Turkey Incubating... Humidity!

[ticks]

What should the humdity be for my turkeys? I have them at about 50+. Is this good? too high? too low?

 

[LoveMyBirds]

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I'm not an egg-spert here..

Might depend on the fan or no fan.. turner or no turner..

Here's what my setup was... Hova-1583 with fan and turner.

My humidity was around 55 which I thought was little high when I first put my eggs in..

Then dropped down to around 45 .. When they started to hatch it auto raised from the hatch to 70 plus...

I just got 17 turkeys and so far 2 chicks... 6 left... Tomorrow is the due date..

I have another Hova-1582 withOUT a fan and NO turner.. They are due tomorrow (Apr30) also... BUT no pipping as of this post..

Humidity was around 40-50.. temps around 99.5 - 100.5...

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

We run ours about 45 to 50% in a GQF sportsman, and raise it to about 60 to 65 for hatching.

Each incubator has it's own settings for what works and hatches best.

Steve in NC

 

[Harp Turkey Ranch]

In our Cabinets we run them at 40% then let them dry down to 25% or so every week or when the pan goes dry and the re-fill.

We hatch at 65%

 

[ticks]

Mine is about 40-45ish
My bator is not holding the water in