Hatching a quail egg in my bra

[sjhart18]

So this is crazy, but I've seen on here that it can work, so here goes nothing.

My incubator has been a little inconsistent the first day of having eggs in it. My infrared thermometer read egg temperatures ranging from 98 to 102.2 degrees F, and I have more eggs coming in a few days. So assuming I haven't already cooked them, I'm going to incubate one egg from this first batch, and one from the next group.

The infrared thermometer says the skin between my boobs is 101 degrees, and the first quail egg has been in there for two hours and seen to be holding steady at 99.4 degrees. Here's hoping everything works out!

It's super hard to candle quail eggs but I'll certainly try in order to tell if this baby is developing!

 

[Lucy Brown]

So this is crazy, but I've seen on here that it can work, so here goes nothing.

My incubator has been a little inconsistent the first day of having eggs in it. My infrared thermometer read egg temperatures ranging from 98 to 102.2 degrees F, and I have more eggs coming in a few days. So assuming I haven't already cooked them, I'm going to incubate one egg from this first batch, and one from the next group.

The infrared thermometer says the skin between my boobs is 101 degrees, and the first quail egg has been in there for two hours and seen to be holding steady at 99.4 degrees. Here's hoping everything works out!

It's super hard to candle quail eggs but I'll certainly try in order to tell if this baby is developing!

lol careful not to accidentally crush it. Good luck.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Good luck! Don't crush him and be sure to keep us posted!

 

[Nigel27]

Sounds like you have a fever

 

[sjhart18]

Sounds like you have a fever

Interestingly it reads my forehead at 97.3, so maybe it’s warmer in there than I thought...

 

[SheBGreen]

Any luck?

 

[sjhart18]

Had to restart after a false start, but I’m on day 12 with the new batch and things are looking good! Lots of vasculature and most of the quail egg is dark at this point

 

[SydneyAshcraft]

How did everything turn out?? And did incubating in your boobs work??

 

[sjhart18]

Almost... I got a fully developed chick all the way to hatch day, but she couldn't break through the membrane to internally pip. It was really sad

 

[Joyfillednomads]

Almost... I got a fully developed chick all the way to hatch day, but she couldn't break through the membrane to internally pip. It was really sad

Shrink wrapped because humidity?