How Do You Hatch Turkey Eggs In An Incubator?
• Set up your incubator at least 24 hours before you put the eggs in. • Fill the lower channel with water to ensure adequate humidity. • Place two thermometers in the incubator. Make sure they are elevated to half the height of the eggs (usually about 1 inch). You can get disposable plastic cups and cut them to the desired height to act as platforms for the thermometers. • Attach a fabric extension to the bulb of one thermometer and make sure that the other end is in the water channel underneath. This thermometer, called a wet-bulb thermometer, will give you a rough idea of the humidity in the incubator, but only if the fabric is wet. • Make sure the temperature is stable at or around 99 degrees Fahrenheit (~37 degrees Celsius), and the wet-bulb temperature stays between 85 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit (~29 and 37.5 degrees Celsius). • Mark the eggs with a regular pencil. Put an “x” on one side and an “o” on the other (when the eggs are laying flat on their sides). This is so that when y
