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

[lsmith]

Sounds like she is on a nest.


Do you have an electric fry pan with a lid, or a crockpot??

I have a crock pot! Can I put them in there??

 

[HEChicken]

I have a crock pot! Can I put them in there??

As long as the temp doesn't go over about 100……usually even the lowest setting on a crock pot is higher than that though.

 

[lsmith]

As long as the temp doesn't go over about 100……usually even the lowest setting on a crock pot is higher than that though.

That's what I was thinking. I have one that has the "keep warm" setting and I can line it with a towel but I have no idea how I would gauge the temp. I'll see what I have. Thanks!

 

[LoveMyChicklets]

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CERTAINLY! As soon as I confirm fertility I will post an ad here. One of my turkey girls decided she wants to go broody and she's making a nest now. I'm going to try to let her hatch out some herself but I will still have two other girls to lay us all some eggs!

 

[winteree]

CERTAINLY! As soon as I confirm fertility I will post an ad here. One of my turkey girls decided she wants to go broody and she's making a nest now. I'm going to try to let her hatch out some herself but I will still have two other girls to lay us all some eggs!

NICE THANK YOU!!

 

[winteree]

I'm no duck expert bit as I recall I do think the mallard can do the job-- most of the domestic ducks are derived from mallard.

great idea-- I use a small wattage bulb in my homemade incubator.

Can you make a coolerbator: styrofoam cooler, bottle lamp kit, lightbulb, WHT.

I left some questionable ones in too. But I didn't add any. Removed 14 eggs.

The last one looks promising!!

I hope so but it's is blue my light don't light it up like it does the others

 

[winteree]

@Avlana Ooooh! Really cool seeing the many different egg sizes.

How will you handle hatch?

@winteree dunno, some packages just get mushed, and others don't. You didn't say... What did the eggs in the box look like? Smashed, cracked, or solid?

The egg were fine but all but 1 have detached air cells

 

[winteree]

Too cute-- you can do either Sue. All depends on your goals. If you want pur sweetgrass, then buy eggs (my girls are laying now) or if you want to try your hand at a few fertile go for the boy next door. Once she is bred sucessfully, her eggs will be fertile until the supply runs out. I don't know the limit in turkeys but in chickens it is a few weeks, though some eggs will not get fertilized as the days go on after the mating. But you will get some fertilized eggs. I'm happy to ship you some if you want. Of course I wouldn't be a true enabler unless I said do BOTH !!! lol

Eggs will be fine. Eggs don't start developing until they are at 85 degrees so 40 is perfect to hold them.

A couple years ago a shipment to UT was lost and it took 4 days for the eggs to show up-- lady had a wonderful hatch rate. So hang in there. WHen the eggs arrive, set everything that is not crack or broken. (Hopefully none are, but you know the USPS handling .) Set them upright and let the air cell heal. And as they develop, I don't throw out blood rings either until I am certain the eggs is not black during candling when it should be.

Deep breath.

thanks i wonder why i did see these ealryer then today

 

[K Epp]

Arielle...

I miss worded that. I didn't add eggs to the incubator. The duck and Turkey eggs are under my broody goose.

 

[Sueg4332]

candled turkey eggs 2 unfertile, removed , 1 iffy, 3 growing really good... the hatch goes on