Incubating peafowl

[WestKnollAmy]

I can't get any to hatch in my bators at all! I gave up.
I still have 19 at a friends' house in their fancy bator but haven't asked them if they candled. Mine grow fine but they just do not hatch! I can set them under a hen and they do fine so I have a bunch of chickens sitting on eggs! LOL

 

[Hens and Roos]

I can't get any to hatch in my bators at all! I gave up.
I still have 19 at a friends' house in their fancy bator but haven't asked them if they candled. Mine grow fine but they just do not hatch! I can set them under a hen and they do fine so I have a bunch of chickens sitting on eggs! LOL

I know what you mean

, we are down to 7 eggs in the incubator, 4 whose are due to hatch this weekend and they seemed to have reached a certain point and they don't look promising. Have 3 that are 12 days behind the 1st group so we'll see and 2 looked to have movement

, no broodies here to shove the eggs under.

 

[bugglesmommy]

Ok guys. This is my first pea egg attempt. I got 7 eggs from someone an hour away. 6 were fertile.

I incubated them following all of her suggested guidelines as closely as possible. in a Brinsea octagon 20. The temp stayed between 99.8 and 100. (Suggested temp. 99.9) Humidity at about 35 ( suggested 30-40)
I hand turned them longways 2-4 times a day on top of the auto turners turns.

On day 23 I candeled and observed heavy shadows in the air cells. I admittedly panicked and got the hatcher ready. I moved them that evening. Hatcher temp about 99. Humidity at 65. ( as suggested) Yesterday there was some rocking and cheeping. Today there are still no pips but still movement.

When should I really panic? How long do peas normally take to pip? Any ideas as to why they started early? I incubate chickens and quail in there all of the time and they are always on schedule.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Ok guys. This is my first pea egg attempt. I got 7 eggs from someone an hour away. 6 were fertile.

I incubated them following all of her suggested guidelines as closely as possible. in a Brinsea octagon 20. The temp stayed between 99.8 and 100. (Suggested temp. 99.9) Humidity at about 35 ( suggested 30-40)
I hand turned them longways 2-4 times a day on top of the auto turners turns.

On day 23 I candeled and observed heavy shadows in the air cells. I admittedly panicked and got the hatcher ready. I moved them that evening. Hatcher temp about 99. Humidity at 65. ( as suggested) Yesterday there was some rocking and cheeping. Today there are still no pips but still movement.

When should I really panic? How long do peas normally take to pip? Any ideas as to why they started early? I incubate chickens and quail in there all of the time and they are always on schedule.

any luck on any hatching out? hopefully someone who has hatch out pea chicks will be able to help out with more information.

our 1st 4 eggs are at day 29- not sure if anything will happen. 3 eggs are at day 14 and seem to be doing well right now. Went and picked up a broody hen from a friend of ours and will let her sit on a few eggs as well.

 

[bugglesmommy]

They were malpositioned so I had to help them out. I lost 2 but the other 4 are doing okay.

 

[Hens and Roos]

They were malpositioned so I had to help them out. I lost 2 but the other 4 are doing okay.

sorry to hear about the 2 you lost

but yeah on the 4

 

[bugglesmommy]

Here are some pics.

 

[Angelak]

Bugglesmommy how pretty,hope mine are as pretty

 

[Hens and Roos]

Well the 4 eggs due to hatch this past weekend- didn't opened them up and all 4 seemed to have quit around the same time frame- looked like a pretty full developed chick with a good sized egg yolk left.

we have 3 other eggs with about 14 days left on Sat. so called up my friend who also has chickens and went a picked up a broody from her. So the broody has been sitting on 5 pea eggs since Monday. When we got her home, we gave her 2 pea eggs that we had just collected the past couple of days and she sucked them under her and started clucking to them, we are hoping she has better luck than we did and hatch out a couple

 

[bugglesmommy]

Sorry to hear about the 4.

Maybe momma hen will have better luck.