Incubation and condition charts for common birds

[Guitartists]

Total incubation time to hatch, time for transfer to hatcher, and dry and wet bulb temperatures for common birds.


Common Name Incubation Conditions Hatcher Conditions
Period Dry Bulb Wet Bulb Transfer Dry Bulb Wet Bulb
(days) (° F) (° F) at day (° F) (° F)
Canary 13-14 100.5 86-88 11 99 90-94
Chicken 21 99.5 86 18 98.5 90-94
Cockatiel 18-20 99.5 86-88 15-18 99 90-94
Cockatoo (various) 22-30 99.5 86-88 20-27 99 90-94
Conure (Sun) 28 99.5 86-88 25 99 90-94
Conure (various) 21-30 99.5 86-88 18-27 99 90-94
Dove 14 99.5 86 12 98.5 90-94
Duck (common) 28 99.5 86-88 25 98.5 90-94
Muscovy Duck 35-37 99.5 86-88 31-33 98.5 90-94
Finch (Zebra) 14 99.5 86-88 12 99 90-94
Domestic Goose 30 99.5 88 27 98.5 90-94
Geese (various) 22-30 99.5 88 20-27 98.5 90-94
Grouse 24-25 99.5 84-86 22 99 90-94
Guinea 28 99.5 84-86 25 98.5 90-94
Lovebird (various) 22-25 99.5 86-88 20-22 99 90-94
Macaw (various) 26-28 99.5 86-88 23-25 99 90-94
Mynah 14 100.5 86-88 12 99 90-94
Parakeet (various) 18-26 99.5 86-88 15-23 99 90-94
Budgerigar 18 99.5 86-88 15 99 90-94
Parrot (various) 18-28 99.5 86-88 15-25 99 90-94
Parrot (African Grey) 28 99.5 86-88 25 99 90-94
Chukar Partridge 23-24 99.5 88 20 99 90-94
Peafowl 28-29 99.5 86-88 25-26 98.5 90-94
Ptarmigan 21-23 99.5 86-88 18-20 99 90-94
Raven 20-21 99.5 86-88 17-18 99 90-94
Ring-neck Pheasant 24-25 99.5 86-88 21 99 92-95
Pheasant (various) 22-28 99.5 86-88 20-25 99 92-95
Pigeon 17-19 100.5 88 14 99 92-95
Bobwhite Quail 23 99.5 84-86 21 99 90-94
Japanese Quail 17-18 99.5 86-88 15 99 90-94
Swan (various) 33-37 99.5 86-88 30-33 99 90-94
Turkey 28 99.5 84-86 25 98.5 90-94
Emu 49-50 97.5 70-75 47 97.5 90
Ostrich 42 97.5 70-75 39 97.5 90
Rhea 36-42 97.5 80 97.5 90

This period is the entire incubation time until hatch that includes 3 days in the hatcher. Ventilation should be increased half
way through the incubation period.

Relative humidity is the water vapor in
the air expressed as a percentage of the
greatest amount of water vapor possible at
that temperature. The amounts of water
vapor that air can contain are different at
different temperatures. To measure relative
humidity, expensive equipment or a complicated
procedure is required. However, the
wet bulb temperature is easily measured and
is the method usually used to measure
humidity in an incubator. Relative humidity
is expressed as a percentage while wet bulb
temperature is expressed as degrees.
A wet bulb thermometer can be purchased
or made from a common dry thermometer.
Knowing how to make a wet bulb thermometer
helps to understand how it works. A
thermometer, a shoelace (approximately a 6-
inch long piece) and a short piece of dental
floss are needed. First, stick the bulb end of
the thermometer about 1 inch into the hollow
of the shoelace. Next, tie a piece of dental
floss around both the shoelace and thermometer
directly above the bulb. This is to keep
the shoelace from sliding off. Place the
opposite end of the shoelace directly in a pan
of water. If the water is the same temperature
as the air temperature, the reading on the
thermometer is the wet bulb temperature.
The temperature reading of the wet bulb will
be less than a dry thermometer because
evaporation of water cools the thermometer.

Here is a conversion table..... http://www.poultryconnection.com/quackers/chart.html

 

[swiftfoot]

thanks this really helps i am printing out one now

 

[speckledhen]

Just a side note, for those who are not familiar with it, "wet-bulb" is not the actual number you would see on a digital hygrometer. If you go by that, you'd drown your chicks. Just in case someone doesn't know...

 

[Farmer Kitty]

What is wet bulb?

 

[Guitartists]

I edited the original post to include some info on wet bulb.

 

[KSANDERS1]

Thanks for the incubation information, Guitartist.

Peeps are a gateway drug. Now, I want a bator.