Incubating peafowl eggs thread

[Hannah15]

Thanks Hannah. I'm having a hard time with mine right now. It seems to be almost 2º off on temperature, I keep adding thermometers, trying to come to a consensus that I trust. Its empty and without the dividers, don't know how much a difference that makes.

I checked mine before I used it, and I THINK it was about half a degree high as well. I couldn't get any thermometers to agree either though, and ultimately decided that half a degree was close enough. I read somewhere that medical thermometers are supposed to be more accurate, but I don't know if that is true.

 

[mandyok]

The guy that sold me my incubators said that I needed to get a mercury thermometer, he said I could get one on eBay. He said those were the only ones that he trusts and he has been raising and selling fowl for 30 years.

 

[AugeredIn]

Yep. Find an old mercury thermometer before they are all gone!

 

[Purpletie3]

Hi there. Never hatched peafowl before and I have my 5 eggs from the BYC Auction. I have a cabinet incubator I am using. It has shelves that turn side to side. What is the best placement of the peafowl eggs?


I read someone incubates them on their sides...or should I just put them large side up?

I have trays to use for them...but they are a flat tray with dividers...So, I would need to make something to stabilize them.

Any ideas would be helpful as they are to set today.

Thank you~
Peafowl newbie

 

[snowshoe]

I incubate mine on there side and also turn them by hand once a day even with auto turner in my cabinet incubator a lot of people just stand there's in hatching trays with good luck my hatch rate seemed to increase a little on there side I have tried both ways.

 

[Purpletie3]

Okay thanks!

 

[GloryBe]

Has anyone tried DRY Incubation (no humidity) the First few weeks of incubation with Peafowl eggs.

If so, could you tell me about when and how much humidy was added.

I have tried it for chicken eggs and it worked very well for chicken eggs.

My incubator is a Brinsea 20 Octo Econ. circulated air manual turn.

thanks for your help in advance

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Has anyone tried DRY Incubation (no humidity) the First few weeks of incubation with Peafowl eggs.

If so, could you tell me about when and how much humidy was added.

I have tried it for chicken eggs and it worked very well for chicken eggs.

My incubator is a Brinsea 20 Octo Econ. circulated air manual turn.

thanks for your help in advance

I have tried it for emu eggs, or actually its the only way to do it with emu eggs, But with peafowl eggs you need the humidity set between 45-55% for the first weeks, so you should check it first, i heard of some breeders that don't add water in their incubator in the first weeks because their room humidity is already around 50%.

 

[casportpony]

Way too dry here to run mine without water.

-Kathy

 

[margaret8]

Way too dry here to run mine

-Kathy

What humidity % do you run your bator for peas, with this new bator I am hatching guineas like mad! But..I met mandyok yesterday and got 11 fresh pea eggs. I put them in my GQF Cabinet incubator. I have a special tray for them, and I turn them by hand once a day. The humidity is 55%. Anything else?