Unfortunately, the experiment was only a partial success. The addition of the humidifier seems to have been a positive. There is every indication that the humidity stayed within the appropriate range the whole time the eggs were in the incubator. On the negative side, none of the eggs hatched. I always do an autopsy […]
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This morning, the humidity readings and temperature readings all checked out. So, I loaded 10 quail eggs into the incubator. The quail eggs will be kept at 99.5 F and 45% relative humidity for 15 days. During that time, the motor drive in the incubator will roll the eggs back and forth. On day 15
We currently have only a small incubator because we mostly hatch quail. It holds more 20-24 quail eggs and that has been sufficient. When we use it for chicken eggs, it holds 9 or 10. When we expand our business I will build a cabinet-style incubator and a separate hatching cabinet, but we aren’t at
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