patdahat 41 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 now i dont know if this is a mith or not but hope someone has an answer.... well iv been talking to some people about incubation phesants and some of them have HEARD that there is a way to increase the number of cock's/hen's by either changing the temp a degree +/- or the way the egg is positioned (on it's side or standing).. well been new to incubating and dont know if people are taking the water i dont know but would like to hear if anyone one has heard of this been done. cheers pat.. Quote Link to post
pegleg33 134 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 now i dont know if this is a mith or not but hope someone has an answer.... well iv been talking to some people about incubation phesants and some of them have HEARD that there is a way to increase the number of cock's/hen's by either changing the temp a degree +/- or the way the egg is positioned (on it's side or standing).. well been new to incubating and dont know if people are taking the water i dont know but would like to hear if anyone one has heard of this been done. cheers pat.. i've heard the same about temp, but like you not sure how true this is.hopefully i'll be able to find out now Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 now i dont know if this is a mith or not but hope someone has an answer.... well iv been talking to some people about incubation phesants and some of them have HEARD that there is a way to increase the number of cock's/hen's by either changing the temp a degree +/- or the way the egg is positioned (on it's side or standing).. well been new to incubating and dont know if people are taking the water i dont know but would like to hear if anyone one has heard of this been done. cheers pat.. Never heard of that. Cant be as simple as changing a degree here or there or everybody would be doing it for more hens. In the large incubators the eggs can only sit 1 way and are rotated by the machine so i would discount that too. Be interesting to hear any concrete evidence though.... Quote Link to post
mushroom 13,103 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 now i dont know if this is a mith or not but hope someone has an answer.... well iv been talking to some people about incubation phesants and some of them have HEARD that there is a way to increase the number of cock's/hen's by either changing the temp a degree +/- or the way the egg is positioned (on it's side or standing).. well been new to incubating and dont know if people are taking the water i dont know but would like to hear if anyone one has heard of this been done. cheers pat.. I know this works on some types of reptile (definitely crocs, alligators etc) not sure about birds though. 1 Quote Link to post
danw 1,748 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature-dependent_sex_determination Not sure it applies to pheasant but is possible also I wouldn't take any stead in which way the egg should sit theyt are placed in an incubator point first and rotated hourly to ensure the air sac inside does not stick in one spot and affect viability Quote Link to post
Richie10 345 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I always seemed to get more cocks when incubating chickens, I reckon it is from the higher temperatures in the incubator. Quote Link to post
patdahat 41 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature-dependent_sex_determination after reading that i think it would be a bit to technical for me been a beginner to incubating. Quote Link to post
gunterwarren 0 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 old wives tales mate, it isn't true just totally random Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 you probably all know this already! Running eggs too high in temperature can cause all sorts of problems. Unretracted yolk sac! dieing at pip and just generaly stopping halfway through the cycle is just a few. if you have the temperature running virtually bang on with a good reliable thermometer <Not the digital crap but a good calibrated glass type> and your hatch rate is still down its normally Humidity and can also be turning if eggs are breaching. probably one of the biggest mistakes in this country is adding too much if any water to a Incubator unless its running very dry through too much forced air, my Inc needs to run dry 24/7 to get weight off the eggs. the optimal Temperature for my birds is 37.5C/99.5F, I run the egg around 37.3 - 4c, .1 - 2 under for the best hatchability . Quote Link to post
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