Incubating peafowl

[Yoda]

The choice is your to make. She is going to lay in a bunch of places before she decides where her nest will be. By moving all the eggs in one basket will only make her lay in a different place. If you chose to let her hatch them then leave the eggs where they are and let her decide which will be her nest. Once she does you can place the other eggs not in her nest in to the incubator, do not place them into her nest or she might not sit on the eggs. Friend of mine did that, moved all the eggs into one nest and she walked away from it. His hen laid eggs in all the corners, inside the little barn and then nested up on the roof and he added the other eggs and she left the roof nest. Started laying everywhere again and then it chose a nest under a tarp next to an old dog house and that one had 3 eggs in it. He put the others in his incubator. His hen is still laying eggs in her nest and should start sitting soon.

 

[zazouse]

Chickendeal,
I free range all my birds and one thing I have learned is they will lay a decoy nest or even 2 then they go and sit the clutch somewhere else, perhaps next time leave the eggs where she lays them and when she decides to site then gather them and place them under her.
I would take the eggs she already layed and incubate them, she should lay you some more if she is not to young.

 

[pedda munnangi]

How many days and how hot and how high humidity? Put my first egg in bator yesterday she has 2 in her nest but is not sitting them but she is gaurding them like a hawk lol

Period of incubation is 28 days. Temp. 99.5 degrees F and relative humidity is 50 % for the first 25 days and 60 % the last 3 days. Your hen may not sit until she laid her entire clutch. Some times , the two year olds may not sit and hatch, it is said on this forum.

 

[Angelak]

Ok my 1st time to try shipping eggs,they r due here tomorrow,what im asking is I have read u cant candle them when they arrive,but they need to settle big end up for min.48 hrs.in temp of 50% I have no air in my house so temps get to 90degrees so did I just loose my $ getting these eggs?also di I settle them in a egg carton or in the incubator not on? Then I also read they dont get turned for 7 days either is that correct?
Im afraid I just lost all my $......HELP!!!!

 

[Yoda]

Place them pointy side up in a cool spot for at least 12 hours so they get use to your temp. You will then place the eggs inside your incubator and you will turn them at least 3 times a day or if you have an auto egg turner you will zip tie some plastic mesh on it and lay the eggs on the side and leave them cause the turner will turn the eggs. you can see my setup here:
http://-www.backyardchickens.com/t/704066/ill-show-youmy-setup-if-you-show-me-yours-heavy-pictures

You can candle them on the 10th day and you will see veins if not the egg is a dud. Like Pedda said above: Period of incubation is 28 days. Temp. 99.5 degrees F and relative humidity is 50 % for the first 25 days and 60 % the last 3 days.

 

[Hens and Roos]

okay, 1 st time incubating pea eggs, we are at day 26, we checked the eggs and can see darkness in the eggs but they aren't total dark(like what you see in a chicken eggs at day 18), we can still see red veins but not able to tell if there is movement. Any suggestions would be helpful. Do we take out of the turner and see what happens??

 

[Angelak]

Yoda r the eggs placed in incubator on sides for peacocks?or pointy end down? the link didnt work,but i have a genesis hovabator with fan n auto turners.when incubating the last 3 days they go on sides no turning for hatching?

 

[Joe.G]

MIne laid six also and stopped, she never sat, I stuck them in the incubator a few day's ago.

 

[chickendeal]

Ok she laid in another spot last night so I gathered them all and they ae in the incubator as of now 6 total in the bator so I hope she still lays and I will leave all of those alone and just let her do her thing but she was hatched out of a bator and I've heard that bator hatched peas don't ever set there eggs? True false ? Anyways I am hands off now 6 in the bator 1 is really dirty so I may pull that one but was waiting till day 10 to candle is that ok or should I pull the dirtyy one?

 

[Joe.G]

I am new to incubators, if it isn't real dirty I would leave it, if it is real dirty I would try to clean it a bit. As far as Human hatched birds not going broody I am unsure, I do thing the more the humans have to do with it the less of there natural instinct they keep.

I have had hatchery birds go broody so who knows.