can I hatch turkey eggs with this unit?
1514537
I don't know how much bigger turkey eggs are than chickens, but this will hold some pretty large eggs. You might need to check with the manufacturer/seller.
1514538
I'm not sure though I would say no, unless you modified the chamber to include larger eggs.
1514539
You can try. The temp control is very unstable and ended up baking or under heating 2 batches before we have up on this unit. Total waste of $$$!
1514540
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.
1514541
I haven't tried turkey eggs but I think they would fit ok without a turner.
1192973
I don't believe the Brinsea Mini incubator would be suitable to hatch goose eggs, obviously their size being the problem. The dome on this incubator sits very close to the end of a chicken egg when placed properly in the turning disc, but it is still able turn with the rotation of the disc. A goose egg, if it touched the dome inside, may not turn or roll if it hangs up on the dome. This Brinsea unit is quite small internally and barely fits 7 large hens eggs for which it was perfectly designed.
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Make sure it's in a warm enough location. I think a more humid condition helps as well. Now that you asked the question, it will probably hatch. :) Good luck!
1125702
I would recommend an incubator that has a self turner. It was very difficult to turn the eggs the way the needed to be turned due to circumstances and schedules. I would not purchase this one again as it is also very hard to maintain temperature and humidity.
2238259
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!
1971826
Yes. In the instruction it will give you the days to hatch and the temperature to set it at for parrots.
61555
I don't see why not. It has adjustable heat and you can fit at least 8 eggs in it.
1309474
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?
1125705
I would reconsider about getting this one. But if you do decide to get this one, good luck:)! Hope you have success. This incubator requires a LOT of work maintaining the temperature, humidity and turning the eggs. It comes with instructions. I would put all of the eggs in together. It is very difficult when you have different eggs on different days.
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do not buy neither one of them,i have one and it does not hatch eggs at all,it burns the baby inside the eggs. i would not buy this incubator ever again. they are to high and are not worst the money,junk!
2011930
Wafer and not very reliable. But you can still get over 50% hatch rate. Just preset it 2 days before
1242441
I would imagine so. Turkys are pretty little when they are hatched and this is adjustable. If you were brooding them during the summer, I would think it would work fine.
1332180
I'm not familiar with a hatch pad but there seems to be enough height clearance inside for up to 1in if one desired to insert something. I had no troubles hatching chicken and duck eggs using the model 4200 pro regarding the screen. My primary concern was there little feet being caught in the automated egg turning tray. I just removed the hatchlings once they were fully hatched... hope this helps Newbie.
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Not according to the directions, however, I don't see why you can't. But the fact is, unless one of your eggs breaks, all you really need to do is give the two plastic pieces a thorough rinse in hot water.After I cook eggs, while the tray is still very hot, I take a wad of wet paper towels and clean the plate with it (being careful, because it's very hot). Every 10 uses or so, I put vinegar and water in the plate as directed, and let it boil for 10 minutes. Everything is always sparkly clean. I LOVE this thing! We use it all the time.
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I am a bit of a Newbie too. I will ask my friend who has been helping me and answer again if he says different. I am not familiar with a hatch pad but there is not much room between the screen and the egg turner. You can remove the turner and just turn by hand to make more room. Also I don't know if the hatch pad is porous or if it would block or interfere with the humidity from below. None of my chicks got caught in the screen. A few got stuck on their backs in the egg turners. My biggest concern is that the heater coil on the lid can create a nasty burn. My friend burned his hand on it. Not much feathers on the little chicks just hatched and all wet! It never turned out to be a problem tho.
1121573
Yes, you do have to turn your eggs in the incubator. You can buy an egg turner for it that cost around $50.00.
2228772
Depends on the size of the eggs. I can get 30-35 box turtle eggs in the unit at one time with trays. Eggs from a python are bigger so there's less space. Also the size of the trays are something to consider As well.