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  1. Nabiki

    quail chick with curled toes.

    I'd call the hatch done 24 hours after the last chick hatches. 21 days tops.
  2. Nabiki

    quail chick with curled toes.

    Don't do a float test! That's a good way to kill potential chicks. If you're not hearing anything and you don't see any movement when you candle, they're probably dead.
  3. Nabiki

    quail chick with curled toes.

    Day 20 is really getting late. If you hold the eggs next to your ear and tap, do you hear anything in reply?
  4. Nabiki

    quail chick with curled toes.

    There isn't a way that I know of. Some crooked neck birds survive, some don't. I had one survive until I culled it at 8 weeks, another one seemed to be doing okay until it just started to fail at about 4 weeks.
  5. Nabiki

    quail chick with curled toes.

    That looks like wry neck. You'll probably need to cull this one.
  6. Nabiki

    quail chick with curled toes.

    72% is waaaay too high. I keep mine at about 30% during incubation and raise it to 50-60% at first pip. My first couple of hatches I had the high humidity and ended up with several curled toe chicks. I've had very few since I started using lower humidity. Too long in the egg can also cause...
  7. Nabiki

    quail chick with curled toes.

    Ouch. Sounds like your humidity was high during incubation. You can try the cup method where you put the chick in a cup that forces it to stand upright. They might improve, but be prepared to cull if they don't.
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