➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[007Sean]

I did a quick candle this morning on Day 12. Pulled 3 clear out of 30. Will go into lockdown on Thursday. Guess I need to get the brooder set up!

3 out of 30 ain't bad, are they from your birds or shipped?

 

[CayugaJana]

I did a quick candle this morning on Day 12. Pulled 3 clear out of 30. Will go into lockdown on Thursday. Guess I need to get the brooder set up!

That’s so exciting!!! What color did you get again?

 

[dpenning]

These were shipped pearls from MyShire. I didn't look to close to see if there were any quitters. I don't really expect 27 to hatch but it will certainly be a good hatch from the looks today.

 

[CayugaJana]

These were shipped pearls from MyShire. I didn't look to close to see if there were any quitters. I don't really expect 27 to hatch but it will certainly be a good hatch from the looks today.

I think those are the prettiest ones! That’s so exciting!

 

[muddy75]

These were shipped pearls from MyShire. I didn't look to close to see if there were any quitters. I don't really expect 27 to hatch but it will certainly be a good hatch from the looks today.

I got a 65% hatch in first 18 hours of day 17 (13/20 lockdown) with 100% survival at over 2 weeks on the pearls! I’m going to take a guess of 20/27 for you but for even better!

 

[Kiki]

I did a quick candle this morning on Day 12. Pulled 3 clear out of 30. Will go into lockdown on Thursday. Guess I need to get the brooder set up!

 

[Kiki]

I think Dawn is going to get 25 yellers.

 

[CindyinSD]

I finally got my fertile (hopefully) chicken eggs at the post office this a.m. I weighed, numbered, & candled them (as best as I could, seeing I don’t know what I’m doing). One was cracked, one was wet, quite a few were either muddy or poopy, nearly all had unmoored yolks (I’m not as certain about that with the darker-shelled ones) and the majority (that I could see) had floating air cells. Some had cryptic symbols written on the ends.

I sanded off the ick (as best I could ), patted the wet one dry (it was also dirty), wrote everything down, and put them all in paper egg cartons, broad ends up, out of the sun, room temp 68F. Then I took the dog to the vet (yearly visit... not sick or anything). I opened the cracked one.

If that’s a bullseye, it’s a really fuzzy one. It did look more bullseyeish in person, but I’ve never actually seen a fertility bullseye except in a photo or a drawing. Not that it matters. Just curious what y’all think.

I just got home and I’m wondering what to do. The eggs will be lying on their sides in the incubator. I’m worried about the air cells and I read somewhere that if you have loose air cells, you need to let the eggs sit for a time to let them fix into a place.

How long should I let them sit before starting them in the incubator?

Should I put in the one that was wet (and ickish) or should I discard it?

Thanks. It’s so great having y’all to ask... even if you’re just giving your best guess. I really appreciate it.

 

[dpenning]

I finally got my fertile (hopefully) chicken eggs at the post office this a.m. I weighed, numbered, & candled them (as best as I could, seeing I don’t know what I’m doing). One was cracked, one was wet, quite a few were either muddy or poopy, nearly all had unmoored yolks (I’m not as certain about that with the darker-shelled ones) and the majority (that I could see) had floating air cells. Some had cryptic symbols written on the ends.

I sanded off the ick (as best I could ), patted the wet one dry (it was also dirty), wrote everything down, and put them all in paper egg cartons, broad ends up, out of the sun, room temp 68F. Then I took the dog to the vet (yearly visit... not sick or anything). I opened the cracked one.

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If that’s a bullseye, it’s a really fuzzy one. It did look more bullseyeish in person, but I’ve never actually seen a fertility bullseye except in a photo or a drawing. Not that it matters. Just curious what y’all think.

I just got home and I’m wondering what to do. The eggs will be lying on their sides in the incubator. I’m worried about the air cells and I read somewhere that if you have loose air cells, you need to let the eggs sit for a time to let them fix into a place.

How long should I let them sit before starting them in the incubator?

Should I put in the one that was wet (and ickish) or should I discard it?


Thanks. It’s so great having y’all to ask... even if you’re just giving your best guess. I really appreciate it.

I put shipped eggs in the bator immediately as I figure they are aging already but sometimes I don't put the turner on for 24 hours, sometimes I do it immediately. Just depends on the eggs. On my quail eggs I couldn't see that much so I just put them in the turner right away. My duck eggs that I could see clearly i waited 24 hours.

 

[R2elk]

I put shipped eggs in the bator immediately as I figure they are aging already but sometimes I don't put the turner on for 24 hours, sometimes I do it immediately. Just depends on the eggs. On my quail eggs I couldn't see that much so I just put them in the turner right away. My duck eggs that I could see clearly i waited 24 hours.

I have done it all three ways.

1 Let set for a couple of days, put in incubator and wait several days before starting turner.

2 Put in incubator once eggs are warmed up and wait several days to start turner.

3 Let eggs warm up, put in incubator and start turner without any delay.

Waiting to put them in the incubator can cause you to lose any that have already started developing because a postal employee thought it was helpful to keep the eggs really warm and put them under a heater.

My results from all three methods were not significantly any different no matter which method I used.

There may be some value in incubating shipped eggs upright but I cannot verify or deny that since I use a cabinet incubator and the eggs get set upright.