AdorablePhotobombing.....turkey style
Photobombing.....turkey style
Here's my 1st 12 mutt poults of the season. Nice mix. They are SO sweet and calm, I missed not having poults (Turkey Puppies).
One of the Blacks looks like a dark Blue color, instead of Black and it has some yellow in the butt fluff (top poult in the first pic shows him well). Can't wait to see how it feathers out. And the 2 that are yellow/mostly yellow I am in love with. Mutts or not, it's gonna be hard to part with any of these... so I just might have to keep all 12 from this hatch. For sentimental reasons, of course, lol.
My next batch is going into lock-down tomorrow PM, or AM the next day. 13 eggs looked good when I candled this AM. Hope they all hatch too!
Good luck to everyone else hatching poults... post pics!
Quote: I need some BB genes in my Turkey mix..when you coming to CA jc?? Trade ya some Guinea eggs, LOL.
abmaddox... I am fairly new to hatching Turkey eggs, but I incubate my (home laid, not shipped) Turkey eggs in a forced air incubator (with a fan) at 99.6ish degrees with 30-35% humidity for 25 days, then lock them down for the hatch (according to their air cell size and internal pips, or external pips) at the end of day 25, or very early on day 26. Still air incubation temp would need to be a couple degrees higher (measured on top of the eggs) to compensate for the temp difference of the warmer air rising. I've tried to bump the humidity up to 80% for the hatch (lock-down), but it's fighting me, and wants to stay at 70% or so. I had a great hatch this week tho, regardless. I usually candle the eggs at 6-7 days for the first time and I can see veins at that time (and maybe a tiny little embryo too), and the eggs have a reddish hued darkening to the entire egg contents with the aircell at the big end of the egg being really visible. I candle every 4-5 days after that, and usually by the 2nd candling I can see some embryo movement. For a comparison, you can candle a fresh egg, or a refrigerated chicken egg from the grocery store... those are definitely clear, with no development.
Maybe this pic will help you with how the air cell size should look, at the certain # of days thru the incubation:
Good luck with your hatch!
I need some BB genes in my Turkey mix..when you coming to CA jc?? Trade ya some Guinea eggs, LOL.
abmaddox... I am fairly new to hatching Turkey eggs, but I incubate my (home laid, not shipped) Turkey eggs in a forced air incubator (with a fan) at 99.6ish degrees with 30-35% humidity for 25 days, then lock them down for the hatch (according to their air cell size and internal pips, or external pips) at the end of day 25, or very early on day 26. Still air incubation temp would need to be a couple degrees higher (measured on top of the eggs) to compensate for the temp difference of the warmer air rising. I've tried to bump the humidity up to 80% for the hatch (lock-down), but it's fighting me, and wants to stay at 70% or so. I had a great hatch this week tho, regardless. I usually candle the eggs at 6-7 days for the first time and I can see veins at that time (and maybe a tiny little embryo too), and the eggs have a reddish hued darkening to the entire egg contents with the aircell at the big end of the egg being really visible. I candle every 4-5 days after that, and usually by the 2nd candling I can see some embryo movement. For a comparison, you can candle a fresh egg, or a refrigerated chicken egg from the grocery store... those are definitely clear, with no development.
Maybe this pic will help you with how the air cell size should look, at the certain # of days thru the incubation:
Good luck with your hatch!
5I like the diagram above as it shows how the egg needs to dry out in a timely manner. 70% humidity is not likely to get the drying effects that those eggs need. THe purpose of candling is to verify the moisture loss in the egg. ANd to look for life!! lol Looking for veining is a challenge in a 5 day old egg. I can see at about 10 days easily what is going on-- with practice you will be able to see earlier, but I suggest the 10 days so you can understand what the view is.
Quote: I need some BB genes in my Turkey mix..when you coming to CA jc?? Trade ya some Guinea eggs, LOL.
abmaddox... I am fairly new to hatching Turkey eggs, but I incubate my (home laid, not shipped) Turkey eggs in a forced air incubator (with a fan) at 99.6ish degrees with 30-35% humidity for 25 days, then lock them down for the hatch (according to their air cell size and internal pips, or external pips) at the end of day 25, or very early on day 26. Still air incubation temp would need to be a couple degrees higher (measured on top of the eggs) to compensate for the temp difference of the warmer air rising. I've tried to bump the humidity up to 80% for the hatch (lock-down), but it's fighting me, and wants to stay at 70% or so. I had a great hatch this week tho, regardless. I usually candle the eggs at 6-7 days for the first time and I can see veins at that time (and maybe a tiny little embryo too), and the eggs have a reddish hued darkening to the entire egg contents with the aircell at the big end of the egg being really visible. I candle every 4-5 days after that, and usually by the 2nd candling I can see some embryo movement. For a comparison, you can candle a fresh egg, or a refrigerated chicken egg from the grocery store... those are definitely clear, with no development.
Maybe this pic will help you with how the air cell size should look, at the certain # of days thru the incubation:
Good luck with your hatch!
I could spend a week out there visiting friends on BYC and DH's USAF roomie, he is still begging us to comeIf we ever do I will sure swap ya! I am pasturing these buggers, and I cannot believe how fast they grow, they are nearly as tall as my chickens already. I will try to get pics tomorrow, scraggly looking ugly stage for them right now
they hop on my lap and fall asleep, just dolls.
