*My experience is in a "Farm Innovators" Incubator" with chickens, ducks,quail,partridge and pheasant*
First you want to find the best/healthiest looking eggs meaning you don't want...
bigger than normal eggs(bigger than what is normal for your flock)
long eggs
round eggs(unless that is normal for the breed/type)
shell less eggs
cracked eggs
or any other kind of deformities
the 4th one in the first row is a perfect standard chicken egg and the 3rd and 4th in the 1st row are perfect bantam chicken eggs
Next set your select eggs pointy end down in a carton and rotate them every once in a while. You do not want your room to be too cold or too hot, for a lack of better words, it should be room temperature.
Then turn on your incubator and get it to the temp needed for the eggs here is a list for all the different breeds
Chickens
Temp:99.5 F
Humidity:50%
Lockdown:day 18 boost humidity to 70-80%
Hatch:day 21
Ducks
Temp:99.5 F
Humidity:55%
Lockdown:day 25 boost to 65-70%
Hatch:day 28
Call/Bantam Ducks
Temp:99.5 F
Humidity:55%
Lockdown:day 22 boost to 65-70%
Hatch:day 26
Turkey's
Temp:99.5
Humidity:50-60%
Lockdown:day 22 stop turning and increase humidity to 60-70% (They are kinda dumb so you want to put some chicken eggs in with them so the chicks can teach them to eat and drink)
Hatch:day 26-28
Quail
Temp:99.5-101.5
Humidity:40-50%
Lockdown:day 15 boost to 65-75%
Hatch:day 16-20 depending on species
Button quail
Temp:99.5-101.5
Humidity:50-60%
Lockdown:day 14 stop turning and increase humidity to 80%
Hatch:day 16-21
Chukar Partridge
Temp:99.5 F
Humidity:40-50%
Lockdown:day 20 boost humidity to 80%
Hatch:day 23
Guineas
Temp:99.5-102 F
Humidity:65%
Lockdown:day 23 boost humidity to 80%
Hatch:day 25
Peafowl
Temp:99.5-100 F
Humidity:60%
Lockdown:day 25
Hatch:day 26-28
Emu
Temp:96-98.5 F
Humidity:25-35%
Lockdown:day 48
Hatch:day 56
Pheasant
Temp:99.4 F
Humidity:53-60%
Lockdown:day 18 stop turning and boost humidity to 80%
Hatch:day 23
Bantam chickens
Temp:99.5
Humidity:55-60%
Lockdown:day 15
Hatch:day 18-21
*I have only hatched quail,chickens,ducks,turkeys,partridge and pheasants so if the others are wrong or you have had a different experience...not my fault I got the info from various sources across the internet*
keep it at the correct temp and humidity for two days then add the eggs
If you are having trouble keeping humidity up then put in a sponge or paper towels and add water to them.
Here is a list of things you shouldn't trust:
automatic doors
My brother's cars
built in incubator thermometers
Yeah...so get a humidity and temp thermometer. You can probably find them at Walmart or TSC or Rural King
I have a styrofoam incubator that I put live chicks in while the others are hatching and once all the others have hatched and I've candled the other eggs to see if there are anymore chicks left to hatch then I put all the chicks in my outdoor brooder.
I hope you enjoyed reading this article and learned something from it
First you want to find the best/healthiest looking eggs meaning you don't want...
bigger than normal eggs(bigger than what is normal for your flock)
long eggs
round eggs(unless that is normal for the breed/type)
shell less eggs
cracked eggs
or any other kind of deformities
the 4th one in the first row is a perfect standard chicken egg and the 3rd and 4th in the 1st row are perfect bantam chicken eggs
Next set your select eggs pointy end down in a carton and rotate them every once in a while. You do not want your room to be too cold or too hot, for a lack of better words, it should be room temperature.
Then turn on your incubator and get it to the temp needed for the eggs here is a list for all the different breeds
Chickens
Temp:99.5 F
Humidity:50%
Lockdown:day 18 boost humidity to 70-80%
Hatch:day 21
Ducks
Temp:99.5 F
Humidity:55%
Lockdown:day 25 boost to 65-70%
Hatch:day 28
Call/Bantam Ducks
Temp:99.5 F
Humidity:55%
Lockdown:day 22 boost to 65-70%
Hatch:day 26
Turkey's
Temp:99.5
Humidity:50-60%
Lockdown:day 22 stop turning and increase humidity to 60-70% (They are kinda dumb so you want to put some chicken eggs in with them so the chicks can teach them to eat and drink)
Hatch:day 26-28
Quail
Temp:99.5-101.5
Humidity:40-50%
Lockdown:day 15 boost to 65-75%
Hatch:day 16-20 depending on species
Button quail
Temp:99.5-101.5
Humidity:50-60%
Lockdown:day 14 stop turning and increase humidity to 80%
Hatch:day 16-21
Chukar Partridge
Temp:99.5 F
Humidity:40-50%
Lockdown:day 20 boost humidity to 80%
Hatch:day 23
Guineas
Temp:99.5-102 F
Humidity:65%
Lockdown:day 23 boost humidity to 80%
Hatch:day 25
Peafowl
Temp:99.5-100 F
Humidity:60%
Lockdown:day 25
Hatch:day 26-28
Emu
Temp:96-98.5 F
Humidity:25-35%
Lockdown:day 48
Hatch:day 56
Pheasant
Temp:99.4 F
Humidity:53-60%
Lockdown:day 18 stop turning and boost humidity to 80%
Hatch:day 23
Bantam chickens
Temp:99.5
Humidity:55-60%
Lockdown:day 15
Hatch:day 18-21
*I have only hatched quail,chickens,ducks,turkeys,partridge and pheasants so if the others are wrong or you have had a different experience...not my fault I got the info from various sources across the internet*
keep it at the correct temp and humidity for two days then add the eggs
If you are having trouble keeping humidity up then put in a sponge or paper towels and add water to them.
Here is a list of things you shouldn't trust:
automatic doors
My brother's cars
built in incubator thermometers
Yeah...so get a humidity and temp thermometer. You can probably find them at Walmart or TSC or Rural King
I have a styrofoam incubator that I put live chicks in while the others are hatching and once all the others have hatched and I've candled the other eggs to see if there are anymore chicks left to hatch then I put all the chicks in my outdoor brooder.
I hope you enjoyed reading this article and learned something from it
