Incubation Calendar
Plan hatch day, lockdown, and candling for any species you incubate.
Incubating eggs is mostly patience and timing. This calendar will spit out an exact schedule from set day to hatch day, including when to candle and when to stop turning. Built for the most common backyard species:
- Chicken 21d
- Quail (Coturnix) 17d
- Quail (Bobwhite) 23d
- Duck (most breeds) 28d
- Duck (Muscovy) 35d
- Turkey 28d
- Goose 30d
- Guinea Fowl 27d
Coming soon
We're still polishing the formulas for this calculator. Drop your email below and we'll send you a single message the day it goes live.
What this calculator will do
- Day-by-day schedule for 8 species (chicken, duck, quail, turkey, goose, guinea, etc.)
- Lockdown date — when to stop turning eggs and ramp up humidity
- Three candling milestones, with what to look for at each
- Estimated hatch window (most eggs hatch within ±24h of expected)
- Printable / shareable calendar view
What you'll enter
- Species (or custom incubation length)
- Date you set the eggs in the incubator