all who are hatching quail

[mule13]

OK ,
so i'm done with my hatching .out of 50 eggs, i got 7 baby quail. 6 a&m and 1 brown courtnix. i broke the other eggs open and its all the browns, they just never came out? they were all formed little quail, just couldnt get out of their shells i guess. a few had broken thru the shell and spent a few days like that. i helped a few out of their shells and they just died.SO i'm not sure whats going on with them really. shells to hard? the thing is i have 3 a&M females and 4 brown courtx, on a daily basis i get 4 eggs from the browns and 1 or 2 eggs from the A&M's
so of my 50 eggs maybe 10 were A&M eggs and 6 hatched, actually 8 but 2 died.this was all done in 2 different incubators.1 homemade the other (a store model) i borrowed from the guy at the local farm store. but i had same results with both. anyone have any ideas?

Thanks John

 

[subhanalah]

OK , 
so i'm done with my hatching .out of 50 eggs, i got 7 baby quail. 6 a&m and 1 brown courtnix. i broke the other eggs open and  its all the browns, they just never came out? they were all formed little quail, just couldnt get out of their shells i guess.  a few had broken thru the shell and spent a few days  like that. i helped a few out of their shells and  they just died.SO i'm not sure whats going on with them really. shells to hard? the thing is i have 3 a&M females and 4 brown courtx, on a daily basis i get 4 eggs from the browns and 1 or 2 eggs from the A&M's
so of my 50 eggs maybe 10 were A&M eggs and 6 hatched, actually 8 but 2 died.this was all done in 2 different incubators.1 homemade  the other (a store model) i borrowed from the guy at the local farm store. but i had same results with both. anyone have any ideas?

  Thanks John

sounds like they were kept too wet/humid during incubation and didn't lose enough weight before hatching, so they got too big for the shell.

 

[chickwatcher1]

40 coturnix eggs went in at noon.

 

[Quail Jailer]

40 coturnix eggs went in at noon.

They ought to be done by now?

 

[chickwatcher1]

Does the probe just read temp like most of them? And the body tells himidity? Have to put the whole device inside. At least I have to.

ok next time i'll keep humidity a little higher, and i have a 20$ KTJ hydro/thermo i got from amazon i think. it has the wire lead /probe that goes in the incubator and the display can be outside. Any ideas on why only the A&M's are hatching? that seems really weird to me.

 

[chickwatcher1]

They ought to be done by now?

17 days I reckon.

 

[Dragons4u]

I think the one they are referring to doesn't have to have the whole thing inside like a pid would.

 

[Quail Jailer]

17 days I reckon.

Oh, my bad you're incubating, not cooking.... 4 eggs went into me about an hour ago

 

[idhound]

OK ,
so i'm done with my hatching .out of 50 eggs, i got 7 baby quail. 6 a&m and 1 brown courtnix. i broke the other eggs open and its all the browns, they just never came out? they were all formed little quail, just couldnt get out of their shells i guess. a few had broken thru the shell and spent a few days like that. i helped a few out of their shells and they just died.SO i'm not sure whats going on with them really. shells to hard? the thing is i have 3 a&M females and 4 brown courtx, on a daily basis i get 4 eggs from the browns and 1 or 2 eggs from the A&M's
so of my 50 eggs maybe 10 were A&M eggs and 6 hatched, actually 8 but 2 died.this was all done in 2 different incubators.1 homemade the other (a store model) i borrowed from the guy at the local farm store. but i had same results with both. anyone have any ideas?

Thanks John

 

[mule13]

i kept humidity around 40% during incubation, turned the eggs until 3 days prior to hatching. last few days i raised humidity to 70%. humidity did vary from time to time but minly it dropped below 40% into the mid 30% range and i add more water. eggs are gathered a week before they go in so 5 or 6 days. about that process i take them out of quail pens and put them on top of my rabbit cage thats under a tree, thats under a shed.temps range from 70's at night to low 90's in the day could that be a problem? where do you store eggs before they go into incubator?


and again thanks for everyones replies , John