➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Do the baby quail runts usually survive? 2 of my babies are very tiny, and seem to be always laying upside-down with the others stepping on them..
Bit worried about them! I did just syringe them as food slurry just in case

That doesn’t seem good to me... but I don’t know. Can you separate them into their own little box until they strengthen up? Do you have any nutridrench to give them?

 

[BReeder!]

I had to toss an egg last night. 102 eggs in the incubator now.
I checked the incubator and noticed a shell was cracked really bad. Fortunately this egg didn't develop. I was also fortunate to find that the membrane hadn't broken, just the hard shell. The membrane held in the contents of the egg. I guess it was going to get tossed anyway... I didn't see any blood ring or any other signs of harmful bacteria. I'm hoping the crack didn't somehow cause a spread of any bacteria, fungus, other nasty things that could harm the developing embryos.
I did quickly shine a bright flashlight on several of the other eggs in the incubator and there are nice air sacs and dark masses where it's clear a chick is developing along.
Lockdown is Sunday night. Expecting hatches Wednesday night into Thursday. I'll probably be pulling an all-nighter and then dread going to work on Thursday. My wife will be home though through the whole process. She's not going to want to intervene I'm pretty sure, but at least she'll be able to keep an eye on them. I'm hoping most of the hatches happen while I'm around to keep an eye on them.

 

[Kiki]

I had to toss an egg last night. 102 eggs in the incubator now.
I checked the incubator and noticed a shell was cracked really bad. Fortunately this egg didn't develop. I was also fortunate to find that the membrane hadn't broken, just the hard shell. The membrane held in the contents of the egg. I guess it was going to get tossed anyway... I didn't see any blood ring or any other signs of harmful bacteria. I'm hoping the crack didn't somehow cause a spread of any bacteria, fungus, other nasty things that could harm the developing embryos.
I did quickly shine a bright flashlight on several of the other eggs in the incubator and there are nice air sacs and dark masses where it's clear a chick is developing along.
Lockdown is Sunday night. Expecting hatches Wednesday night into Thursday. I'll probably be pulling an all-nighter and then dread going to work on Thursday. My wife will be home though through the whole process. She's not going to want to intervene I'm pretty sure, but at least she'll be able to keep an eye on them. I'm hoping most of the hatches happen while I'm around to keep an eye on them.

CAll in sick now! You will not be sleeping that night.

 

[BReeder!]

CAll in sick now! You will not be sleeping that night.

I am a sales trainer and I have to facilitate an 8 hour workshop on Thursday. There's no calling in sick for that. Good news is I've led this workshop several times so I should be OK even with little sleep, and I'll be working form home next Friday. Ultimately, I will hopefully have enough eggs going into lockdown to not have to overly worry about a few not making it. Sounds harsh I know, but I don't consider myself experienced enough to assist a chick if I had to. I would likely do more harm than good. I'll do what I can while I'm able. It is nerve wracking... but at least I'll be forced to step away so I'm not freaking and hovering over the incubator not knowing how to help or if I should help.

1 thing I am wondering is how should I lay the eggs in the incubator for lockdown?
I intend to take them out of the trays and lay them on their sides. Is there a way to know which part of the egg should face up/where the pip will likely occur?
Should I group the eggs close together or try to leave a bit of room between them?

 

[Kiki]

I am a sales trainer and I have to facilitate an 8 hour workshop on Thursday. There's no calling in sick for that. Good news is I've led this workshop several times so I should be OK even with little sleep, and I'll be working form home next Friday. Ultimately, I will hopefully have enough eggs going into lockdown to not have to overly worry about a few not making it. Sounds harsh I know, but I don't consider myself experienced enough to assist a chick if I had to. I would likely do more harm than good. I'll do what I can while I'm able. It is nerve wracking... but at least I'll be forced to step away so I'm not freaking and hovering over the incubator not knowing how to help or if I should help.

1 thing I am wondering is how should I lay the eggs in the incubator for lockdown?
I intend to take them out of the trays and lay them on their sides. Is there a way to know which part of the egg should face up/where the pip will likely occur?
Should I group the eggs close together or try to leave a bit of room between them?

I mess with my eggs too much.
I watch the drawn down in the egg and try to move the lowest side of the drawn down towards the sky. I lay them on the side.

 

[BReeder!]

I mess with my eggs too much.
I watch the drawn down in the egg and try to move the lowest side of the drawn down towards the sky. I lay them on the side.

How difficult is it to see the draw down in a quail egg. They are just so small...

 

[R2elk]

Should I group the eggs close together or try to leave a bit of room between them?

The theory is that the eggs should be touching each other. It is supposed to help in their communication with each other and to encourage them to all hatch at about the same time.

 

[Kiki]

How difficult is it to see the draw down in a quail egg. They are just so small...

I find that the flash light on my phone actually works good for seeing this.

 

[H@tcher]

The theory is that the eggs should be touching each other. It is supposed to help in their communication with each other and to encourage them to all hatch at about the same time.

I didn't know that. So, standing them vertical in holders is a bad idea unless they are touching?

I've been looking to try this but haven't yet.

 

[BReeder!]

I find that the flash light on my phone actually works good for seeing this.

You cand

I didn't know that. So, standing them vertical in holders is a bad idea unless they are touching?

Do you hatch eggs vertically on end currently? I was thinking that the holders would be hard for the chicks to get out of and could lead to injuries. Also, the pip occurs on the side of the egg, so I assumed that the egg should lay sideways just like it would in a natural nest.