No Humidity during incubation? ------ HUH????????

[_Randall_]

And the World-Wide-Web messes with da'mind again: http://www.quails-in-essex.co.uk/humidity_information.html

 

[quailbrain]

It's really no wonder folks get so confused..... try to do the right thing and research before you do someting with so much bad info out there!

 

[_Randall_]

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Yep, when you google, the sky's the limit on opinions! No, I don't buy this person's theory at all, considering the abundant amount of information out there emphasizing how critical temp and humidity is during incubation..........and the numerous success stories to back it up - on this forum, as well as many other resources. I just find it amazing that some people's theories on methods of having a successful hatch is completely opposite from the many that have proven different. But, what do I know.......I'm a rookie myself

 

[fishman65]

hhhmmmmm! Interesting theory! I have always used high humidity throughout the incubation and hatch. I used the dry method with chickens but not gamebirds. Dry hatching works great with chickens but i have never used it with quail, i was told dry hatching quail leads only to heartbreak and pain. Might be worth a shot with a small batch of quail to see what would happen.

 

[aprophet]

when I set eggs in the next day or so I am going to try 60% until day 14 and then 70%+ after that I ,ll let ya know how it goes

 

[tony30536]

dry hatch ? , in a way i do but i hatch in a basement and it usually stays 25 to 30% wright before hatch (before pipping) i up the humidity to 70-80% , if to say someone lived in a place of low humidity like las vegas, new Mexico,Arizona I'm sure a dry hatch would be a problem

 

[JJMR794]

JUST to shed a little light on this... the website is from england.... you know? foggy london? Their humidity is through the roof on a dry day. Also the english are very oriented to weight loss during incubation, as much as we are to humidity here in the states. The point he's trying to make is that if the egg does not loose enough fluid through evaporation ( this is what the weight loss is from...) that the chick has a much greater chance of drowning during the pip. The easiest way to take this out of the equation is to set your eggs upright in cartons during the pip--- this allows excess fluid to drain from the egg, or to the lowest point in the egg while jr is busy chiseling away inside and he wont drown

As a side note--- that chiseling is alot easier for jr if there is a high moisture content in the egg wall itself (helps soften the egg a bit..) Dry incubating gamebird eggs here is the US is a recipe for failure( except for maybe the pacific north west?)

 

[Quail_Cottage]

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LOL....I am originally from Essex (30 miles east of London) and you are so right. Dry day?! what is that?....even when it's (rarely) 90F it's humid as anything. (think island surrounded by water, constantly rained on). I read that article the same way, if you are trying to gauge development by moisture loss then adding humidity will mess with your numbers. Glad I don't live there anymore, now I'm trying my hand at quail - instructions were much easier to follow here in dry CA climate!!!