hatching

[Ricks Chicks]

Question? If the inside of my house is kept at 70 degrees can i just keep eggs in my house nesteled in a blanket to incubate them?

 

[hatchaholic]

I don't know, hopefully someone does. But I know with my forced air incubator, the temp has to stay around 99.5. Still air is higher than that. Can you get the temps that high and stable in a blanket?

Also, how would you control the humidity?

I'd be interested in seeing if anyone has tried this.

 

[Katy]

At 70 degrees ...even nestled in a blanket you won't get any development. The temp, depending on what kind of incubator you use, needs to be between 99 and 101 degrees.

 

[hatchaholic]

Katy, I thought the same thing, then I wondered if OP meant by using an electric blanket??

 

[kyeschicks]

yeah it has to be 99-101 degrees but the lowest can be about 96 and the max can be around 102-103 because i've tried that but don't let it go more than 102.9 degrees

 

[Guinea Goonie]

You HAVE to have some sort of enclosed environment. This is needed to keep the temperature constant and the humidity fairly constant. Even if you get the temperature at a constant 99 to 101 degrees, the humidity would be a big problem come hatch time because the eggs would not absorb the air correctly.