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  1. K

    Leahy Favorite Incubator temperature issues

    Hi everyone! I have a 1953 Leahy Favorite Incubator. I want to get it started, but the adjustment dials on the top have worn off and i cannot read to make adjustments. Does anyone have a photo of the top of their units or a manual photo I could use? I was not able to purchase or download manual...
  2. PioneerChicks

    (Poll) What humidity do you keep your incubator at?

    What do you generally try to keep your humidity at? What is your average hatch rate?
  3. Pine Woods Place

    Chicken incubating..day 6 ..Humidity DROP!

    Hi all! I just checked my eggs to find the humidity at 4% 😩. I know it was at 50% yesterday but not sure I checked before bed. Of course I’ve added water and all is back up to normal levels, but will this effect development? Have I lost all six eggs? I was planning to candle today but winder...
  4. C

    Need help with humidity in home made incubator.

    New to incubating, have a small tote incubator running good. Decided to scale up and build a cabinet incubator. Trying to get my humidity up before I put my eggs in. Have a fridge fan for circulation at top and 360w of bulbs for heat. I've put two pans of water at the bottom of the cabinet where...
  5. starrri

    Humidity after hatch

    After all the chicks hatch, does the humidity need to stay around 65-70% ? Or can it go down? , this is my first time incubating eggs and I am on day 7, so I really need to know soon !
  6. Joyfillednomads

    Quail hatching... is wonderful. Every loss is tough tho

    44 eggs 30 hatched (so far) 1 failure
  7. Joyfillednomads

    Ducks pipping!!! Day 32

    Omg. Day 32. Had given up hope. Thought I heard tiny chirping yesterday...today I saw piping and slightly louder chirping. YAY...
  8. Joyfillednomads

    25 NEW Quail chicks HATCHED!! YAY!!

    25 chicks hatched!! Yay. Hoping more do. See a few have pipped. One is trying to break shell. After 2 days of being hatched, it was time to pull a few out. Yay!!!
  9. Joyfillednomads

    Humidity dropped over night to 30°

    Humidity dropped to 30° about a week ago. We are hatching tho!! Yay!! Quail babies...
  10. Joyfillednomads

    Quail pippin'

    YAY!!! quail are finally pipping. Heard a little chirping. And we got a wiggly egg. The eggs went into the incubator on Sunday November 21st. I didn't count the 21st... and did not expect them till December 9th on day 18. Super exciting...
  11. Jessica Lyn

    Help! Incubation tips

    Thought I did enough research before but I guess not considering this last hatch rate. Throw me all your incubation tips for coturnix quail. For both still air and circulated, and hand turning tips. What humidity do you prefer? Do you dry hatch? What day do you go into lockdown? 14 or 15? What...
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  12. O

    Not sure what to do! Advice appreciated!

    Hello! I am really new to incubating and would really appreciate any advice! I received eggs in the mail yesterday. I let them sit at 55-60 degrees F. Room air is about 55-59. I put the eggs in this morning and when I noticed the incubator was up to 75 % humidity. I then opened the incubator to...
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    Chick hatched
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    Turkey egg Broad breasted bronze
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  15. Joyfillednomads

    Broad Breasted Bronze Turkey Poults hatched

    Our Broad Breasted Bronze Turkey Poults hatched. Of the 10 eggs we had... 6 were fertilized. Two pipped and failed. One never pipped. We have 3 turkey poults. So in love with these little guys. One is quite loud, guessing that one is the girl, jenny 💃 Love these guys.
  16. Joyfillednomads

    Humility Control cups wick sponges water

    How to control humidity in the incubator and post-hatch brooders? Lots of people love sponges. I hate having to throw these away after each hatch. We are trying to limit contamination between batches. So something inexpensive that we can toss out after a hatch makes me happy. Ever make...
  17. Joyfillednomads

    Turkey Eggs Hatching & Poult Survival Rates

    Turkey Eggs Hatching & Poult Survival Rates We have done so much research on every type of turkey and incubating them. Anyone have any tips? We have RH Relative Humidity Guage in this particular incubator. I'm not sure how to calculate the difference between wet bulb, relative humidity, dew...
  18. Joyfillednomads

    Broad Breasted Bronze Turkey Hatching

    This batch of 10 turkey eggs, 4 were not fertilized. So of the 6 potential good ones, 2 decided to hatch on day 26. Only one egg didn't pip yet. Super EXCITED. *first turkey that hatched had splayed legs. Hoping with some TLC he'll make it.
  19. Jaimes09

    Incubator humidity

    I’ve heard something about 2-3 tablespoons of water is enough for an incubator but i wanted to know 1. If it was true 2. How often do i add water?. I have 2 humidity sensors that have temp reader included and they both say almost the same humidity but I’ve heard they are unreliable so I don’t...
  20. Joyfillednomads

    Assisted hatch, incubator issues

    After losing 6 eggs and 1 chick, I wanted to give up on this incubator. Something isn't right with it. But sadly either I lose the eggs or try at least. So in an effort to save 2 turkey eggs, I've been constantly checking this incubator. The heat and humidity were all wonky, and our turkey...
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