MGG's Hatching Thread!

[CluckNDoodle]

Ok my dad is freaking out because the incubator he thinks is too high it's a still air okay so the incubator keeps going from 100.2 100.4 back to 100.2 humidity is 48 is that okay or am I killing his quail. I know it's still incubator needs to be higher and I know still incubators fluctuate like you said but is 100.5 and then it goes down to 100.2 48 humidity. Sometimes some humidity goes higher sometimes it goes lower is this normal he thinks I'm killing his eggs I need to reassure him can you reassure me please

I've used a couple of still air incubators and I never went over 100.5. If you have multiple thermometers and you place them around your incubator to map out hot and cold spots it will give you a better idea of what to set your temperature at. You're still looking for an average of 99.5 overall but because there isn't air movement in a still air you sometimes have to set the thermostat a little higher and just avoid setting eggs at the hottest points. OR my favorite thing to do to offer more consistent hatches is to rotate the eggs around the incubator daily so that there aren't eggs that are constantly sitting in hot or cold spots.

 

[Kellyjenny]

Ok my dad is freaking out because the incubator he thinks is too high it's a still air okay so the incubator keeps going from 100.2 100.4 back to 100.2 humidity is 48 is that okay or am I killing his quail. I know it's still incubator needs to be higher and I know still incubators fluctuate like you said but is 100.5 and then it goes down to 100.2 48 humidity. Sometimes some humidity goes higher sometimes it goes lower is this normal he thinks I'm killing his eggs I need to reassure him can you reassure me please

Your thumbs up means reassurance right. It's okay?

 

[MGG]

Ok my dad is freaking out because the incubator he thinks is too high it's a still air okay so the incubator keeps going from 100.2 100.4 back to 100.2 humidity is 48 is that okay or am I killing his quail. I know it's still incubator needs to be higher and I know still incubators fluctuate like you said but is 100.5 and then it goes down to 100.2 48 humidity. Sometimes some humidity goes higher sometimes it goes lower is this normal he thinks I'm killing his eggs I need to reassure him can you reassure me please

I agree with Andrea! They should be totally fine.
@CluckNDoodle , I thought that still airs were supposed to run at 102 Fahrenheit? Is that wrong? When I used mine I ran at 102.5 and I had a really good hatch rate.

 

[Kellyjenny]

I agree with Andrea! They should be totally fine.
@CluckNDoodle , I thought that still airs were supposed to run at 102 Fahrenheit? Is that wrong? When I used mine I ran at 102.5 and I had a really good hatch rate.

102.5 what?

 

[Kellyjenny]

Your thumbs up means reassurance right. It's okay?

Ok

 

[MGG]

102.5 what?

I'm pretty sure that usually, still air incubators are ran at 102 degrees as opposed to the 99.5.
So you might actually be on the low side with 100 degrees.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Stopped getting notifications. Did the babies hatch?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I agree with Andrea! They should be totally fine.
@CluckNDoodle , I thought that still airs were supposed to run at 102 Fahrenheit? Is that wrong? When I used mine I ran at 102.5 and I had a really good hatch rate.

Yes up to 102F is correct. Your goal with any incubator is to get the eggs to 99.5F but if you set a still air incubator to 99.5 you'll probably have too many cold spots. Mine did best at 100F-100.5F.

 

[Kellyjenny]

Yes up to 102F is correct. Your goal with any incubator is to get the eggs to 99.5F but if you set a still air incubator to 99.5 you'll probably have too many cold spots. Mine did best at 100F-100.5F.

It's at 100 back and forth to 100.5 and I said it to 100.2 so it's good I'm all good right

 

[MGG]

Stopped getting notifications. Did the babies hatch?

Aw! It's so annoying when that happens, lol. I lost Mystery's Malay thread fir a while too.
You didn't miss much! I'm down to 5 eggs, on day 17.