Help me hatch (and raise) some pheasants! UPDATED with PICS!!

[pbjmaker]

I have 2 out and 3 more pipped. We shall see... I need to bump up the humidity but am afraid to open the incubator. It has been in the high 80's - 90's here so with the AC running the house is getting dry. (It was 96 out today

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[Tony K T]

The brooder has to be at 95 degrees the first week.Then each week drop the temp 5 degrees until they are feathered out about 5 weeks,then they shouldn't need heat unless you get a cold snap.
In N.H.,Tony.
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[wolftracks]

I couldn't take it anymore.

I just candled.

I only see aircells in 2 eggs. I think 2 I could have pulled, but I don't trust my eyes. LOL

I think the other 4 are internal pips. The eggs look full all the way up so I hope something decideds to hatch.

 

[wolftracks]

Nothing at all from these eggs. They were due yesterday.

I'm sure I've seen internal pips since yesterday, so getting a little nervous.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Here is this weeks hatch,,we only collect ornamental eggs on Sunday eve,so every week on Tuesday we have a new bunch,and this weeks lucky number was 15 ,3 were yellow golden,4 were dark red throats,4 was red goldens,and 4 was lady amherst. We have 3 hens of each color,the red goldens and the lady amherst hens are 2 years old,yellow and dark red throat hens are only 1 year old.Each week fertility has been a wild guess because of the crazy spring we have had.

 

[SlowMoneyFarm]

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Was looking for hatching the 7th/8th - two hatched, one died part way out. I don't know at what point to give up and don't know on candling these if it was accurate. I've tried pheasant sites/forums but there's little that touches on more than volume. Seems like if the basics aren't right then it's just volume of dead eggs.

I can't afford $20/chick...and now have ONE pheasant - which they can't be kept with chickens so means finding a mate 'somewhere' providing it lives.

Didn't figure they'd all hatch but did think more than 1 would.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

It;s hatchday here again and looks like we will have 17 ornamentals make it this week. Slowmoneyfarm,,I know it can be disgusting,and I feel your grief,but with shipped peacock eggs.We bought 15 Cameo peacock eggs,,1 hatched last week,the rest are due today and tomorrow,,candling them showed only 3 more was dark,,and I cannot hear anything inside them today,quitters,,,so we are batting about 5% on shipped peafowl eggs this spring,

 

[shelleyd2008]

My last hatch had 4 of gbo's eggs in there...not one egg hatched

My current hatch has 18 or so 'local' ringneck, melanistic, and snow pheasant eggs....when I peeked in there earlier, one of the snow pheasants was pipped

At least I got 1 blue baby from gamebirdsonly's eggs, and it's at least 2 weeks old. So looks like I've got me one blue ringneck

I think it's a girl

 

[cmom]

I have some Ringneck Pheasant eggs due to hatch on June 24th. I just set more eggs today. This will be my first Pheasant egg hatch. I candled the eggs and about half of the eggs showed little or no development. I am ready...

 

[shelleyd2008]

I had 30 eggs from locals: 12 from a friend as 'payment' for a beautiful melanistic cock I gave her this winter, and 18 bought at the local auction. Out of the 30 eggs, 18 (I believe) went into lockdown. Out of the 18 or so eggs, 7 hatched. 1 of those died.

I so hate pheasant eggs

Luckily, the friend who paid me with eggs also gave me 7 ringneck youngsters. They are doing quite well at 6 or so weeks old and getting way too big for their brooder! I'm going to have to find a new place to put them soon.