➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[el dorado quail]

Raising humidity late in the game isn't as crucial as high humidity all along. You also don't run very high humidity anyway, if I remember correctly.
Two or three days before 'lockdown' isn't going to hurt the hatchibility.
What will make a difference is high humidity while they are actively hatching...high RH, meaning 70% or above.

So I've been around 55-65ish% RH this whole deal unless it drops to high 40s over night. Would increase to the maximum of 70% RH?

 

[Kiki]

So I've been around 55-65ish% RH this whole deal unless it drops to high 40s over night. Would increase to the maximum of 70% RH?

No. Don't increase it at all.

 

[Kiki]

So I've been around 55-65ish% RH this whole deal unless it drops to high 40s over night. Would increase to the maximum of 70% RH?

I think you need to candle now.

 

[muddy75]

HMMMM. How many do you have? I'm think 75+/- a few out of 120 will be going into lockdown here...

i’ve been hatching batches of 20 or less lately.....so when i say big batch I’ve got 54/60 still cooking! need to candle again soon to determine how many will go to lockdown!
next batch is all homegrown and around 2 dozen? (6 are 2+ days behind main 18)
next hatch (final # TBD) should arrive next week

 

[el dorado quail]

Thanks! That’s helpful. I didn’t try the fork this time btw so idk if it would have worked better but used the grain shovel and then a regular pointy diggy shovel dont know the true name. The grain one though I think has a pretty short handle but idk.

Definitely probably need a shorter handled tool though.

Although it was a pretty large area

You might also try a steel rake...let me find on. I've found them wayyyyy easier to move pine chips, cedar bark, soil, etc than shovels or pitchforks. But I still use a rounded shovel to dig into the piles? Theyre also great for burn pile management but I don't think you do much burning in the burbs. Idk. Experimentation!
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[el dorado quail]

I think you need to candle now.

Neverrr. I'm reallyyyyy sad about the extras from jmf being dead. They, I am pretty sure, never developed or weren't fertile OR were murdered by shipping. They were the lavender Manchurian golden layers

 

[Kiki]

Neverrr. I'm reallyyyyy sad about the extras from jmf being dead. They, I am pretty sure, never developed or weren't fertile OR were murdered by shipping. They were the lavender Manchurian golden layers

Your humidity level scares the crap outta me.

 

[el dorado quail]

i’ve been hatching batches of 20 or less lately.....so when i say big batch I’ve got 54/60 still cooking! need to candle again soon to determine how many will go to lockdown!
next batch is all homegrown and around 2 dozen? (6 are 2+ days behind main 18)
next hatch (final # TBD) should arrive next week

Nicccce. I'm hoping the girls who hatch are all gonna poop celadon eggs for me. Some shells in the incubators are really greenish without any speckling

 

[muddy75]

#4 is really close to hatching!! rolling the egg around like crazy during zip!! trying my best to stay up to see what color!! but dogs already threw a fit to go to bed so i’m sure i’ll have to be heading that way soon!!

 

[el dorado quail]

Your humidity level scares the crap outta me.

I live in the super duper dry sierras. Humidity was more at the beginning of the hatch...when we candled on thursday we had 85 developing dudes