incubator advice

Hi! Im incubating DUCK eggs. You will see in a previous post the kind of incubator I have. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS!! :) 1. What is lockdown humidity? 2. What day is lockdown? 3. Lockdown temp? 4. Temp and humidity throughout incubation? 5. When do you take the turner out? 6. How do you...

I’ve been looking online trying to figure out who how i should put my humidity in the incubator for when they hatch. It always seems to vary from 60%-70%. So I wanted to come straight to the experts and ask you guys what percentage of humidity you’ve had more luck with.

Hi everyone, Just got through our first successful duck hatch with our Nurture 360 (yay!) and I'm now starting to clean it up. The instructions clearly say not to turn the incubator upside down as you could damage the humidity sensor, and yet the few videos I've found show people doing just...

Hey guys! I have a question. Currently I have a small incubator that isn’t the greatest. I was thinking of getting a new one that will probably arrive in 3-5 days. I was wondering if when that one arrives could I put the eggs in the new incubator? I don’t see why not, but I just want to make...

Hello, I am hatching my first ever quail eggs. I have a Hova-Bator 1602N. I have zero experience with an incubator. I read temperatures are 98-101F and humidities 45-65%. My eggs arrive tomorrow USPS. I wanted to get the incubator up and running and figured out. Please can anyone tell me the...

Hi all, Over the weekend I decided to build myself an incubator out of ply wood. I've tested out different bulbs to see which wattage gives me the temperature that I need to Incubate the eggs properly. At the moment, I am using a 100 Watt ceramic heat bulb. This so far has been the best option...

Hi all I bought my father in law a incubator for his birthday 31st December I bought him 9 eggs Silkie chicken eggs now then seller of the eggs is shipping me the eggs be here tommorow some of eggs are 5 days others are 1 day since laid now when these eggs turn up tomorrow 23rd December what...

Thinking of hatching some of my eggs that my new layers just started laying. Cracked one the other day and it is indeed fertile (white bullseye). Which incubator have you used faithfully that gave you the best hatch rates?

I just moved, and a ton of my stuff has been housed over at my mom's till now. Back in the day - 2016? Not that long ago but I have horrid memory - I had some leopard geckos breeding and used this farm innovators 2350 digital still air Incubator. (Attaching pictures from the purchase listing...

Hey everyone, It’s my first time incubating eggs, and I’m incubating 15 eggs in an automatic incubator, all the eggs are growling really well, except one egg, that does have veins, but it’s in a very disproportionate shape, is it going to hatch? And if it does hatch will the chick be normal...

Looking for advice on what to do. Today I got my shipped hatching eggs after 7 days of transit. Some arrived smashed and the box smelled really bad of course. I cleaned up the ones that weren’t cracked but I’m worried the eggs that survived the trip could have been contaminated by bacteria of...

I got these babes 6 days ago in the evening. They haven’t had a roo since being here but had one at their old home. I have an incubator arriving tomorrow. So far I’ve only got one egg that hasn’t been refrigerated. I want to hatch out babes as I can’t have another roo so won’t be getting a...

My homemade incubator fluctuates a little bit during the day and night, often its around 37.7c and it fluctuates throughout the day from 37.7c to the highest which is 38.7c going up and down throughout the day within this range. I'm worried if this will cause any issues for the chicks? I'm only...

I am incubating coturnix quail and started locking down at day 14 with temperature 100 and 65 humidity. Two eggs have hatched but the others have not hatched. They hatched on 15, its now almost day 17. Its been almost 48 hrs since the first two hatched. How long do i keep chicks in the...

Hey there, I am new to this and I have tons of questions. Firstly I’m currently on day 17. I have regular sized chicken eggs, a few silkies, and a Millie. I have read to lock down on day 17 if you have two different types of eggs. Also I am extremely worried about the size of the air cell...

Hello, I am new to incubating eggs. Currently I have 4 duck eggs in my EZ simply incubator. This incubator does not have a build in hygrometer so I bought one to try and keep track. From what I have read online, humidity for the first few weeks should be about 55%. I have been having issues...

She's currently my my only egger chick, and my only seemingly troubled hatch (out of a hatch of 12/18 if she hatches & survives). The incubator temp is 99% and humidity is 60%. She pipped about 30-31 hours ago, but we're going on 24+ with the zip line and half crack away. The exposed membrane...

I’m hatching chicks and ducks with my homeschool group and made a grave error. I forgot that ducks and chicks have different hatch lengths and I put them together all to start. Everyone was progressing nicely. I put them all in lockdown for three days and raised the humidity. We got nine out of...

Hi all, So I’m planning on hatching more eggs soon, this will be my second time. The first time I hatched eggs I don’t know if my hydrometer was working properly the whole time. The reading it gave me just didn’t make sense. I only had like 3 tablespoons of water in the incubator until lockdown...

Hi! I have 7 eggs in an incubator and yesterday, Saturday 1st May, one chick hatched. I’m not sure at what time because I didn’t see it happen. I noticed the chick this morning and it was nearly entirely fluffy. There are 3 more pipping at the moment which I’m expecting to be fully hatched by...