Today is day 7 for my Muscovy eggs. This is my first time trying to hatch anything. From the research I've done I came up with a weight loss goal of 14% total for the 5 week incubation period, or roughly 2.8% per week. My humidity has ranged from about 33-44%. I'm attempting a somewhat "dry" incubation but I keep about 2 Tbsp. of water on a tiny dish about 1-inch round to keep the humidity from dropping into the 20s.
I have 15 eggs in the incubator. If I calculate them as a whole the loss for the first week was 2.63% which looks great. Individually, however, the numbers are all over the place and I'm not quite sure what to make of it. It may not be a big deal but my plan was the use my weight loss results to determine if I need to increase or decrease my humidity for the following week.
Here are my results from week one:
Part of me thinks maybe I just have a bad scale but I did use the same one both weeks so I figured even if it's off it should be off by the same amount this time. Of course at this stage even 1 gram makes a big difference. Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
~Cammie
I have 15 eggs in the incubator. If I calculate them as a whole the loss for the first week was 2.63% which looks great. Individually, however, the numbers are all over the place and I'm not quite sure what to make of it. It may not be a big deal but my plan was the use my weight loss results to determine if I need to increase or decrease my humidity for the following week.
Here are my results from week one:
Egg #
Start
2/7
Weight / %
2/14
1
65g
63g / 3.07%
2
66g
65g / 1.51%
3
67g
67g / 0.00%
4
61g
59g / 3.27%
5
61g
60g / 1.63%
6
72g
72g / 0.00%
7
58g
56g / 3.44%
8
77g
75g / 2.59%
9
59g
56g / 5.08%
10
75g
73g / 2.66%
11
74g
72g / 2.70%
12
75g
72g / 4.00%
13
65g
62g / 4.61%
14
75g
73g / 2.66%
15
74g
72g / 4.00%
Start
2/7
Weight / %
2/14
1
65g
63g / 3.07%
2
66g
65g / 1.51%
3
67g
67g / 0.00%
4
61g
59g / 3.27%
5
61g
60g / 1.63%
6
72g
72g / 0.00%
7
58g
56g / 3.44%
8
77g
75g / 2.59%
9
59g
56g / 5.08%
10
75g
73g / 2.66%
11
74g
72g / 2.70%
12
75g
72g / 4.00%
13
65g
62g / 4.61%
14
75g
73g / 2.66%
15
74g
72g / 4.00%
Part of me thinks maybe I just have a bad scale but I did use the same one both weeks so I figured even if it's off it should be off by the same amount this time. Of course at this stage even 1 gram makes a big difference. Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
~Cammie
