➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

Guys I had a little one malpositioned in their egg when it hatched about 2 days ago, shes very small and extremely dark... anyone see this before?View attachment 2114549
I actually assisted her in hatching, almost completely since she couldn’t move. I know it’s bad but she wouldn’t have made it and so far she’s very healthy, just worried about the size and coloration since her feet are also very brownish not pink, but one of her toes are pink. Also the beak is darker as well.
Where did your eggs come from?
 
I have no issues with the heating plates.
It's the fourth time I uses em and the quail chicks go under it and are developing well.
Got my heating light still as backup but didn't need it by now.

I keep quails for eggs and meat and also for exhibition and pet.
The standards for exhibitions are too small for meat (250 to 300g) ... so these are more pets 😉

Btw... there are actual 82 hatched. 12 eggs still in the incubator. 82 of 110 is nice ... 74.5% hatch rate 👍
How are the 12?
 
This is my first post here...I have been reading this forum a lot lately.

I started hatching 12 shipped quail eggs 24 days ago...I had 3 chicks that came out on day 17, 18, and 19. I saw some movement afterwards...but till now nothing came out except those 3 chicks.

I am wondering if I somehow killed them. Well I did drop one of them while candling on day 7, so I know how that one went 😢. Maybe I entered lockdown too early (14th day, counting from the starting day as 0)? Maybe it's because the humidity was too low (35%-45%) during incubation (many of the eggs had hairline cracks...so I guess they lose more moisture than normal)? Maybe the humidity was too high after the first chick came out (70% before, 99% after)? The temperature seems to have dropped from 37.5 C from 36-37 C after I lockdown (due to removal of the egg turning plate resulted in more space). The room has no wind and was kept at 24 C constantly with floor heating.

Though one thing I noticed is that, before the chick is dry in the incubator, each of them kicked all of the other eggs around quite brutally...maybe that is the problem?

As for the chicks that did come out...one of them has a wry neck...but it's eating, drinking, and sleeping fine. They are pretty active and already have some large feathers after 1 week! At first the first chick was really attached to me...but as it gained more friends, they all started running away from me. I got them to eat off of my hands when they are hungry in the morning.

...but they typically just scream and hide when they see me...I guess they just don't like me...I have limited equipment so it is difficult to approach them at eye level...

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update on the same day:
OK I gave up on the last 8 eggs (out of 12).
I cracked them open. It turns out that only 3 had some development. 1 of them was definitely going to make it if I hadn't dropped it on day 7. But the other 5 had no development at all! I also tossed out a stinky one that "exploded" (more like cracked) much earlier. So that is about 6 eggs out of 12 there weren't viable in the first place. So I guess I did OK...hatching 3 out of the 6 viable ones (could have be 4 if I was more careful - maybe that is why they don't like me?).
How many calibrated thermometers do you have in your bator and is your humidity gauge been salt tested?
 
This is my first post here...I have been reading this forum a lot lately.

I started hatching 12 shipped quail eggs 24 days ago...I had 3 chicks that came out on day 17, 18, and 19. I saw some movement afterwards...but till now nothing came out except those 3 chicks.

I am wondering if I somehow killed them. Well I did drop one of them while candling on day 7, so I know how that one went 😢. Maybe I entered lockdown too early (14th day, counting from the starting day as 0)? Maybe it's because the humidity was too low (35%-45%) during incubation (many of the eggs had hairline cracks...so I guess they lose more moisture than normal)? Maybe the humidity was too high after the first chick came out (70% before, 99% after)? The temperature seems to have dropped from 37.5 C from 36-37 C after I lockdown (due to removal of the egg turning plate resulted in more space). The room has no wind and was kept at 24 C constantly with floor heating.

Though one thing I noticed is that, before the chick is dry in the incubator, each of them kicked all of the other eggs around quite brutally...maybe that is the problem?

As for the chicks that did come out...one of them has a wry neck...but it's eating, drinking, and sleeping fine. They are pretty active and already have some large feathers after 1 week! At first the first chick was really attached to me...but as it gained more friends, they all started running away from me. I got them to eat off of my hands when they are hungry in the morning.

...but they typically just scream and hide when they see me...I guess they just don't like me...I have limited equipment so it is difficult to approach them at eye level...

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update on the same day:
OK I gave up on the last 8 eggs (out of 12).
I cracked them open. It turns out that only 3 had some development. 1 of them was definitely going to make it if I hadn't dropped it on day 7. But the other 5 had no development at all! I also tossed out a stinky one that "exploded" (more like cracked) much earlier. So that is about 6 eggs out of 12 there weren't viable in the first place. So I guess I did OK...hatching 3 out of the 6 viable ones (could have be 4 if I was more careful - maybe that is why they don't like me?).
Welcome!
Where did your eggs come from?
 

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