![]() ![]() Now with the glass incubator, it’s way more exciting for kids to see everything from the start, how quails hatch to when they grow up. Then I decided to upgrade and build a larger glass incubator. They have never seen chicks hatch before so it was really exciting for them. When the chicks started to hatch, my kids would fight for their turn to look inside. I made a tiny window on top of the cooler to peek inside and check the temperature and humidity. The first incubator I built was from an old cooler box. It’s been a fun process especially watching them hatch and have our kids experience the whole process. At some point, I decided to build a DIY Incubator for Eggs so that we could have our own quails and quail eggs. We have been buying them from a family we know locally. But these eggs are harder to find and they are more expensive. Quail eggs contain more fat, protein, and vitamin B12 by weight than chicken eggs. Ongoing overly high humidity can lead to air cells that are too small and chicks that drown in the egg, or swollen "water-logged" chicks that are too large to turn properly in the egg and can't hatch.Ī few days before expected hatch I add a bunch of water to the incubator to bring humidity up to about 60-80% - the higher humidity at the end here helps to keep membranes from drying out during hatching, so you get less stuck chicks.Have you ever tried quail eggs? According to studies, these tiny eggs are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. You don't want humidity to be constantly high early on, because eggs need to lose a certain amount of moisture during incubation (like 10-12% of their starting weight, iirc?). I'll leave it alone for another 3-4 days at that lower humidity before topping back up. Humidity in my incubator will be around 40-50% for like 3-4 days when I add water, dropping to ~15-20% once that water evaporates from the bottom. Personally, I've had best hatches with a "dry incubation", where humidity averages around 30% during the pre-lockdown part of incubation. Humidity is average, it's fine for it to fluctate a bit. It really is amazing how fast they grow in a few weeks time. If you haven’t already, build your enclosure now. Once in lock down you get to sit on your hands and wait. Every reference I read agreed humidity was important then. Personally I wouldn’t stress that point as long they are all still getting turned regularly.Įxtra thoughts: candle all your eggs prior to tossing any out, you want to have a reference for what you’re looking for. If you feel the need to space them out a bit you can. That’s when you want to toss out your duds. Your also suppose to take them out to candle them, most people recommend day 10. I’ve read some people will lay wet sponges inside to elevate / stabilize humidity.ģ) it’s ok to briefly open things up during the first couple weeks. ![]() More sections you fill gives more humidity. I have a different incubator which has a sectioned off water tray at the bottom. You can google dry incubation to see where people intentionally keep their humidity very very low during the first couple weeks.Ģ) humidity in my incubator seemed to directly correlate to water surface area. I’ve only hatched one set myself, I’m certainly no expert.ġ) humidity during incubation has a lot of different opinions. Is it ok to open the incubator to scoot the eggs back up the rollers to unbunch them every 6 hours or so? The room temp here ranges from 70 - 81 F What can I do to help make the humidity more stable? I am trying those humidor packs, but it seems to have little to no effect. Is the momentary humidity overall very important or are we more concerned about the running avg over time? The second thing I have noticed is that the eggs are turning but seem to have bunched up or possibly started rubbing against each other. ![]() The relative humidity of my house is and somewhat high at about 46% avg. I have noticed I am having difficulty keeping the humidity at a constant number, opening the little vent in the top and adding even the most minute amount of warm water can make it swing from one extreme to the other. Humidity swings from 21% to 55%, but averaging around 47%. Is of writing this I have had 18 coturnix quail eggs of assorted size and color in the incubator for 19 hours, at 99.8 F on average. I have noticed a few things and I have questions that have come up during my observation. I purchased a 16 Egg Incubator from Amazon called the Kktect or otherwise known as "Safego Egg Incubator for Hatching Eggs, Digital Mini Incubator with Automatic Turner and Egg Candler Tester for Hatching Chicken Duck Quail Bird Eggs (16 Eggs)" ![]()
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