Getting the best hatch rate on store bought incubators

[@ionnastar]

Hands down Zack is my favorite , his teachings and eggs are the best.

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks and thanks for watching

[@juanverano2874]

Thx for all the info

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching!

[@MarcStLouis-cr7yk]

Thank you! For being the first person to FINALLY explain what lock down is so that it can be CLEARLY understood! GB

[@MyshireFarm]

Glad it helped. Good luck on your adventure with quail.

[@musicteacher5757]

I like what you said: "Incubators lie." I bought a small incubator, and I've only hatched one batch of chicken eggs, and had about 25% hatch rate, and I thought I was the problem - that I forgot to turn them or something. The eggs I most wanted to hatch didn't - I assumed either the rooster or the hen was infertile, although it appeared the eggs started to develop. But the hatch rate for the other chickens wasn't very good, either. I have a batch of coturnix eggs in the incubator right now, in lockdown. I really hope at least 25% hatch, but... I'll buy a thermometer and hydrometer.

[@MyshireFarm]

Good luck

[@lindaw2418]

Oh man this is helpful, my house sits at 4000 feet, we have huge temp changes in a day, like 50 degrees sometimes. We are more dry. Thanks for the good information. Hey, we ate our first quails I didn’t know how to cook them. Maybe, on this site, you could ask everyone to put in recipes? This is a really good learning site. Thanks a bunch.☺️

[@MyshireFarm]

Great glad to help and there is a quail in the kitchen Facebook page and if you go to our website for $15 you can get a quail recipe digital book

[@charlielewis6849]

Man u go ahead and ramble on the more u talk the more I learn thanks for info.

[@MyshireFarm]

Hahahahhaa thanks

[@lavenderskies2094]

Perfect timing for viewing this video! My first batch of quail eggs will be going into lockdown today! Thank you for all of this info! Wish me and my eggs good luck!!!😊

[@MyshireFarm]

Great! GOOD LUCK

[@Boogman123]

if you wrote a book on quail keeping id buy it

[@MyshireFarm]

Thank you.

[@prisk1970]

@14:00 + I started laughing because I know you are telling the truth. Birds are crazy. Thanks for the info in this video. My eggs should arrive sometime this month from you I think. I am super excited!

[@MyshireFarm]

It was a truthful joke hahahaha

[@ellensedge1898]

CAN'T WAIT FOR QUAIL-CON!!

[@MyshireFarm]

Me neither

[@anniesmith1673]

Greetings from Bellbrook. So happy I found you!

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@quaileggsvermont]

Good info!!!!

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@tonytaylor880]

I bought 4 of the Govee Thermometers and put all of them in an empty running incubator. They were off from high to low 1.6 degrees. So thermometers lie also. Try this with yours and see what you get.

[@MyshireFarm]

Mine are within .2 degrees it could be they need calibrated but also you might have a circulation issue as well.

[@tonytaylor880]

@@MyshireFarm I had them side by side in an empty incubator. I did not know they could be calibrated. Writing was so small on the instruction manuals, I chunked them suckers. Lol

[@lizwind1718]

Perfect timing on this video. I just started my first batch of my OWN eggs 🤗 didn't have a great hatch rate with my shipped eggs (to be expected) but realized a few of these things on my own so it's nice to get that confirmed and have a few more suggestions. Thanks for all your info and help!

[@MyshireFarm]

Wonderful! Good luck

[@pearlynbarker21]

Thanks, this isveru informative.

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@StanWatt.]

I bought a medical-grade infrared thermometer, so you'll get the correct temp readings. I have two other 'normal' infrared thermometer guns, and when I boiled some water, one was twelve degrees off and the other was five degrees off. Keeping the correct temps for my marine fish was a nightmare; six thermometers gave six different readings.

[@MyshireFarm]

Oh boy!!!!!

[@jeffgray4602]

Thanks Zack.

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@monotropicgourmand2681]

I have 180 eggs incubating in three different incubators. Two are NR 360 and one is a Little Giant. The NR 360 fluctuate wildly in temperature and I have them in a heated room with a fairly stable. I have the same hygrometer/thermometer in each of the three units. The Little Giant remains fairly stable at 99.7 most of the time. It's gone up and down some, and I've made some incremental adjustments, but I am trusting it the most. The 2 NR 360 swing down as low as 98.7 up to 101.2. I've really been trying to stabilize them and having a hard time. They spend more time at around 100⁰ than below 99.5, but once they climb above 100 I bump them down a .5⁰ notch. Inevitably they drop back down below 99⁰. Its driving be batty. For the past few days they have held alright between 99.7 and 100. They go into lockdown in 2 days and I'm hoping they will give me at least a few chicks. The NR 360 both rose to 101 for at least a couple hours while I was at work. I think the Little Giant eggs will be fine though. Anyways, cant wait to see, the results of this "experiment."

[@MyshireFarm]

Wrap the 360 with a towel or blanket and that should stabilize them. Good luck

[@heathergipson8720]

Great info!!!!

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@cynthiaspell9405]

Thank you for such excellent information! We just had our first hatch at 50%. Several started to peck out but failed. Now I know the humidity wasn’t high enough. All your info is so helpful!

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching and glad it helped

[@musicteacher5757]

I learned with chickens. During a drought, I had hens setting on eggs: hatch rate was terrible (it was so dry we didn't have dew on the grass most mornings, which is how hens usually bring moisture to the eggs.) Then I read about spritzing the eggs with warm water in dry climates; the hatch rate improved greatly. Lockdown is the same principle in an incubator.

[@OwlCreekHS]

Excellent advice, received my order from you ....... thanks to you and your awesome wife for working with me on my order. I'm on day 7 with one incubator with the 59 eggs I got from you and my first attempt with 22 eggs from my first hatch of 14 quail (eggs I also received from you) in a second incubator. To any of the negative Nancy people that might be out there, keep this in mind good things are worth waiting for and with Myshire Farm products and customer service well exceed "GOOD" you guys are spectacular!!!

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks and GOOD LUCK

[@Taco1.2]

I've trying to hatch for a yr. Out of all the eggs I've tried to hatch I have about a dozen successes. I'm not giving up on getting it right. Hopefully this video fixes my issues. I've always been focused on humidity but failed to check the temp with an outside thermometer. My incubator is 5 degrees off. Hopefully adjusting it will 8mprove my results. Thank you for the video.

[@MyshireFarm]

That should do the trick

[@George-zr3vn]

I can't believe the temperature tolerance is so tight. How would a pair of birds maintain such conditions?

[@MyshireFarm]

These have many very domesticated

[@musicteacher5757]

I cracked two eggs while loading my incubator: I was surprised at how tough that inner membrane is. I think the membrane is the problem.

[@MyshireFarm]

If your humidity is correct then it will soften the membrane

[@NoName-mb7iw]

It would be very cool to see how the borrotto performs.

[@MyshireFarm]

I will have to look at the cost of that one. I was thinking it was a little expensive

[@ravenblack1369]

Thank you so much for making this. I’m on day 10 of my first hatch. I can’t see what I hatch from the variety choice mix I ordered from you.

[@MyshireFarm]

Wonderful. Good luck!!!!!

[@mikecavemansavage1936]

Yes I need a thermometer /H combo My friend gave me his incubators with an old school thermometers but I think the humidity reading is off Temp stable and reading good I fill it up through the outside and it still reads 30% and water will start coming out the bottom I think it might only fill up one section I went ahead with the incubation because I had good eggs piling up and had stable temperature When I start lock down I will bump that humidity up and I should have that if I order it now to test cuz I know my incubator is liening somewhere lol It's handy to find things online we live so far away from stores and they don't carry everything your looking for

[@MyshireFarm]

Good luck and wrapping your incubator with a blanket might also help with that

[@mikecavemansavage1936]

@@MyshireFarm thanks I also just remembered that they hatched in a different incubator probably because that humidity problem.... I think that's what I will do this time around getting it ready first We will see how it goes and next time make any corrections Thanks

[@daniellewis1318]

well quail raisers i have not had a hatch rate under 50 since i got rid of that thing i purchased off e bay and that was three years ago i saw a video by wayne rush on building styroform cooler incubators and yes they work i dropped 24 a month and 1 week ago for they will be six weeks saturday ended up with 19 hatching out

[@MyshireFarm]

That’s great. Congrats

[@rocket2811]

love this video too ✌🏻

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@victorialg1270]

Thank you Zack. I am high altitude dry desert. Generally my humidity is about 16% in my house. I was not able to get humidity up to 70% during my empty "test" run. I've got eggs in my nuture360 now. I'm thinking I will try spritzing my eggs during lockdown.

[@MyshireFarm]

Good luck and hope this helps

[@rickylovesyou]

Thanks Zach, I'm wondering if you have done a video about when, why and how to cull? It's a concern for me. I don't want my birds to suffer in life or death.

[@MyshireFarm]

I have not. That is on my list

[@rocket2811]

could please make a video on how to build or buy the home brooder with heat lamp setup..this will help with next steps after chicks hatch and how to ensure they continue to survive..thanks

[@MyshireFarm]

Check out our playlist on quail review products and new to quail and what I need to know and we have a few videos on that

[@Hunting_Daddy]

Thank you for the video, I feel like I followed your tips pretty well when hatching out my quail other than maybe letting the humidity get to high during lock down my nurture right 360 and govee which was inside the entire time were showing 72 on the low side and at the highest 78 for humidity during lock down, my temp on the incubator was off by .5 degrees according to the govee so I ran the incubator at 100 the entire process. I ended up with 11 live chicks and one partially hatched chick which died out of the 30 eggs. I started lock down on the morning of day 15 and they hatched on day 17, I wonder if I would have started increasing humidity on day 14 if I would have had a better hatch? Anyway thanks again for the video!

[@MyshireFarm]

If they were shipped, they could have been handled rough, if not shipped make sure you check your fertility rate

[@Hunting_Daddy]

@@MyshireFarm yea they were shipped, I had received a message on a Friday and had active tracking info on Saturday but didn’t arrive until the following Thursday, which I wasn’t real happy about since I live only 2 hours away from your location. I realize that’s the fault of the post office not Myshire farm, the eggs were very well packaged and I didn’t find any broken

[@lorenaroma]

Im at high elevation in Alaska. Should i dry hatch?

[@MyshireFarm]

I would

[@lorenaroma]

Ok. May I ask Why is it that high elevation should dry hatch?

[@thenorsemanshomestead2332]

I know it sounds messed up lol I laughed when you said it, but I like to listen to the stories on how creative they get to die, be kinda educational on what to look for too.

[@MyshireFarm]

Absolutely

[@roxyhenderson1522]

I'm having trouble with my incubator it's the 112 egg incubator but my temp keeps fluxuating like 36.8-37.8ish

[@MyshireFarm]

Wrap your incubator with a blanket or towel and that will help stabilize it and control the temp better

[@mirkobijelic4436]

Hi Zach, I have a question about the tempreture on the incubator. if the iincubator tempreture is 99.5 and if my termometer in the incubator is showing lower tempreture what can i do .

[@MyshireFarm]

Trust the thermometer. Wrap a towel around the incubator and that might stabilize it

[@joshsparks6915]

From store bought what would you recommend? Mine have all died out and I'm looking to purchase a new one.... Also I'd like you to try the cheap amazon incubator if you ever get extra time. It's been my best go to incubator. I've tried all the name brand ones and had lots of different issues, my very first was a 50$ ish amazon incubator and Ive had much better hatch rates with it than I did with all the others

[@Kristen-6325]

which incubator off Amazon are you referring to? name pls..

[@joshsparks6915]

@@Kristen-6325 the yellow top one on Amazon I'm sorry I don't know the name, has a clear bottom yellow top, might be able to find you a link but it's pretty cheap but I've had great success

[@MyshireFarm]

For beginners I like the nurture right 360, the little giant did well for us as well. Here is a few reviews we did so you can decide what works best for you. kzbin.info/aero/PLpKHTa21ardaQfqo7Kq5bkspi0Ed7CP2O

[@joshsparks6915]

@@MyshireFarm yeah I've tried both and they don't work well for us... Motors quit or won't hold humidity, or just don't keep heat well... I've tried most of the smaller ones and I'd like you to test the other... I'd like to see how it goes for you... From my experience they are tougher to get humidity up there but I've had much better hatch rates from the cheap ones than the newer ones as of lately

[@danielombaard9795]

Hi Zack i plz need your advise,i builded my own incubator begause i want to start quail,i baught 200 eggs and it wil come this week,so i tested my incubator with 24 of my chicken eggs,i started candling in day 3😬 begause youtube had lot of videos where thye candle everyday to see the growth,so i also did it,23 were fertile but everyday after candling i found more and with bloodrings,by day 7 i only had 5 eggs with babys still moving,can this also be a temp problem?

[@MyshireFarm]

That means your temp is fluctuating way too much.

[@danielombaard9795]

@@MyshireFarm any idea how to get it stable,maybe my fans are to smaal thye are two 5volt fans,orr maybe i should buy knew rubbers for my incubator its also a normal refridgerator that i turned into a incubator,maybe its not sealinig good🤦🤦but thank u for taking the time to respont and keep up the good work my friend

[@rocket2811]

Hi Zack..Please recommend which one is better than other ? Farm innovators vs Manna Pro 360 ? I found your video on Manna Pro couldn’t find the farm innovators..thanks

[@MyshireFarm]

We have not done one on the farm innovator yet so I am not sure

[@buckreynolds7475]

What difference does it make they are going to hatch are not

[@MyshireFarm]

The more good practices you use the better you chances for a good hatch rate

[@buckreynolds7475]

Ok but if put all in lock down what going to hatch will hatch the most important things is humidity

[@Indianaparadise]

The room with my incubator seems to be staying at 54% humidity. Just starting up my new nurture right 360 today the incubator is showing 27% humidity after running 4 hours. Any suggestions for my trial runs?

[@MyshireFarm]

I would do a dry hatch. The room humidity is high so it should work better for you

[@philliphall5198]

I bought a 16 egg incubator and trying it out right now Hoping I didn’t waste 50 dallor on it Got from eBay

[@MyshireFarm]

Good luck

[@GiselleBorges-rj6dt]

Recommended: Incubation from day 0 to 14/15: Temperature 99.5 (.5 variation is ok) + 45% humidity Lockdown from day 14/15 to 18: Temperature 99.5 + 65%-75% humidity

[@MyshireFarm]

Correct

[@rosewilson6707]

Zack I bought 2, govee.put them in my incubator, one side said,99.7,the other side said 101.2,then I had another one said ,98.5,the other one said,97.5,but the two govees and ech side say something diff6,in fact all for say a different number. I had bought 110 eggs,and checked them when lock th down was,I found about 20 not fetal at all,well I had 8 that was full turm.but didn't hatch,then 6 that was very very small and didn't hatch.u r eggs. But all my thermometer and hydrometer, 2 where govees,what should I do,so what would u do on this hun,also can I feed my babys laying crumbles,

[@MyshireFarm]

Wrap your incubator with a blanket as it seems like in needs more insulation

[@darthyetgon]

Can they hatch out there own eggs I have a friend up the road from me that original only had gotten like 25 but every year he said and I have seen new ones and babies show up he built a massive aviary for them in the winter but lets them free range his property all year long could this be the reason also we're in Colorado

[@MyshireFarm]

In an aviary setting they could go broody but not very often

[@thebottbunch4864]

Great info! Where did you get your shirt? I’m not seeing it on your site..

[@MyshireFarm]

We sold out. Sorry.

[@larsonfarms4915]

I went 11 hours without feed and 3 quail got pecked to death!!! They are 2 months old. Jumbo wilds. Is that normal???

[@MyshireFarm]

Yeah. They will get aggressive without food and water.

[@terryluster796]

Love your videos please buy MR Terry a good courses drill

[@MyshireFarm]

Thanks for watching

[@leadershiphelpdesk510]

Thanks again Zach, BUT you never talk about ULCERATIVE ENTERITIS and other diseases. I sorted my birds for size, 1 week later some are no longer 9oz, they are skin and bones and hunched. Please address this issue!!!!

[@MyshireFarm]

It mainly sounds like a feed issue. I would get them on a 28% pheasant or turkey starter and keep them on it for 3 weeks before switching to a layer feed

[@sdixie666]

I put 116 eggs in my incubator day 14 I candled all but 2 we're viable day 17 I had a big hatch of around 45 quail day 18 I had another 8 to 10 hatch but those all died ?!?! Curious if this is normal ?

[@MyshireFarm]

Sounds as though there is a humidity issue and I would also increase your temp .5 degree