Temp at lockdown

[davekrista]

So it should be like 97 with 75% humidity?

 

[katharinad]

97 degrees with 75-85% humidity. Just read an interesting blog about this. Take a look at:
http://blog.metzerfarms.com/blog/bid/23588/

 

[katharinad]

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Just found this info. They say 90-94 degrees for hatching.
http://www.eggincubator.biz/duck-egg-incubator.html

 

[davekrista]

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I tried to read it but its a blank article... I will try again in a little while.

 

[duckyfromoz]

With so much conflicting information no wonder people are confused and having bad hatch rates. 90- 94 might be right for that particular machine- although it seems very low and too much of a variance to be accurate- but people using that temp in a different machine might end up with nothing hatching at all. Being that that model is manufactured in China- and although they make do make some of he largest incubators as well- I think something may have got lost in translation.

 

[katharinad]

You are right China! Makes you wonder, but it cannot be depending on the machine. That may just on the old data I knew. That used to be 90-95. I personally used 97, but told people lower is ok. Not sure if that really hurts, because it is when they are moving in the eggs producing their own heat. Metzer states that he uses 97, so I will stick to that.

Forgot you are in Australia. Metzer is one of the largest hatcheries in the USA. They definitely know what they are doing.