Obviously I do not open my bator to take out any single chick as they dry, I may not expressed myself clearly, I am trying to take them after they dry out in no more than a few hrs in groups of whatever is ready.
I do not know about your incubator, but mine homemade one and my...
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72 hrs is a stretch. They need to eat and drink much soonner than chicks, that's why most hatcheries do not ship them. I do nor believe coturnix chicks will last 72 hrs without water and food, they are not chickens and due to their small size and heat in the brooder...