Dry Hatching Quail questions?

[Janontopy]

I have started my new batch of 48 eggs 1 day ago. I was wondering what humidity it should be as different websites are telling me 15-30 and then 10-25 and then 30-45. I'm really confused and would like to know what other people did and what their hatch rates were.

 

[Huntmaster]

I have started my new batch of 48 eggs 1 day ago. I was wondering what humidity it should be as different websites are telling me 15-30 and then 10-25 and then 30-45. I'm really confused and would like to know what other people did and what their hatch rates were.

What type of quail are you incubating?

 

[Janontopy]

What type of quail are you incubating?

Courtnix Quail

 

[Huntmaster]

My Coturnix do best incubated at 30%-40% humidity and around 50%-60% for hatching/lockdown.

 

[Janontopy]

My Coturnix do best incubated at 30%-40% humidity and around 50% for hatching/lockdown.

Oh okay, what was your hatch rate like using those humidity levels?

 

[Ricenz]

I would do about 35%humidity for the first 15 days and raise it 65-70% humidity for lockdown. However, dry hatching methods have been yielding higher hatch rates such 90% for what I did.

 

[Ricenz]

Dry Hatching is letting your humidity drop as low as 15% and refilling the water and humidity to 30-40%. For lockdown the humidity would be 60% accordingly.

And BTW

 

[Huntmaster]

Oh okay, what was your hatch rate like using those humidity levels?

All depends on what I'm hatching I get real good hatch rates from my eggs but can vary tremendously if shipped eggs.

 

[Janontopy]

Dry Hatching is letting your humidity drop as low as 15% and refilling the water and humidity to 30-40%. For lockdown the humidity would be 60% accordingly.

And BTW

Thank you

 

[Huntmaster]

and raise it 65-70% humidity for lockdown.

Thats pretty high for Coturnix Quail.