Hatching Ring-neck Pheasants

[Nick_g]

I have a question. I made a mistake. If you accidently have the humidity too high for the eggs will they still hatch?

 

[MGG]

How long was the humidity high, how many days along are your eggs, and what was the %?

 

[Nick_g]

How long was the humidity high, how many days along are your eggs, and what was the %?

It was 60% and 6 days in.

 

[MGG]

It was 60% and 6 days in.

How long was it like that? I would say they should be fine if it was for a day or less. In the wild a hen would have no control over rain etc. so the humidity would naturally rise under her if it rained, and the embryos would have to deal with it.

 

[Nick_g]

How long was it like that? I would say they should be fine if it was for a day or less. In the wild a hen would have no control over rain etc. so the humidity would naturally rise under her if it rained, and the embryos would have to deal with it.

It was for 5 days. I candled them and they looked fine they had a heart, veins ext.

 

[JaeG]

Humidity can go from one extreme to the other without damaging your eggs. Unless the humidity is too high or too low over the course of the whole incubation period, they'll be fine. Just run it a little lower for awhile, maybe at 30%, and make sure you regularly compare the air cells of your eggs to an egg air cell chart (google image search) to ensure they are on track. Adjust the humidity up (if they look too big) or down (if they look too small) as needed.

 

[mdees88]

I've hatched hundreds of pheasants at 50% humidity over the entire incubation. Looking back now I probably should've ran it around 35-40% but I still had good hatch rates. Your eggs should be fine but as mentioned I would run it lower for the rest of the incubation to offset the higher humidity.

 

[MGG]

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