I still have mixed thoughts about manually intervening a chick stuck for hours during pipping.
This chick pipped initially yesterday, batch was due yesterday, some had pipped and hatched the day before, some were on time.
This one pipped it's beak through the egg shell late yesterday, then...
Hi from Brisbane Australia.
Summer here so we are a little warm (mid 30’s C) and quite humid due to regular rain.
Learning to incubate using a Chinese automatic 24s. (See photo)
My biggest problem right now is how to reset the day counter and maintain better control of humidity.
On my third...
YAY!!! quail are finally pipping. Heard a little chirping. And we got a wiggly egg.
The eggs went into the incubator on Sunday November 21st. I didn't count the 21st... and did not expect them till December 9th on day 18.
Super exciting...