jfoppoli
In the Brooder
- Jun 9, 2015
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Hi,
This may be a really stupid question, but I need to ask you guys. I am new to hatching eggs, I've been reading a lot yet my hands-on experience is zero. I just created a simple Styrofoam incubator from a cooler. I am getting a few quail eggs in the next few days and I am excited to try my first hatch.
I have seen / read that it's important to leave the birds for 24 hours in the incubator after they hatch, but I haven't read or seen anything on oxygen in the incubator. Considering it's going to be closed for 24 hours, I assume I will have to poke holes through the incubator. Is this right?
Should I have the holes during the incubation process as well? So far I have managed to keep the temperature constant at 100 degrees with a 50% humidity, give or take, but all this without any holes at all. If I need to poke holes, I will have to recalculate which is fine with me.
Although it shows 102, I was just testing it when I got this picture. Right now I am able to keep it steady at 100 degrees (although the humidity is something I am playing with, but usually it's around 50)
Thanks so much. I appreciate your help.
Julio
This may be a really stupid question, but I need to ask you guys. I am new to hatching eggs, I've been reading a lot yet my hands-on experience is zero. I just created a simple Styrofoam incubator from a cooler. I am getting a few quail eggs in the next few days and I am excited to try my first hatch.
I have seen / read that it's important to leave the birds for 24 hours in the incubator after they hatch, but I haven't read or seen anything on oxygen in the incubator. Considering it's going to be closed for 24 hours, I assume I will have to poke holes through the incubator. Is this right?
Should I have the holes during the incubation process as well? So far I have managed to keep the temperature constant at 100 degrees with a 50% humidity, give or take, but all this without any holes at all. If I need to poke holes, I will have to recalculate which is fine with me.
Although it shows 102, I was just testing it when I got this picture. Right now I am able to keep it steady at 100 degrees (although the humidity is something I am playing with, but usually it's around 50)
Thanks so much. I appreciate your help.
Julio