I was incubating 8 Royal Palm X Bourbon Red eggs. Yesterday was day 28. In the morning, cracks had appeared on two eggs. By midafternoon there were first cracks on five eggs, and I had seen seven moving. But the early cracks had not progressed. I was beginning to despair when I hadn't seen much movement for hours except for one egg. But arounf 5, one fionally started working the shell pretty good and voila, a turkey appeared.
When I went to bed, I had two turkeys and one working the shell.
Pips woke me up at 430, and there were 5 poults in the incubator.
At 630, there were 6 poults, and one starting to work.
When I left for work at 8, I had 7 poults
The eigth egg had died.
I was hoping to get 5, and would have been satisfied with three since this was my first try with turkeys. I am thrilled with 7!
And some people bad mouth Hovabators...
When I went to bed, I had two turkeys and one working the shell.
Pips woke me up at 430, and there were 5 poults in the incubator.
At 630, there were 6 poults, and one starting to work.
When I left for work at 8, I had 7 poults
The eigth egg had died.
I was hoping to get 5, and would have been satisfied with three since this was my first try with turkeys. I am thrilled with 7!
And some people bad mouth Hovabators...
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