Hi all! I'm on day 24 of incubation for my bobwhite quail. Temp is 99F, humidity is 70-75%. I put them in lockdown day 20. I have a still air LG.
I had one pip about 15 hours ago but I don't think it broke the membrane. It was just a small break in the shell. It moved slightly a few hours ago...
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Well, it is day 23 and I have not seen any movement or heard any peeping from the eggs. My first egg pipped around 4 AM this morning but has done nothing since. I just candled one of them and the chick was not in the air sac yet. Humidity has been at 70%, temp has been 99-100F.
I am...
Yes it is! However it is quite old and honestly I can't believe even still works. I've had it for eight years. If even one quail hatches, I will be ecstatic!
Was my 40-50% okay through the incubation period? I saw varying percentages so I assumed just keeping the water tray full and an extra wet sponge in the incubator would be okay. And thanks! I have 28% protein gamebird chick starter that I'll grind up for them and netting to put over my brooder! :)
Thank you firestomp! I'm going to put a few more sponges in there to up the humidity. It's been at 40-50%. So maybe I should wait until tomorrow night for lockdown? Everything I had read said day 20 so that's why I planned to tonight
Hey guys! This is my first time hatching bobwhite quail and I have a quick question!
I just candled them all as today is day 20 and there was movement/complete opaqueness in 28/33 eggs (yay!). However, I noticed that only about 10 out of the 28 were almost completely opaque and the others still...
Hey guys! This is my first time hatching bobwhite quail and I have a quick question!
I just candled them all as today is day 20 and there was movement/complete opaqueness in 28/33 eggs (yay!). However, I noticed that only about 10 out of the 28 were almost completely opaque and the others still...
Hi. :) I hatched my chickens on June 26th and 27th, 2009. I hatched out 10 chicks, 9 silkies and one bantam cochin. I gave away 4 silkie roos. I now have 6 chickens;
Colonel the blue splash bantam cochin rooster;
Frie the white Silkie pullet!
She is full grown now...