First time incubating

I tried incubating eggs for the first time with a $40 incubator from Amazon, since it was my first time I did some experimenting throughout the process!

One egg I incubated had been pecked by momma hen before being put in, I added a piece of tape over the hole and anxiously waited to see if it would work. It WORKED! I hatched a little baby Cochin from a pecked egg :)

I lost 4 eggs during the process (I believe they were not fertilized) so I added in 4 more eggs to the same incubator on day 9 of the other eggs incubation just to see if it was possible to stick them in that late in the game. This is still slightly ongoing but looking promising! Out of the 4; 1 serama egg has hatched and 2 Cochin eggs are pipped. The 4th egg (serama) has not pipped yet but it still has some time!

This has been so much fun! Attaching pictures! The guy up front who I believe is a rooster is from a friend not hatched by me (he was getting picked on so I took him in)!

Also added in two turkeys! If you’ve read this far does anyone know how early I can sex heritage turkeys/the easiest way? Or if there’s a page for turkeys I can join?