DO turkey eggs require higher humidity?

[Nksg75]

hi,
I have hatched many chicken eggs, however I have 3 turkey eggs given to me to hatch and since I have never tried hatching them I thought I would ask if they require higher humidity in general than chicken eggs during lockdown?
I am planning on locking them down friday.
Any advice appreciated

 

[Nksg75]

They all hatched!!
I never could find clear answers on this, so I just upped humidity (not too hard to do in south Texas!)

 

[Alluundra]

I am incubating turkey eggs as well and am a first timer, I read somewhere, read a lot of articles and watched YouTube videos, that the humidity should be around 70-75% at lock down. And they should be locked down at day 25 as they take 28 days, sorry just saw this wish I could remember which articles referenced that info. I just googled and read as much as I could.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I go out several times a day and poke my finger at the food peeping to show poults how and what to eat. I also use glass rocks to draw them in to peck. Chicks can help teach them, but without chicks you need to keep showing them for up to a week.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I keep them together and wish I didn't. 2 roosters have been killed by jakes, 1 hen almost from attempted mating. Bullying year around by hens
I need to get my lazy self in gear and build a 5th coop and leave the turkeys in the main coop.

The flip side is the coop that has turkeys has no injuries from hawks .. some turkeys have lost some feathers in the attacks but they defend their territory

I just lost 2 turkey hens. The first for me. I think an owl. Both hens were setting on a nest at the far end of the run which isn't covered.

Turkeys are funny birds, but they are also bullies and thugs. Not to mention if left out too long they are everywhere.

 

[Robert G]

I'm also interested. I did see somewhere that they do take 28 days to hatch, and the temp should be 99.5 and humidity at 55. I'm not sure about lock down though. What day are you locking them down? Is it day 25?

 

[Nksg75]

Thanks for replying.
Actually I realized that today is day 25 so I will be moving the timeline up. I will lock down tommorow morning.
I originally placed them under a broody hen, and then had a whole fiasco with 2 other Broody hens. So I placed them in the incubator.
I wrote April 20th on the eggs, so today should be day 25

 

[rockportdawn]

I'm also interested. I did see somewhere that they do take 28 days to hatch, and the temp should be 99.5 and humidity at 55. I'm not sure about lock down though. What day are you locking them down? Is it day 25?

Robert, I too an in South Texas and have 15 turkey eggs currently hatching under my the hen. My problem is that she seems to be cracking up their shells today. I want to put them in the incubator to keep them safe, so I've set it up. I too will get the humidity up and get them in. I have hatched chickens and never have I ever seen the hen cracking up the shells??

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I'm glad they all hatched for you! I do 75% for turkeys btw.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I always use my broody chicken hens to hatch turkey eggs for me, so I would have said no to the higher humidity. Congratulations on your poults.