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Well this will be the last update on the eggs. After giving the eggs an extra couple days I put my final and last chick in the brooder. However while doing this I learned that this chick has I guess what they call splayed legs. So after doing some research I got a bandaid and trimmed it down and...

My family will keep at the quail however we are looking at upgrading our incubator. We have a sportsman that needs to get a new part and that will work fine. My goal is just to get the hatching part of this down and really go at it with our ringnecks and quail in the spring.

I will just leave him in the incubator til he is up and moving better. The good thing is the yolk sac was in him but he just had a little red butt. Now tomorrow will be day #27 would you do anything or keep waiting we did have one rolling this am but I also did open the incubator a crack. When I...

To be very honest rough and stressful. I thought it would be a lot easier then this. We started with 29 eggs 2 were cracked to start with. At about 13 days ago we were down to 16 for sure fertile eggs 1 iffy that looked like a blood spot. Then we left for the sports show came back and I figured...

Just went down and checked on the quail and eggs. I put down paper towels now so that's covered. I checked out little Ed and he seems ok but so far not up really walking around. He rather just kind of roll and flop around. Hopefully hes healthy. However here is a couple more pictures. Is it rare...

This morning update well the one that pip and was struggling I gave in at 5:30am and I helped him out. He is out and now just kind of hanging out. I was little nervous because he had a bloodish colored butt however yolk sack was sucked up. Then after a hour of leaving him alone he did not back...

Its been over 24 hours since he pipped and the one that was rocking is now peeping ! Here is the other 2 in brooder.

Just a UPDATE got my 2 quail moved over to brooder and seen 1 of the pip eggs started moving again so sprayed warm water onto the sponge thru port hole and just going to let them go. I did check 1 pipped egg that has been sitting for over 24 hours and that wasn't a positive out come.

Just a UPDATE got my 2 quail moved over to brooder and seen 1 of the pip eggs started moving again so sprayed warm water onto the sponge thru port hole and just going to let them go. I did check 1 pipped egg that has been sitting for over 24 hours and that wasn't a positive out come.

I am at work til 6 then I am going to move the chicks to the brooder then I might candle a egg then let them sit for another day.

PS the picture was thru the window not with the lid off. I just have a cheap $40 no bells no whistle Styrofoam incubator.

So far nothing is changing but the chicks are going on 24 hours as for opening the lid I lifted the 1 corner just enough to pull the sponges out of the corners and rewet them. The temp never went below 99 degrees and it took like 1/2 a sec to pull it out. As for the humidity the incubator still...

I posted this in the quail section also but didn't get any answers as of yet. This is also our first time doing this so we really dont know what to expect other then what I have read on here. Ok so here is the time line I got so far for the Bobwhites: Wed was day #23 nothing really on this...

Ok so here is the time line I got so far for the Bobwhites: Wed was day #23 nothing really on this day Thurs was day #24 we seen some piping on 4-6 eggs really tiny cracks Fri was day #25 had eggs piped and at 3pm first quail hatched and 2nd quail at about 3:30pm. All last night they were...

Well the first 2 just popped out of the shell !