My eggs jumbo quail 110 eggs to arrive in about a week. Doing dry run on the incubator, and temp is stable 99 to 100 degrees but if i put water in the tray humidity 77 with no water added it fluxuates between 36 and 40 should i bother findind a small water dish or run dry?
We got ressecive whites from him on ebay eggs where delivered in no time 10 more eggs than ordered fantastic temperment birds. I ordered 20 got 30. 1 broke was my first incubation only 6 birds made it. Lost so many to problems after hatch... Next spring i think i will get 100 from him. Ebay was...
I had similar problems with my first batch of Corturnix... Paper towel was too slippery and they injured legs then gave up and died. Now using silicone drawer liner for second run doing much better. Also are you using an electrolyte solution in the water? I didn't the first time but now am...
I heard that you can have aggression problems. Guess i will find out as i have jumbos and just hatched some james marie white that my wife thought were pretty
May have to high of calcium in diet. I had that problem with my first batch. Eggs where to thick and chicks had holes broke they could put their heads out but died still in shell. Then splayed legs decimated the ones who hatched. Batch i am running now i will be using silicone drawer liner...
Thanks a bunch. You have been very helpful. Vitamin water will be Definitely tryed next time cause i doubt its genetic as it happened with my eggs as well as mail order
Yeah, i watched a couple of YouTube vids recommending paper towel and my wife bought a massive box of the stuff at Sam's club. Just dont understand all the splayed legs
Like i said most hatched or almost hatched. But i am loosing em in the first week to splayed leg n other problems. Plus 40 of my eggs where mail order so hatch wasnt terrible but wife isnt happy with chick mortality. And i have to admit i aint either
The aquarium at 95 is my brooder i incubated in a storebought farm inovations incubator with automatic egg turner no i have not done any supplements in their water. N next time. I will do a devider too next time
Just hatched my first batch of Corturnix hatch was ok could have been better... 32 of 65 hatched. 10 more practically hatched but expired after breaking big holes in the shell.... But now lost another dozen to leg issues in a week in the brooder. I think shells may have been to thick from...