When Should I Give Up on Incubation?

[casportpony]

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It does have a fan. I think the humidity is too high. I'll decrease and see if the air sac gets bigger. My June 9th eggs are getting real close at 22 days.

I might be tempted to run it without water as long as the humidity didn't drop below 25%. I'd also probably increase the temp to 37.5 (99.5).

-Kathy

 

[caesargirl]

I'd agree on a lower humidity. You might still be facing sticky babies. Out of curiosity, are your eggs upright or on their sides? And what kind of incubator?

 

[casportpony]

I'd agree on a lower humidity. You might still be facing sticky babies. Out of curiosity, are your eggs upright or on their sides? And what kind of incubator?

It's this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KD75VHW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

And I gotta ask... are you counting the day you set them as day zero or day one? Day one is 24 hours after you set them, not the day you set them.

-Kathy

 

[astronomer]

OK. Temp is up. Humidity is down to about 35%. Not going to get much lower than that here in the south. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

 

[caesargirl]

Awesome!!!!! What's your date for the next egg to hatch??

 

[Lacrystol]

Ya, i'm really confused. I'm seeing anything from 40% to 90%. This can't be that complicated if ducks do it themselves...

90?? OMG, not sure where you read that but that is high even 80 is high..


Ducks don't even raise it that high.

 

[Lacrystol]

OK. Temp is up. Humidity is down to about 35%. Not going to get much lower than that here in the south. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Your temp was fine?? You said you had a fan and Kathy was pertaining to a bator without a fan. So now the question is do you have your temp at 102 or 99?

 

[Lacrystol]

OK. Temp is up. Humidity is down to about 35%. Not going to get much lower than that here in the south. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Are you misting or spraying them?

 

[AvicultureGreg]

Generally, with fully developed eggs, you can place them in water at a temperature of 99 degrees F and they will bob around if they are alive.