We have a total of 5 Red Golden Pheasants, two males and three ladies. All were purchased last fall so this is our first 'season' with them laying. I haven't been able to find very much info on the incubation of the eggs so I thought I'd post a topic to help any others out there that might have RGP's too.
We started getting eggs in late January, I'm pretty sure their cycle is off b/c of the light we put in the chicken pen (on the other side of the barn). Anyhow, I hatched out four in mid February, one died a couple days after hatching, two were the victims of our now banished cat and I have one left that's a couple weeks old.
I hatched another two over this past weekend, have three more in the incubator on lockdown and another 6 more in another bator that are between 6 and 10 days in. I usually save them up for a few days and put them all in at once but it's been nuts around my house and if i didn't put them right in i would forget so I just went with it.
I have them in an LG with a turner and have been keeping the temps right around 100, it has went up to 102 and low as 99. The humidity I try to keep in the 50% range for the first 19 days and then have found right around 65% at lockdown gives the best results. For lockdown, i move them to a hovabator with a clear top, mostly so I can get a better view!
I had initially read they needed a higher humidity but noticed that keeping it around 60-65% when i lockdown seems to be working better. they were taking a lot longer to zip around when the humidity was higher than 65 so i tried lowering a bit and that seems to be the ticket, as least for mine!
The three eggs I currently have in lockdown are on day 22, day 20 and day 19. They have been pipping on day 22 or 23 and hatching about a day later.
Anyone else out there getting any RGP eggs yet? Any others more experienced with hatching them?
We started getting eggs in late January, I'm pretty sure their cycle is off b/c of the light we put in the chicken pen (on the other side of the barn). Anyhow, I hatched out four in mid February, one died a couple days after hatching, two were the victims of our now banished cat and I have one left that's a couple weeks old.
I hatched another two over this past weekend, have three more in the incubator on lockdown and another 6 more in another bator that are between 6 and 10 days in. I usually save them up for a few days and put them all in at once but it's been nuts around my house and if i didn't put them right in i would forget so I just went with it.
I have them in an LG with a turner and have been keeping the temps right around 100, it has went up to 102 and low as 99. The humidity I try to keep in the 50% range for the first 19 days and then have found right around 65% at lockdown gives the best results. For lockdown, i move them to a hovabator with a clear top, mostly so I can get a better view!
The three eggs I currently have in lockdown are on day 22, day 20 and day 19. They have been pipping on day 22 or 23 and hatching about a day later.
Anyone else out there getting any RGP eggs yet? Any others more experienced with hatching them?
