- May 3, 2014
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Hi
Not sure if anyone saw my other thread about hatching my pheasant eggs, if not it all ended in disaster dead in shell , died with beak sticking out of shell. Anyway i am now on round two and in lockdown, i have altered everything from the last time, made a self watering system so i didnt need to open the lid during incubation as much, found out that the last time my humidity readings were way out. I had been incubating at 70 plus humidity and in lock down it must have been 90 plus.
So hopefully this time will be better, correct humidity all the way through . I feel more nervous than when my wife went into labour !!!!!!!!. if i fail this time then i will get rid of the incubator and buy a differet on for next season. I am now on day 22 so fingers crossed for the next couple of days that all goes well.
After i put the eggs in the incubator i left the others on the pen ffloor as i didnt need them, , there must have been 10 or 11 eggs. One of my pheasants went broody and started sitting them and sat them tight not moving at all when i went to feed them. this morning while she was drinking i had a look and she is sat on 21 eggs!!! Dont know if these will hatch and i have no idea of the date she started to sit tight on the eggs. Hopefully she will know when they are due to hatch and sit long enought to hatch some out, again i will keep you all informed.
Cheers
Wayne
Not sure if anyone saw my other thread about hatching my pheasant eggs, if not it all ended in disaster dead in shell , died with beak sticking out of shell. Anyway i am now on round two and in lockdown, i have altered everything from the last time, made a self watering system so i didnt need to open the lid during incubation as much, found out that the last time my humidity readings were way out. I had been incubating at 70 plus humidity and in lock down it must have been 90 plus.
So hopefully this time will be better, correct humidity all the way through . I feel more nervous than when my wife went into labour !!!!!!!!. if i fail this time then i will get rid of the incubator and buy a differet on for next season. I am now on day 22 so fingers crossed for the next couple of days that all goes well.
After i put the eggs in the incubator i left the others on the pen ffloor as i didnt need them, , there must have been 10 or 11 eggs. One of my pheasants went broody and started sitting them and sat them tight not moving at all when i went to feed them. this morning while she was drinking i had a look and she is sat on 21 eggs!!! Dont know if these will hatch and i have no idea of the date she started to sit tight on the eggs. Hopefully she will know when they are due to hatch and sit long enought to hatch some out, again i will keep you all informed.
Cheers
Wayne
