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    Quail eggs died just before hatching.

    The eggs was with the big end up,the eggs i put in the incubator now hatched without problems.This time i didnt add water until i pulled them out of the eggturner. And so far i have 13 quail chickens out of 17 eggs.
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    Quail eggs died just before hatching.

    Think i found out what might have happened.When i had power outage during the counter sets itself to zero,But i forgot to note down the date and trusted the counter to be correct.So when hatching was supposed to start they was in the wrong position so they didnt get enough force to break the...
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    Quail eggs died just before hatching.

    Its one of those china incubators and its fan operated and its 2 ventilation holes just above the fan.Its a large incubator that has a capacity of 36 chicken eggs and 144 quail eggs,and i had 27 quail eggs in it. I also opened the lid for a few seconds once a day to check for movement on the...
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    I wil look for he foam in their butt when it they get old enough
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    hygrometer salt test and temperature reading

    I did a test on the thermometer and hygrometer i bought.The one i bought is also used by building inspectors and other professionals. With the salt test in room temperature(23 C) it was reading 73%,when i tested it in the incubator then it was reading 63% at 37,6 C. I put a large plastic bit...
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    Quail eggs died just before hatching.

    Here it goes,if anyone find it gross then i apologize. The pictures changed the angle after i uploaded them,the pictures got rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise. Here is the egg after i cracked the eggshell,membrane is untouched Here is the egg after i removed the membrane Here is...
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    Thanks all. Made a short clip of my quails.Put in some willow branches and they get green food every day in addition to the chicken food.
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    Quail eggs died just before hatching.

    I think i can rule out contamination of the incubator cause its new. Is it ok if i post photos of the opened egg or will it be to gross?
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    Quail eggs died just before hatching.

    Forgot to add that it doesn't look like the chicken tried to get out,the membrane to the air pocket was intact.
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    Thank you. its Euro quail,but i am not sure if it pure breed,since they have so many color differences .
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    Quail eggs died just before hatching.

    The humidity reader on the incubator was reading 45-50,the first 2 weeks and i upped it to about 60 when i moved the eggs out of the automatic egg rotator
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    Quail eggs died just before hatching.

    I just started with quails and bought an incubator and eggs to get get roosters that isn't related to the quails i bought. But the eggs didnt hatch.Candled them on day 15 and 24 of 27 was fertile and looked good.On day 24 i opened one up to see whats going on and the chicken looked like it was...
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    Hi all I live in southeastern Norway and have worked with farming for over 25 years,mostly with 4 legged animals and some chicken egg production. Just started with quails and bought my first quail chickens about 2 weeks ago.
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