Has anyone used this successfully for turkey eggs? Any adaptations that had to be made? Looking for an incubator for quail, chicken and turkey eggs.
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I never hatched turkey's, i'm not sure what adaptations would need to be made..but i hatched Geese in it and Ducks of various varieties and it worked great! holds the temp pretty well..i had to add water pretty frequently..about daily though.
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Not sure, but the humidity it gives off was more than enough to hatch duck eggs. I would say no. The unit is self contained and not much room for any additions. There was barely enough room inside to fit the mini hygrometer and that had to be temp rested on The eggs themselves.
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I use mine for quail eggs, on 17th day I put them in a still air incubator at around 69 percent humidity while they hatch but while their in the farm innovator from one to seventeen days I keep them at 99.5 degrees and 55 to 70 percent humidity.....hope this helps
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this unit does not come with an egg turner. the school specialty, that holds 42 chicken eggs, works well in the genesis. i recommend this incubator and turner highly.
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Looks like 2.25" X 3" would work. Which is bigger than a turkey egg. Give it a try.
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Yes water must be added daily into small tray reservoirs. I put warm water so it does pull down temp in incubator. Duck eggs will be fine! Good luck.
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I'm actually having the same experience. In 2 weeks I've gotten one egg laid in the new boxes. I've tried showing the boxes to the hens, putting eggs in them, and making the places they are laying less appealing for nesting. Not much luck yet. I am hoping time would help them get more comfortable with the plastic boxes, but based on your experience, maybe not. I'll be interested to see others' answers.
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Hello Margaret, This is Lori. I believe the turkey eggs would work, without the turner. You will just have to make sure you turn them at least 3 times a day, for the first 18 days. I absolutely love this incubator! At our former residence, I only had to use a minimal amount of water to maintain the temperature. I also don't open the lid to add water. I use aquarium tubing with a 5 cc syringe and insert the tubing through the vent hole into the water troughs. It is very helpful if you also have a room hygrometer to measure the humidity/temp in the room, besides the hygrometer/temp on the lid. The more humidity you have in your room, the less water you will need to add to your incubator. I would first start by turning the incubator on and don't put the eggs or water in the incubator. Regulate the temp first. It may take 24 hours. At my other residence, I hardly had to add any water at all, only about 10 ccs of water every couple of days. On day 19, I added a little bit more water, around 20 ccs and monitored the incubator temp/humidity closely. You want to see some condensation on the windows on day 19-21. My temp was at 99.5 for the first 18 days. The humidity was at 60% the first 18 days. On day 19, with adding a little bit more water, I increased the humidity between 65-70%. My temp still stayed 99.5 on the last 3 days. I looked at both hygrometers/temps, the one in the room and the hygrometer/temp with the incubator. I always had an excellent hatch rate with this incubator. When I used the turner, I would have 40 eggs in there, and hatched 38 of them with success! Best of luck to you! Oh, by the way, I just wanted to say that I didn't follow the directions with how they tell you to fill the troughs. The location of where you have your incubator and room temp/humidity really does make a difference.
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I don't know, I don't raise turkeys but if they would fit on the turner I would try it. Do they have a different incubation period than chickens?
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it'll hold 60 quail eggs and I used it on a partial load a couple of times. Now I haven't hatched any chicken eggs with it yet, but on the quail eggs it was just the same with about the same ratio of hatchlings, about a 98% rate. Hope this helps, it's a good incubator, add water and forget it.you'll need to check the water every few days, and add some, other than that, it's money well spent...Good luck.
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I never pierced my eggs. Not sure how large extra large is but it probably will work. Id think the worst case would be to skip a slot and tilt very large ones, but I have never had to do that.No ostrich eggs tho, ok?
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Yes that's what I hatched last spring. I put 5 in and 3 of them hatched. I love that incubator and my first graders were amazed!
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I only used it briefly when the chickens were little as I only had a small coop for the babies. I have Isa Browns and Black Sex links, and they were able to figure it out and get water. I put a 5 gallon barrel on top of the coop, so it would keep it filled. But I actually prefer the old fashioned chicken water elevated a little bit off the ground just because I was never sure if the barrel was getting low. I use a flat bottom bowl to elevate the waterer a little bit to help keep dirt and pine shavings out of it, and so the water level is a little higher that just on the ground....I prefer the old tin waterer type because you can just look at it and see if it's clean water and filled. But I did keep my oasis fountainhead, as I would hook it up again if I was going to be gone for a few days, because I could connect it to a large water reservoir so they would always have water when I am gone. And I don't know of any way to keep the dirt and bird crap out of the tin water container - I've tried elevating them a little and it doesn't help - they still find a way to crap in their water reservoir!
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If there the size of quail eggs you will need quail rack. Im using ggame fowl eggs which are smaller than most chickens so I assume it will work.
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There is indeed a problem if you wish to sleep ..I had arranged to return the product due to the erratic temperatures but I had nowhere else to put the eggs until my new incubator arrived. Of 11, three hatched, one was obviously not viable, but I left the other seven and the third chick in it at a temp of 100 (at hatching 98 is better). On impulse I removed the third hatchling and put him in in thebrooder. Good thing. When I awakened in the am the temp was105 and I lost all seven eggs.Even with a digital thermometer to motor the inconsistencies, unless you are there 24/7 there is no solution for the problems. There is indeed a problem if you wish to sleep ..I had arranged to return the product due to the erratic temperatures but I had nowhere else to put the eggs until my new incubator arrived. Of 11, three hatched, one was obviously not viable, but I left the other seven and the third chick in it at a temp of 100 (at hatching 98 is better). On impulse I removed the third hatchling and put him in in thebrooder. Good thing. When I awakened in the am the temp was105 and I lost all seven eggs.Even with a digital thermometer to motor the inconsistencies, unless you are there 24/7 there is no... » Read More There is indeed a problem if you wish to sleep ..I had arranged to return the product due to the erratic temperatures but I had nowhere else to put the eggs until my new incubator arrived. Of 11, three hatched, one was obviously not viable, but I left the other seven and the third chick in it at a temp of 100 (at hatching 98 is better). On impulse I removed the third hatchling and put him in in thebrooder. Good thing. When I awakened in the am the temp was105 and I lost all seven eggs.Even with a digital thermometer to motor the inconsistencies, unless you are there 24/7 there is no solution for the problems. « Show Less
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It does let you do the Duck eggs. Make sure that you mark a line on the eggs to make sure that they're making a full rotation. Also make sure on your rotation number that you increase the number so the rotation rolls longer and the egg is incubated better. Make sure that you keep your water full with the duck eggs being larger and shell sometime thicker. It does hold them but it gets a little bit tight. Also when ducks hatch you need to put them in a brooder immediately it is very cramped in the Brinsea. Good luck with your duck hatching.
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We don't use it for hatching eggs because the heat is not regulated properly. Maybe that has been corrected by now; I don't know. We tried one several years ago and the heating was too irregular to hatch eggs. Nancy Laird RN