Chukar Incubation Questions

[OzawkieBantams]

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That is all new info for me Bookmarked

 

[Griffin Nest]

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That is all new info for me Bookmarked

thank you SO much!!! So when they arrive, i'll set them for a few days at 55 degrees F. right?

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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That is all new info for me Bookmarked

thank you SO much!!! So when they arrive, i'll set them for a few days at 55 degrees F. right?

I may have to rethink my idea of selling the older eggs on craigslist and keep them for my self. I set these at 8days at the oldest. I hope a few hatch I also have some under a broody hen (chicken) hope those hatch as well.

Daren

 

[Riffecreek]

here is a clipping from UC Davis that got me really looking into the "old egg" subject, but had noticed that my older eggs hatch better than 1 day old eggs!! I'd like to add that in my eggs, I have a ratio of 1 to 2 rooster to hens.. with about 80-85% hatch rates if I hold the eggs to 10 days old.

Clean eggs should be stored, large end up, on
trays or flats in a cool, well ventilated room
kept at about 55° F (12.8° C) at a relative
humidity of 70 percent. A unique feature of partridge
eggs is their ability to withstand storage
up to 28 days without appreciably affecting
hatchability (table 1). However, most breeders
prefer to set eggs every 7 days. Further studies
at the University of California show that eggs
need not be turned daily if the storage period
does not exceed 14 days (table 2).




TABLE 1. Influence of Length of Storage Time
on Hatchability of Game Bird Eggs.
Hatchability(%)
Holding period
(days) Chukar Pheasant Coturnix
1-7 78.4 58.1 57.4
8-14 77.1 41.7 60.0
15-21 79.4 17.6 25.7
22-28 66.0 7.1 14.4
29-35 37.7 0.0 4.2
36-42 22.3 0.0 0.0

TABLE 2. Effect of Turning Eggs During Storage
on Hatchability in Game Bird Eggs.
Hatchability (%)
Holding Chukar Coturnix
period
(days) Turned* Control Turned* Control
1-7 63.0 75.5 61.4 53.4
8-14 60.8 62.0 60.0 60.0
15-21 61.9 48.0 29.2 22.6
22-28 62.2 52.2 11.5 17.2
Average 61.9 59.4 40.5 38.3
*Eggs were turned through 90° twice a day during the hold
period​

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

60% humidity.

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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Very interesting that at day 15-21 there is a 79.4% hatch rate

 

[Griffin Nest]

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Very interesting that at day 15-21 there is a 79.4% hatch rate

thanks!! yeah, i read that same thing somewhere about a week ago. I'll try that!! but i dont have anywhere to store the eggs.

 

[Riffecreek]

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thank you SO much!!! So when they arrive, i'll set them for a few days at 55 degrees F. right?

I may have to rethink my idea of selling the older eggs on craigslist and keep them for my self. I set these at 8days at the oldest. I hope a few hatch I also have some under a broody hen (chicken) hope those hatch as well.

Daren

Can I buy your week old eggs???

It works, I set mine right on top of the incubator for a week or longer and they hatch like crazy!! if I set fresh eggs trying to fill a flat, I don't put much faith in the fresher ones... I do not turn my chukar eggs at all.. I put them in the flats, and set them when I feel that I have enough and they have set about 10 days..

edit to say I don't turn them before setting.. I use an auto turner while they are incubating!!! didn't want any confusion here

 

[DomC]

almost unpluged my turner. Thanks for the info.

 

[titika]

I just picked up a dozen chukar eggs. Some are from today, some older. Should i let them sit for a few days before i put them in the incubator?