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[Kiki]

Welcome @anvia

 

[anvia]

Welcome @anvia

Thank you!
Ooo - interesting why wait for the pip?
I asking as I’m pretty confident I’m getting lockdown wrong...Long story short last year we had a high proportion of chicks getting to the internal pip & no further. Not just quail. I’m definitely doing something wrong. Just not sure what.... I think it’s humidity related. I’ve tried raising humidity, I’ve lowered humidity.... but I’ve never left it until the first pip..... I always fill the reservoirs now..... if you don’t mind me being curious what’s the logic?

I’d like to get it right this time! Just been to see our little baby eggs plenty of jiggling.... signs are promising!

 

[RoosterML]

Thank you!
Ooo - interesting why wait for the pip?
I asking as I’m pretty confident I’m getting lockdown wrong...Long story short last year we had a high proportion of chicks getting to the internal pip & no further. Not just quail. I’m definitely doing something wrong. Just not sure what.... I think it’s humidity related. I’ve tried raising humidity, I’ve lowered humidity.... but I’ve never left it until the first pip..... I always fill the reservoirs now..... if you don’t mind me being curious what’s the logic?

I’d like to get it right this time! Just been to see our little baby eggs plenty of jiggling.... signs are promising!

My book says to much humidity and they will drown inside the egg. To much humidity the whole incubation and hatch they will be to big to move around in the egg to get out.

 

[Kiki]

Thank you!
Ooo - interesting why wait for the pip?
I asking as I’m pretty confident I’m getting lockdown wrong...Long story short last year we had a high proportion of chicks getting to the internal pip & no further. Not just quail. I’m definitely doing something wrong. Just not sure what.... I think it’s humidity related. I’ve tried raising humidity, I’ve lowered humidity.... but I’ve never left it until the first pip..... I always fill the reservoirs now..... if you don’t mind me being curious what’s the logic?

I’d like to get it right this time! Just been to see our little baby eggs plenty of jiggling.... signs are promising!

My first guess would be your running your humidity too high throughout.

I run my bator 25-30 ish throughout and only barely bump it up for hatch day.

 

[Kiki]

My book says to much humidity and they will drown inside the egg. To much humidity to the whole incubation and hatch the will be to big to move around in the egg to get out.

Well well...lookie there. You are smart!

 

[RoosterML]

Well well...lookie there. You are smart!

I’m new to quail not to hatching in general. That will be $5 please

 

[RoosterML]

My first guess would be your running your humidity too high throughout.

I run my bator 25-30 ish throughout and only barely bump it up for hatch day.

Copyright infringement!!!

 

[RoosterML]

Crap bye never mind I though I was out in dingdong land. I’m good

 

[anvia]

I run the incubator dry.... I’ve meddled with that over the years & come back to running it dry - we have a naturally damp climate here in Wales. I find the eggs generally candle well, although I don’t try candling quail - I tend to look for the jiggle instead. This lot seem to have good jiggle!
I think I’m im getting humidity wrong when I get to lockdown...

Makes sense to me! Thanks all! Off to empty the those reservoirs right now.....

 

[RoosterML]

I run the incubator dry.... I’ve meddled with that over the years & come back to running it dry - we have a naturally damp climate here in Wales. I find the eggs generally candle well, although I don’t try candling quail - I tend to look for the jiggle instead. This lot seem to have good jiggle!
I think I’m im getting humidity wrong when I get to lockdown...

Makes sense to me! Thanks all! Off to empty the those reservoirs right now.....

What’s your gauge say for humidity? Or do you not use one