Turkey topic in general

[ChanceRider]

Steve, I'm SO glad to see that you reconsidered leaving. I've learned so much from you and attribute a lot of my (so far) success with hatching eggs and raising poults to your advice and wisdom. It's good to step away from time to time and put things into perspective... I always appreciate that you're here for us. I'm quite the novice with turkeys and still have so much to learn from you and others.

Now, please keep your fingers crossed that of the 14 BR eggs I have incubating, I get at least one tom!

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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Just close your eyes and tap your heels together three times and say "Everybody loves a turkey , everybody loves a turkey , everybody loves a turkey" And you will have your tom.

Steve

 

[chickenannie]

Wha???? Steve, it's great having you here -- why would you leave when we NEED you?

Ok, I went back and read that you decided to stay. Awesome!

 

[boxermom]

Thanks for staying. I was just telling my DH that I hadn't seen you on here and I missed your knowledge and expertise. You are such a great teacher!

 

[bigkford]

Ok , I have a question about babies, I have two poults that have hatched yesterday and today. I have read to give them the gamebird starter plus grit and also to just give the gamebird starter which is true? I have both here.

 

[ivan3]

Just the Starter.

 

[bmbetsy]

I have one blue slate turkey hen and one tom. She is just now one year old. I have had them together for two months and she will lay two or three eggs a week. I have tried incubating her eggs three different times and would get fully developed birds but they never pipped. I finally got one to hatch just the other day, but I didn;t do anything different. Anyone with ideas what could be going wrong? Bator temps and humidity are good. I have hatched chickens with success.I can;t figure this one out.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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If they fully develop and don't pip it's more than likely a humidity problem. If they pip into the air cell and can't get any further the humidity is to low, the egg has drawn down to much and the poult can't turn to pip the shell

If the humidity is to high, they don't draw down enough and they drown.

What kind of incubator are you using and what are the settings? More than likely somebody here has the same type 'bator and can help with what they have theirs set at.

Steve in NC

 

[bmbetsy]

I have a brower bator and have been keeping the humidity at around 45 to 50 until the hatching period and then I try to raise it to about 60 to 70. Here in east Texas the humidity is around 40 to 50 without adding any moisture. The couple that I craked open were still wet, so maybe I am giving them too much moisture.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

We have a GQF Sportsman and ours runs about 40 to 45% during the incubation and then like you 60 to 70% when hatching

Steve