What is your typical hatch rate for turkey eggs?

[A.T. Hagan]

For fresh eggs from your own birds what is your typical hatch rate for turkey eggs?

With my fresh eggs from my chickens I get over 90% hatch consistently.

But with my turkeys I get between 85-90% with fresh eggs from my own birds. Occasionally over 90% but usually between 85-90%. I'm not unhappy with that, but it seems like I ought to get at least a good a hatch from turkeys as I do with chickens. But I may also be expecting too much.

So with fresh eggs from your own birds what is your typical hatch rate with turkey eggs?

 

[dgecko]

My RP turkey hatched out 12 out of 12 yesterday but with living in the country and all the wildlife I did take the polts away from her. I didn't want the count to slowly disapear. Just maybe she will lay again this year

 

[kuntrygirl]

I think I"m lucky because my hatch rate is about 98%. I had a 100% hatch rate on last year. All of my fresh turkey eggs seem to be fertile and hatching. So far, this year there has been only 1 egg that was a dud. My hatch rate with my chickens is about the same percentage that you get with your turkey eggs and I am NOT happy about my chicken hatch rate. This year has been terrible for my chickens and I don't know why.

 

[MissTurkey4]

I have hatched out about 50 poults so far this year. I hatch in those Havobators. I got to get something better. chicks hatch great for me. Turkeys do not seem as happy with my humidity. I have alot they just die after they peep. I have tried to make ajustments but they still do not hatch as well as the chicks. I also do great with ducks but not with geese.

 

[MissTurkey4]

A.T. Hagan :

For fresh eggs from your own birds what is your typical hatch rate for turkey eggs?

With my fresh eggs from my chickens I get over 90% hatch consistently.

But with my turkeys I get between 85-90% with fresh eggs from my own birds. Occasionally over 90% but usually between 85-90%. I'm not unhappy with that, but it seems like I ought to get at least a good a hatch from turkeys as I do with chickens. But I may also be expecting too much.

So with fresh eggs from your own birds what is your typical hatch rate with turkey eggs?

I noticed the albc breeding manual (page 17)says you should expect 80% fertility and 75 to 80% hatchability from the fertile eggs. So your doing better than that.​

 

[A.T. Hagan]

That's why I'm not unhappy with the hatch rate, but I keep wondering if maybe I can do better. Just hatched 22 out of 25. I started with 27 but two were clear. Candled again just before going into the hatching trays so I know they were all still good at that point. Of the three that did not hatch two never pipped and one pipped and started to zip then quit. This has been typical of my hatches which are always twenty five eggs or more at a setting. Just bothers me to have those few not hatch when I know they were alive when they went into the hatching trays. That last hatch was 87% which is certainly better than what the ALBC says to expect, but still...

 

[MissTurkey4]

Breeding methods plays a role in hatchability but I would say your good.

 

[turkaholic]

I'm happy with anything over 85%. Some batches have 100%, others 75%. To expect consistent 95% or better may be a bit unrealistic. Some eggs, no matter what, just don't develop, or the embryo dies because of a number of reasons. After all, not all human pregancies end in success either.

 

[ColbyNTX]

Early this year i've been getting 98-100%. My hatch of SB and RP and SG last weekend were 100% on all breeds and had no clear eggs. It was about 35 poults. It will drop off some as the breeding season goes on and gets hot. I do put most of my turkey & Pea eggs in my Dickey's and guineas in the GQF but they all go to a GQF hatched. I have around 90 eggs in the hatcher for this weekend. You just never know with birds! My Sweetgrass, I was getting 100% fertillity and hatch for the first month but now i'm getting some clear eggs(20%) at the 2 week candle. Same trio in the same pen with no changes. These eggs were also in my GQF. Go figure!

 

[bigdawg]

my first hatch is happening right now. i will post when its over.