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Incubation Times

Here are some useful incubations times and temperatures for various types of birds.

Poultry / Partridge / Peafowl / Quail / Waterfowl

Animal
Incubation Time (days)
Temperature (oF)
Humidity
Humidity Last 3 Days
Stop Turning Eggs
Poultry
Large Fowl
21
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
19th day
Bantams
19
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
17th day
Partridge
Barbary
23
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
21st day
Chuckar
23
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
21st day
Hungarian
23
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
21st day
Peafowl
Congo
26
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
22nd day
Green
28
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
26th day
Guineas
28
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
26th day
India Blue
27 - 29
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
25th day
Quail
Benson
22
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
20th day
Blue Scaled
23
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
21th day
Bobwhite
22 - 23
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
20th day
Button
16
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
14th day
Cal Valley
22 - 23
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
20th day
Coturnix
16 - 18
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
14th day
Gambels
22
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
20th day
Mearns
24 - 25
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
23th day
Mountain
24 - 25
99.5
60-65%
80-85%
23th day
Waterfowl
Ducks
28
99.5
70-75%
90-95%
26th day
Muscovy
35 - 38
99.5
70-75%
90-95%
34th day
Geese
28 - 30
99.5
70-75%
90-95%
27th day
Swans
30 - 37
99.5
70-75%
90-95%
29th day

Temperature above is 99.5 in a forced-air incubator, in a still-air one it will be 101.5 - measured at the top of the eggs
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