Fertilty and hatch rate so far

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 4:31 pm

They are adorable!

coonhound · Post by **coonhound** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 4:34 pm

There silver,light brown,black,buff and red lehgorns plus some partridge chantaclers

Flat Rock Farm · Post by **Flat Rock Farm** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 4:58 pm

So cute coonhound,

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Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 5:03 pm

Congrats Man!!!

I have light browns hatching right now!!! they are well ahead of the rirs!

Featherduster · Post by **Featherduster** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:02 pm

Sold 2 doz ameraucana and aberdette eggs and they candled the eggs and 100% developing!! Wow... impressive. Seems a good year for the ladies and their stud muffins....

Post by **WLLady** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:51 pm

Well i just had 31 of 37 turkeys hatch successfully....first for me! Turning the temp down 1c works wonders. I may be placing a classified ad soon. Lol

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:12 pm

Congrats Kathy! Clawton just hatched 6/8 of my bsw turkeys! Wooohoooo. Im really happy about that!

Iv had really great hatch rates that are improving with each batch!

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:43 am

WLLady wrote:QR_BBPOST Well i just had 31 of 37 turkeys hatch successfully....first for me! Turning the temp down 1c works wonders. I may be placing a classified ad soon. Lol

WLLady can you please elaborate? Did you turn down the temperature for the whole incubation?

Post by **WLLady** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:42 am

I set them at 100F, like i do for chickens-now my incubator varies from 99.6-100F....so average is about 99.8....then at lockdown i add water to up the humidity to about 65% and then turn the incubator down to 99.0. It was recommended by a couple of people on here, and on the porter's turkey webpage. It worked like a charm! i went from 10% hatch rates to over 70% with just the 1C decrease for lockdown.

Flat Rock Farm · Post by **Flat Rock Farm** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 3:48 pm

Wow Kathy that is a huge % increase in hatch!!