How Long Does It Take?
- By Jerry Harrell
- Published 05/16/2008
- Hatching
- Unrated
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Blue Scaled Quail Chick
Remember.... These #'s are not cast in stone. Depending on your incubator settings, skill level, and the eggs' genetic make-up, length of incubation will differ. A couple degrees off could mean a big change in length of incubation and possibly a big failure!!! If you are using a good broody hen the numbers should be right on!
Species Incubation Temp (F.) Relative Humidity Stop
Period Forced Air Humidity Last 3 Days Turning
Poultry
Large Fowl 21 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 19th day
Bantams 21 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 19th day
Games 21 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 19th day
Partridges
Barbary 23 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 21st day
Chuckar 23 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 21st day
Hungarian 23 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 21st day
Peafowl
Congo 26 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 22nd day
Green 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Guineas 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
India Blue 27-29 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 25th day
Pheasants
Bar-Tailed 27-28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 25th day
Blood 27-29 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 25th day
Blue Eared 26-28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 24th day
Brown Eared 26-27 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 24th day
Buff Ringneck 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 22nd day
Cheer 26 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 24th day
Copper 25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Edwards 22 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 20th day
Elliot's 25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Fireback 23-24 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 21st day
Golden (Red) 22 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 20th day
Imperial 25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Kalij 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 22nd day
Koklass 26-27 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 24th day
Lady Amherst 22 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 20th day
Melanistic 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 22nd day
Mikado 27 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 25th day
Reeve's 25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Ringneck 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 22nd day
Salvdori's 25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Silver 25-26 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Swinehoe 25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Wattled 24-26 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 22nd day
White Eared 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 22nd day
White Mutant 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 22nd day
Yellow Golden 22 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 20th day
Quail
Benson 22 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 20th day
Blue Scaled 23 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 21st day
Bobwhite 22-23 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 20th day
Button 16 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 14th day
Cal Valley 22-23 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 20th day
Coturnix 16-18 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 14th day
Gambels 22 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 20th day
Mearns 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Mountain 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23rd day
Turkeys
Black Spanish 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Bourbon Red 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
BB Bronze 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Giant White 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Royal Palm 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Wild 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Tragopans
Blyth's 28-30 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Cabot's 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Satyr 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Temminck's 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Western 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Ducks 28 days 99.5 70-75% 90-95% 26th day
Muscovy 35-37 days 99.5 70-75% 90-95% 34th day
Geese 28-30 days 99.5 70-75% 90-95% 27th day
Swans 30-37 days 99.5 70-75% 90-95% 29th day
Junglefowl
Ceylon 20-21 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 18th day
Green 21 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 19th day
Grey 20-21 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 18th day
Red 19-21 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 17th day
Other Birds
Monal 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Crane 30 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 28th day
Crested Argus 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23nd day
Great Argus 24-25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23nd day
Grouse/Prairie 25 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 23nd day
Himalayan 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Pigeons 17 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 13th day
Ratites
Rea 35-40 days 97.5 30-35% 50-55% 34th day
Ostrich 42 days 97.5 30-35% 50-55% 40th day
Emu 50-56 days 97.5 30-35% 50-55% 49th day
House Birds
Canary 14 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 12th day
Dove 14 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 12th day
Finch 14 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 12th day
Mynah Birds 14 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 12th day
Parakeets 18 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 16th day
Parrots 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Amazon 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Macaw 28 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
Cockatoo 28-29 days 99.5 60-65% 80-85% 26th day
*** Temperature is to be 99.5 forced-air, or 101.5 in still air measured at the top of the eggs.***
*** Humidity is a constant 65% unless otherwise noted. Raise to 85% for last 3 days of incubation.***
