Urgent (picutre added)

[GoodKids]

OK so I had posted the question of whether or not to still turn my eggs on the incubating/hatching forum before seeing this post, and I got replies to lock down. Any Peafowl Expert opinions?

 

[Frosty]

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See the post that deerman wrote, I made part of it bold. It sounds like you have one of the small styrofoam incubators, you might be better off not opening it too much now.

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Yes with the smaller incubators, like little giant, they take a long time to get back up to proper temp. and humdity. Those incubator i can see lock down.. Myself the cabinet incubator , no harm opening and no need to lock down, they recover super fast.


Think alot of info get passed around ,like lock down, because of the cheaper incubator. Another thing i see post infor on temp, which with still air or forced air is not the same.

 

[Kedreeva]

Agree, depends heavily on the type of incubator you have- and in any case you should probably avoid opening it if you can see a pip. An exposed interior membrane can dry out super fast, especially so in the smaller incubators.

 

[Glenmar]

I was hand turning 3x a day in addition to the autoturn cradle.

Here's a pic. This is my first peachick ever hatched.

 

[Kedreeva]

Cuuuuuuute! Congrats!!!!!

 

[NateinFL]

Awwww....cute little baby

 

[GoodKids]

Very adorable!

 

[dewgal09]

Just out of curiousity, why can't the peahen just sit on her eggs and let them hatch that way?

 

[deerman]

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They can , i had 4 peahen hatch their own, but in the past i pulled eggs to get more peachicks.

 

[Glenmar]

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They can , i had 4 peahen hatch their own, but in the past i pulled eggs to get more peachicks.

I let her sit on the last batch, but because she is free ranging something ate the eggs.