I am fixing to try and hatch out some eggs. I have attached a picture of my temp and humidity reading. I have been reading and trying to understand the humidity to make sure I have it set correctly. We have an old Dickie cabinet incubator to leave in until lock down, then I will move them to an old GQF model 1202 for the final few days. The reason is the Dickie is setup with automatic egg turner and the GQF does not.
We are hatching out bobwhite quail and chukar eggs. I found a PDF from GQF saying to have temps at 100 F and humidity 45-55% (quail) 45-50%(chukar) for the first 19 days. Day 20 stop turning and raise humidity to 55-65%. 88-90 F on wet bulb.
So my thoughts were to get to 100 F and 50% humidity since both type of eggs will be in there at the same time and then move them and raise to 60% or during lock down.
I have not put in any eggs yet just trying to get the temps right.
I just wanted to make sure what I am showing is pretty close. I know I need to drop humidity a little more. Just looking for some assurance I am headed in the right direction.
Any advice or anything would be great.
We are hatching out bobwhite quail and chukar eggs. I found a PDF from GQF saying to have temps at 100 F and humidity 45-55% (quail) 45-50%(chukar) for the first 19 days. Day 20 stop turning and raise humidity to 55-65%. 88-90 F on wet bulb.
So my thoughts were to get to 100 F and 50% humidity since both type of eggs will be in there at the same time and then move them and raise to 60% or during lock down.
I have not put in any eggs yet just trying to get the temps right.
I just wanted to make sure what I am showing is pretty close. I know I need to drop humidity a little more. Just looking for some assurance I am headed in the right direction.
Any advice or anything would be great.
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