Today, bird breeding in private homes is quite common. In this article we will explain how to incubate turkey eggs at home and what rules should be followed.
Selection and storage of eggs
Egg selection is one of the important stages in turkey poult breeding. Turkey eggs are white or brown in color, which is diluted with small specks. For incubator worth picking eggs that have the correct shape. Material with an atypical color, underdeveloped or overgrown, is not suitable for hatching poults in an incubator at home.
Important! Observe the recommended moisture regimes: an increased rate leads to the death of chicks, as they hatch too late, and lowered - to the hardening of the shell, which makes it impossible for the poults to exit outside.
The selection is accompanied by a very important procedure - ovoskopirovaniya. She is in egg translucency. For efficient breeding of poults, it is necessary to choose the material in which the yolk is in the middle, and the air layer should be near the blunt edge. During cultivation should be observed smooth movement of the yolk. Only such eggs can be used for breeding turkeys in an incubator at home.
Check the eggs before laying on the incubation, you can make a self-made ovoskop.
For storage it is worth choosing dry and warm place. The material should be placed in such a way that the sharp edge looks down, but if storage is planned for more than 4 days, then after this time it is worth turning them over. After 10 days, the eggs lose their ability to ripen and cannot be used for further breeding of poults. It is very important to provide the necessary conditions in the room where they will be stored: humidity can not be more than 80%, and the average temperature should be 12 ° C.
Read about the features of growing different breeds of turkeys: white and bronze wide-chested, Uzbek Palevaya, Black Tikhoretskaya, Big 6.
Before the material goes to the incubator, it is thoroughly cleaned: after the eggs have been in the room for several hours, they should be dipped into a solution of potassium permanganate, glutex or hydrogen peroxide. After the final warming and drying, you can move them to the incubator.
Terms and conditions for incubation
The standard incubation period is limited to 4 weeks. During this time, a lot of processes occur, maturation of chicks is carried out. It is during this period that it is necessary to ensure proper temperature conditions, humidity indicators, so that as a result healthy and strong turkey poults will emerge.
Did you know? Turkeys are great weather forecasters. As weather deteriorates, they begin to pluck.
We grow turkey poults
Breeding poults at home is not a very difficult event, and if you follow all the recommendations, it is possible to achieve the desired result.
Egg incubation mode
The whole period is divided into certain stages. (days) below:
- 1-8th day. It is necessary to provide a temperature of 37.5-38 ° C. Humidity should be approximately 65%. Eggs should be rotated at least 6 times. This is necessary to improve their heating, as well as to prevent the embryo from sticking to the shell and the shell.
Important! Be sure to turn the eggs! Ignoring this recommendation will cause the embryo to stick to the shell or the turkeys will have deformities.
- 8-14th day. Temperatures should be 37.7-38 ° C, humidity should be slightly reduced and left at 45%. Turkey hatching egg should be rotated 6 times a day.
- 15-25th day. Temperatures gradually decrease to 37.4 ° C, and humidity increases to 65%. Starting from the 15th day it is important to cool the material for 10-15 minutes. Turn the material up to 5 times per day.
- 26-28th day. The final stage. These days is the removal of turkey poults.
Summary table of incubation of turkey eggs looks like this:
| Incubation period, days | Temperature, ° C | Ventilation barrier |
| dry thermometer | ||
| 1-5 | 37,9-38,1 | is closed |
| 6-12 | 37,7-37,9 | open 15 mm |
| 13-25 | 37,4-37,7 | open 15 mm |
| 26 | 37,3 | 20 mm before sampling it is necessary to fully open (in about 2-3 hours) |
| 27 | 37,0-37,3 | |
| 28 | 37,0 |
For breeding turkeys, it is not necessary to buy an incubator, you can make it yourself.
Terms of hatching chicks
On the 4th week of the incubation period, naklev begins to appear. At this time, mandatory control ovoskopirovaniya. With proper development of the egg, its internal filling should be dense, only those places where there is an air cushion can be translucent.
Starting from the 25th day, you can expect the first bite of the shell. By the end of the 27th day, the poults begin to hatch massively from eggs. This process takes an average of 6-8 hours. At that time it is forbidden to open the incubator, as this may lead to hypothermia wet poults. Only after the chicks are completely dry can they be removed from the incubator. 
Did you know? Turkeys do not beat lying: if the bird lay down and stretched its neck - she saved herself from death.
Observing incubation regimes, you will be able to independently breed the chicks. The main thing is to be confident in achieving your goal. In this case, you will help accuracy, concentration and attentiveness. Anyone can arrange an incubator and breed healthy chicks.
