Here is a great Site I found on incubation times and temps and Humidity levels on various birds....
How Long does it take?
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Remember.... These #'s are not cast in stone. Depending on your incubator...
I think i figured out the problem I got a hold of some bad info on Humidity settings I had read on ducks the last 3 days to raise the humidity to 65% ....this is to low it may work fine for chickens but not for ducks and other water birds they need 85- 90% relative humidity this makes since why...
Thank you so much for replying , I live in Clarksville Tn. and the Eggs were bought from a hobbiest in New york Hilltop Farms. I put them in the incubator 24 hrs after they arrived.
Im very sceptic on rather to try again with such a complete failure as this without knowing what not to do next time. I have read that water birds are very hard to incubate but there are success stories as long as you pamper them along . I have wondered if the suficated if the 2 -1/2" holes are...
Hello Sir, Can you give me a good guess as to why my Mandarin eggs did not hatch ? I had 5 eggs all were fertile I put them in my hovabator 1602N that I have added a turbo fan and a humidity and temp. monitor this unit also has an automatic egg turner, I installed plastic tubing to the water...
Hello Sir, Can you give me a good guess as to why my Mandarin eggs did not hatch ? I had 5 eggs all were fertile I put them in my hovabator 1602N that I have added a turbo fan and a humidity and temp. monitor this unit also has an automatic egg turner, I installed plastic tubing to the water...