Who is incubating quail eggs at the moment?

[BIG PAPA]

I'm new to the board, so hello to all.

I'm incubating quail at the moment, in my little giant incubator. I have 100 eggs going, due to hatch on Good Friday. The little incubator seems to work well, getting about 70 to 80 % hatch rate, and am getting ready to put a model 1202 GQF incubator into service soon.



At the present time I have 13 breeder quail, down from about 400 quail last summer. Starting over with a new mix of eggs for new 'blood'.

 

[quail kid1]

Well I have been told that maybe I am not going, If I wasnt could I still incubate them? Or do I have to purchase new ones?

 

[quail kid1]

?

 

[UmbraVulpis]

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What did you do with the eggs when you had to turn the incubator off?

 

[quail kid1]

Just put them in egg carton pointy end down

 

[UmbraVulpis]

What temperature were they at? If they were kept relatively warm you have a chance, if you put them somewhere below room temperature they probably won't hatch.

 

[quail kid1]

yes they were kept in a dark cup board the temp was around 23 C

 

[UmbraVulpis]

You have a chance at least. The sooner you get them incubating again the better but be prepared for a poor hatch since they were interrupted.

 

[quail kid1]

Ok