I'm happy to announce that the first quail hatched today! Two turkies have pipped, they'll be hatching soon. No sign of chickens, but they should hopefully start tomorrow.
Thank you everyone!
Oh I have! I'm sorry for the confusion. Yes, the temperature is at 99.5 and no, we put them in at different times so when they hatch, they'll all hatch around the same time.
We are keeping a closer eye on the temperature and ensuring that everything is where it should be. Thank you.
The incubator instructions had a list of each kind of breed and how high the temperatures should be. It said that the temperature should be around 99.5. It's a styrofoam kind of incubator. And we had hatched chickens and turkeys in it last year at that temperature and they all hatched out.
My mum and I have bought eggs to put into our incubator.
We have 12 turkey eggs (palm and sweet grass) and 6 mille fleur cochin bantam eggs and 15 snow white quail.
We kept the temperature at 95.5 degrees.
They are due to hatch next Saturday (5/28/16).
On Tuesday (5/17/16), mum had...