mg humidity is waaaaay up from what it had been. I'm only going 50-55% because the turkey eggs I set 4/30 are in with it. No rocking or pipping. Do ducks cheep? I don't hear any but I wanted to check.

 

[Avlana]

Well none of my other chicks hatched. I did eggtopsys on 1 and it was fully formed and looked ready to me but was not alive. I didn't bother with the rest. I gave them 25 days and only got 1. The duck egg is still in the incubator. Good news is that mg humidity is waaaaay up from what it had been. I'm only going 50-55% because the turkey eggs I set 4/30 are in with it. No rocking or pipping. Do ducks cheep? I don't hear any but I wanted to check.

Yes, ducklings do peep after pipping internally. I find ducklings and goslings much more responsive to voices. Try talking to it. You may get chatter back

 

[Alaskan]

Only 2/8 :/
Only 2 eggs were fertile they are the ones that hatched

It would have been a but different if the infertile ones had hatched.


Seriously though... So sorry you only got 2. But, at least you know that your incubation skills are top notch since you scored a 100% on the fertile.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Well none of my other chicks hatched. I did eggtopsys on 1 and it was fully formed and looked ready to me but was not alive. I didn't bother with the rest. I gave them 25 days and only got 1. The duck egg is still in the incubator. Good news is that mg humidity is waaaaay up from what it had been. I'm only going 50-55% because the turkey eggs I set 4/30 are in with it. No rocking or pipping. Do ducks cheep? I don't hear any but I wanted to check.

Mine did. They are not as loud as chicks tho

 

[Arielle]

Only 2/8

Only 2 eggs were fertile they are the ones that hatched

IF the accessment of fertility is based on development, that is a hard call if the eggs were shipped. If eggs are not shipped, and don't develop, that can be caused by several factors too. Glad you got two!! Guard them well.

Well none of my other chicks hatched. I did eggtopsys on 1 and it was fully formed and looked ready to me but was not alive. I didn't bother with the rest. I gave them 25 days and only got 1. The duck egg is still in the incubator. Good news is that mg humidity is waaaaay up from what it had been. I'm only going 50-55% because the turkey eggs I set 4/30 are in with it. No rocking or pipping. Do ducks cheep? I don't hear any but I wanted to check.

Sorry the eggs didn't hatch. It is disappointing.

OF course, you know this mean, setting more turkey eggs!!!!

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

Well none of my other chicks hatched. I did eggtopsys on 1 and it was fully formed and looked ready to me but was not alive. I didn't bother with the rest. I gave them 25 days and only got 1. The duck egg is still in the incubator. Good news is that mg humidity is waaaaay up from what it had been. I'm only going 50-55% because the turkey eggs I set 4/30 are in with it. No rocking or pipping. Do ducks cheep? I don't hear any but I wanted to check.

It really bites when that happens...

Time to get more eggs