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    I woke to a mess of babies this morning. 11 more hatched, including this little turtle that was running around with her shell on her butt. I had to help her out. But it's not day 17 until this evening. And the only two that didn't hatch were fully formed, externally pipped, and had absorbed...
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    Well, hm. I guess it's still too hot in there. I have two thermometers in there, but both on the ends since I can only read them if they're outside the turner. After lockdown, I put another one in the middle since the turner was out, and it read higher. I guess I'll bring the whole thing down a...
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    I think I must be counting days wrong. I set my eggs on a Tuesday evening, and counted that as Day 0. I put them in lockdown two Tuesdays later, day 14. But I've just had two hatch this morning, Thursday, which should only be day 16. Should I count the day I set them as Day 1? I mean, this isn't...
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    Okay, my incubator has no channels, just one big open bottom. So I'll have to empty that out and try to find a jar that will either fit under the hatch tray or be tall enough that new hatches can't get in.
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    I just moved my second batch into lockdown. And I checked the lid about a dozen times, it's on. The incubator came back up to temp quickly. But the humidity has gone up to the mid 70's now that I've put some water in it. Is that too high? It was in the mid 30's up until now, with no water in the...
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    I dropped the temperature calibration on the incubator and both thermometers I have agree that it's 99.5. I have no way to calibrate any better than that. They both have hygrometers that read 35%. I was mostly referring to the fact that I'm going to be more careful about seating the lid properly...
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    Well, I have 20 more eggs. I've got the incubator warming up again. Maybe I can do better this time.
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    I put a paper towel down in the incubator at lockdown, so they hatched onto that. I'll see if I can get some shelf liner for the next attempt if that's better. The first two got up and ran around fine. The third did okay, but needed a shoe to straighten toes, it still sits on its hocks a lot...
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    @Kiki, thanks! I think I did read that other thread about the feeder getting clogged. It definitely doesn't fall through as well in my feeders, but I give them a little shake every now and then and it's been okay, but if I could switch to something that would actually fall through, that would be...
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    @Kiki, interesting about the chicken layer working for you too. The guy made it sound like he just fed everyone that from the beginning, like not going for a high protein starter for chicks. The adults I got from him that hatched at the same time as the days olds I had gotten 7 week prior were...
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    Whoa, I had no idea I was so close to MyShire. I know where my next quail are coming from. The guy I got my other birds from feeds them chicken layer feed. Which, I realized, half of my eggs came from birds I got from him as adults (the other half we raised from day olds, also from him), so...
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    ➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

    Moving them to the brooder worked out great so far! I go in every now and then to hold them so they can work their legs. I held them near the water and they all took lots of little drinks and flopped themselves over to the feed pile to eat a little. They keep looking stronger. They might do...
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    I figured they may need some more help since they didn't get to fight their way out of the egg. They started laying on their sides with legs kicked out, but now one has it's legs under it completely, and the other two have just one leg that kind of splays out, but they can pull it under them...
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    I decided to post-mortem and see what happened. The first three out are all doing well in the brooder. (so adorable) The 3 I helped out this morning are slowly getting their feet under them and flopping around the incubator, but they look stronger every time I check. I hope they get their...
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    On day 18 here. I've had 3 hatch on their own more than a day early, then nothing for 24 hours, so I started helping. So many eggs were obviously pipping out of the wrong part of the egg. I think my incubator was running high. I had two thermometers in there, one read low, one high, I figured...
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    I have some definite pips, but it's a day early and they seem to be pipping in the wrong place on the egg. As it's my first attempt, there are definitely things I didn't get adjusted just right as I went, but I'm hoping I still get a few to make it out. I mean, nature's not perfect either...
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    I candled my very first eggs today. Of course, the first one I picked up lit up completely and there was some mild panic, but I kept going and saw some very clear air cells and even one where I could see the dark blob of what was hopefully the chick growing. 3 clear eggs out of 20. I kept them...
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    My eggs will be day 10 tomorrow. Should I try to candle them?
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    Big fan of my quail egg scissors. My eggs are on day 4, why does this take sooooo looooooong? I have no patience. I would like them to hatch right now, thanks. I pickled some eggs today too.
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    @RUNuts, I'm running the incubator in a bathroom the A/C doesn't reach, so it stays warmer and more humid anyway, but right now one hygrometer says 37% and the other says 36%. I figured that would be okay until lockdown, when I'll add some water. Should I try to get it lower? We have everything...
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