Incubation Chart
Temperature is to be 99.5 forced-air.
Temperature at 101.5 in still air.
measured at the top of the eggs.
| Species | Incubation Period | Temp (F.) Forced Air | Relative Humidity | Humidity Last 3 Days | Stop Turning Eggs |
| Poultry Large Fowl Bantams |
21 days 21 days |
99.5 99.5 |
60-65% 60-65% |
80-85% 80-85% |
19th day 19th day |
| Partridges Chuckar Hungarian |
23 days 23 days |
99.5 99.5 |
60-65% 60-65% |
80-85% 80-85% |
21st day 21st day |
| Peafowl India Blue Green |
27-29 days 28 days |
99.5 99.5 |
60-65% 60-65% |
80-85% 80-85% |
25th day 26th day |
| Pheasants Red Golden Lady Amherst Reeve's Ringneck Silver Yellow Golden |
22 days 22 days 25 days 24-25 days 25-26 days 22 days |
99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 |
60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% |
80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% |
20th day 20th day 23th day 22th day 23th day 20th day |
| Quail Blue Scaled Bobwhite Button California Valley Coturnix Gambels Mountain |
23 days 22-23 days 16 days 22-23 days 16-18 days 22 days 24-25 days |
99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 |
60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% |
80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% |
21st day 20th day 14th day 20th day 14th day 20th day 23rd day |
| Turkeys Bourbon Red BB Bronze Giant White Royal Palm Wild |
28 days 28 days 28 days 28 days 28 days |
99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 |
60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% 60-65% |
80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% 80-85% |
26th day 26th day 26th day 26th day 26th day |
| Waterfowl Ducks Muscovy Geese Swans |
28 days 35-37 days 28-30 days 30-37 days |
99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 |
70-75% 70-75% 70-75% 70-75% |
90-95% 90-95% 90-95% 90-95% |
26th day 34th day 27th day 29th day |
| Ratites Rea Ostrich Emu |
35-40 days 42 days 50-56 days |
97.5 97.5 97.5 |
30-35% 30-35% 30-35% |
50-55% 50-55% 50-55% |
34th day 40th day 49th day |