Problems Incubating Chukar Eggs

[Chukar Hatcher]

What kind of incubator do you use? I'm using a brinsea mini eco. My eggs are all fertile and I'm at day 15

 

[ohiobirdman]

Hovabator forced air

 

[Chukar Hatcher]

When do I stop turning the chukar eggs and raise the humidity? It's my first time incubating eggs.

 

[ohiobirdman]

20-21 days. They will hatch on the 23 to 25 day

 

[Chukar Hatcher]

Do I also raise the humidity on the 20th day?

 

[Chukar Hatcher]

For the first day the chukars hatch can I use wood shavings or should i use it a week after?

 

[Chukar Hatcher]

How many weeks does it take for a baby chukar to learn how to fly?

 

[ohiobirdman]

Mine can jump/fly about 2 ft high after 2 weeks. At 4 weeks they can fly 30 feet (long story but i caught him).

 

[Chukar Hatcher]

What fruits and vegetables can I feed my chukars?

 

[dc3085]

They're pretty picky so you might as well feed them fruits and veggies in a pan so you can throw out what they don't more easily. They will require digestive grit given to them to properly digest anything that isn't a poultry crumble/pellet (they don't need it with game bird/poultry feed because that is water soluble).

They only veggies/fruit I'm aware of that are bad for them are avacados (They are poisonous for quail so i never tried feeding them to my chukars) they will like some things more than others so just experiment I mostly only feed my gamebirds fruits and leafy greens when i give anything so I can't be much more help. You should also search around the BYC archives to find more info, just about every question you could think of has been asked and answered there.