118 degrees for 5 hours. I can't believe this just happened!!!!!! For 21 days I have been nursing this bobwhite quail clutch in my LG forced air. 12 healthy eggs growing nicely and BAM! Day 20 I move them to my new Hovabator at 99.8 and leave for work. Come home and it's 118+. Not sure for how...
I am incubating 100 quail eggs and have 20 or so left over. I decided to pickle some (mmm mm good) and was washing them when I noticed they all floated in the rinsing bowl. Now I have heard fresh chicken eggs sink and bad ones float but does this apply to quail eggs as well? I cracked one and it...
I had a chic hatchthis morning with the yolk sack still attached. It hatched on day 19 and the yok sack was pretty big. Now it's ruptured and leaking. Should I cull it so it wont contaminate the rest of the eggs??
I recently bought a LG still air and have had 15 RIR in there for seven days. I candled today and see vein development but no embryo. I have a wet bulb thermometer on top of the eggs reading 101 and a digital on top of the turner reading 98. Humidity is at 40-50%. Should I crank the temps up so...
Ok, I'm new to the chicken world but grew up around a Grandmother who knew more about raising chickens than most anyone you imagine. She raised thousands over the span of her 93 years on this earth and her recent passing got me to thinking. Now ,I've always had an interest but little opportunity...
Can someone please direct me to a provider of Barred Plymouth Rocks, RIR or Buff Orp hatching eggs? I waited two weeks for eggs I ordered on ebay and recieved nada. My bator is running and we are anxious to get started.