Incubation Chart

I had printed out an incubation chart back in April, and now I can't find the link, so I put it together here as a quick reference. Several species have special quirks (like waterfowl), so it's best to double check the specifics, but this is the general chart that I had. If you stay within the ranges, you should be fine. And of course, this may not be 100% correct, and I wouldn't know because I haven't hatched more than 5 different species so far so if something needs to be corrected, please just PM me and let me know.
Just a note, you'll find by looking at the list that most of the temps/humidities are the same for all eggs... it's just the incubation period that changes. How simple is that?

FORCED AIR temps... for STILL AIR, add ~ 2°F to the temps.

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Chickens:
Bantams 21 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 19
Game 21 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 19
Standard 21 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 19

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Barbary 23 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 21
Chukar Partridge 23 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 21
Hungarian 23 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 21

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Congo Peacock 26 days 99:5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 22
Green Peafowl 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Guineas 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Indian Blue Peafowl 26 - 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 25

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Bar-Tailed Pheasants 27-28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 25
Blood Pheasants 26 - 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 25
Blue Eared Pheasant 26 - 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 24
Brown Eared Pheasant 26 - 27 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 24
Buff Ringneck Pheasant 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 22
Cheer Pheasant 26 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 24
Chinese Ringneck Pheasant 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 22
Copper Pheasant 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Edwards Pheasant 22 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20
Elliot's Pheasant 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Fireback Pheasant 23 - 24 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 21
Red Golden Pheasant 22 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20
Imperial Pheasant 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Kalij Pheasant 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 22
Koklass Pheasant 26 - 27 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 24
Lady Amherst's Pheasant 22 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20
Melanistic Mutant Ringneck Pheasant 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 22
Mikado Pheasant 27 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 25
Reeve's Pheasant 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Salvadori's Pheasant 22 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20
Silver Pheasant 25 - 26 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Swinhoe Pheasant 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Wattled Pheasant 24 - 26 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 22
White Eared Pheasant 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 22
White Mutant Ringneck Pheasant 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 22
Yellow Golden Pheasant 22 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Benson / Elegant Quail 22 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20
Blue Scaled Quail 23 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 21
Bobwhite Quail 22 - 23 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20
Button Quail 16 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 14
California / Valley Quail 22 - 23 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20
Coturnix Quail 16 -18 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 14
Gambels Quail 22 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 20
Mearns Quail 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Mountain Quail 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Black Spanish Turkey 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Bourbon Red Turkey 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Broadbreasted Bronze Turkey 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Giant White Turkey 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Royal Palm Turkey 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Wild Turkey 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Blyth's Tragopan 28 - 30 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Cabot's Tragopan 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Satyr Tragopan 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Temminck's Tragopan 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Western Tragopan 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Ducks 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Muscovy Duck 35 - 37 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 33
Geese 28 - 30 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Swans 30 - 37 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 28
Ducks and geese take a little more care with the temps and humidity. The humidity is increased to 80% with pipping, and the temps decreased to about 97°F.

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Ceylon Junglefowl 20 - 21 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 17
Green Junglefowl 20 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 17
Grey Junglefowl 20 - 21 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 17
Red Junglefowl 19 - 21 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 17

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Chinese Monal 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Crane 30 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 28
Crested Argus 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Great Argus 24 - 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Grouse (Prairie Chicken) 25 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 23
Himalayan Monal 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26
Ostrich 42 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 40
Pigeons 17 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 13
Rhea 35 - 40 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 34

Species Incub. Period Temp (F°/C°) Humidity Humidity (Last 3 days) Stop Turning
Canary 14 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 12
Doves 14 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 12
Finches 14 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 12
Mynah Birds 14 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 12
Parakeets 18 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 16
Parrots 28 days 99.5°/37.5° 55-65% 65% -80% Day 26

Emus:
that tells all about the ratites...
46-56 days 35-55% humidity (~40%) 96-99.5°F for forced air (~96.5°F) 3-5 days before expected hatch, decrease temp 1°F, and increase humidity 5-10%

Holy cow (I mean bird)! That's awesome!

I'm new to this, so I might be (probably am) wrong, but from what I've read, most people say to keep the temp higher than 99.5 for chickens, and stop turning day 18. and I thought the hum was supposed to be a bit lower than that! am I wrong!?! am I killing the babies?!?

I'm having a panic attack at the very thought

Can we make this a sticky for future reference??

This is great info!!

Quote:
Temp depends on the type of bator, ie. still air or forced air. Day 18 is the last day to turn. Day 19-21 (last three days) eggs should remain untouched in the bator/hatcher with elevated humidity.

Thanks a bunch! That is so helpful!

You're welcome! But it was purely selfish... now I always have a copy on hand.

The 99.5°F is for forced air incubators (with a fan).
If you have a still air (no fan) like the Little Giant (LG) you will want to bump your temps to about 101.5°F. Just a couple of degrees.
This is where a water wiggler comes in handy. If you have an indoor/outdoor thermometer with a probe, the probe can be inserted into the water wiggler (child's toy) and that temperature is "close" to the temp inside an egg. If you keep the "outdoor" (inside the wiggler) temp at 99.5°F in a still-air, you should be good. The air temps will oscillate, sometimes as much as ± 6°F, but if the wiggler temp is stable, you're good.

Did you create this chart in Excel?

I do have it in excel.