Humidity Levels in Breeding Aviary

missylynn

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Feb 23, 2011
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2 GCCs - Jinx & Bonsai
Hi all... I've been researching and preparing for breeding for some months now, but there are still things that crop up and stump me every now and again. Right now it is humidity levels. I've seen and read a ton about humidity levels in artificial incubation, but nobody seems to think it important enough to include anything about that in the more common case of parental incubation. When the parents are correctly incubating their eggs, is it necessary for me to supplement the ambient humidity levels? If so, do they need to be as high as in an incubator, or do the parents bodies somehow compensate for those necessary levels? Any knowledge or advice would be greatly appreciated...
 

Pedro

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Dec 15, 2010
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2 Budgies, 3 Cockatiels, 6 GCC'S, 2 Crimson Bellie Conures, 9 Sun Conures, 2 Major Mitchells, 12 Eclectus parrots of various ages, 2 BF Amazons, 2 Hahn's Macaw's, 1 Red Tail Black Too
Missylynn, the parent birds know exactly what to do. She will sit tight & generate her own heat which would be around 37 degrees C. If she needs to have a higher humidity she will wet her feathers & then carry on with the incubation. A lot of what we know comes from research & observing our parrots in the aviary.
 

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