Incubating peafowl eggs thread

[frenchblackcopper]

Just looking at an easy pen,,my india blues. There are 11 peahens in this pen and all are now 5 years old and was hatched and raised here by me.So far I have gotten 60 eggs total from this pen,starting the week of April 27-May4th up till last nights group that was incubated. Thats only 5.45 eggs per hen in the past 6 weeks.But so far my Purple pen has laid 35 eggs with only 6 hens in that pen. Once again 5 raised by me and one hen came from Leggs but all birds are again 5 years old.5.83 eggs per hen so far. 26 Taupe eggs so far with only 3 hens in that pen,two I raised and are 3 years old (BSSP),and one is a Taupe hen, been here her third year now. This is 8.6 eggs per hen so far.

 

[RubyNala97]

I just candled my 6 eggs and all 6 have development!! Wow, I wasn't expecting that. I'm nervous now! I hope I get this right!

 

[frenchblackcopper]

I just candled my 6 eggs and all 6 have development!! Wow, I wasn't expecting that. I'm nervous now! I hope I get this right!

Thats the easy part,, getting them to develope. Now the hard part is to keep them developing and to actually hatch.

 

[RubyNala97]

Thats the easy part,, getting them to develope. Now the hard part is to keep them developing and to actually hatch.

That's what I keep hearing! That's why I'm nervous. I'm running around 45% humidity. 100.0f forced air Brinsea. And hand-turning 3xday, laying them flat. Anything else can you suggest? It would be amazing to hatch them!

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Your doing basically what everyone else does, heat-turning and humidity wise.

 

[RubyNala97]

Here's a candling picture from day 5 of incubation.

 

[AmyP716]

Hi guys I'm new to peafowl. I got two eggs today from a friend and set them under my broody hen. I'm so excited to see if they will hatch. Wish me luck.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Would you guys think its a better idea to add water during lockdown by inserting a small aquarium hose through one of the vents to fill the water tub without opening the incubator door?

Or its better to open the door for a few seconds to help some air coming in?

 

[DylansMom]

Would you guys think its a better idea to add water during lockdown by inserting a small aquarium hose through one of the vents to fill the water tub without opening the incubator door?

Or its better to open the door for a few seconds to help some air coming in?

Personally I prefer letting fresh air in twice a day, even if I am not adding water. I didn't really get to use my new Sportsman for much this year, I set 1 batch of 4 eggs in it start to finish. Got 1 chick so 25% hatch rate, the others were done in the old foam hovabator, 75% hatch rate from that one.

Obviously I need to get to know my Sportsman a lot better.

 

[margaret8]

Personally I prefer letting fresh air in twice a day, even if I am not adding water. I didn't really get to use my new Sportsman for much this year, I set 1 batch of 4 eggs in it start to finish. Got 1 chick so 25% hatch rate, the others were done in the old foam hovabator, 75% hatch rate from that one.      Obviously I need to get to know my Sportsman a lot better.

I have got a 5 gap bucket with a tube built in at the bottom I my Sportsman. You can get it separately. My hatch rates for my guineas is 95% and my peas is 65%!