19 days and no movement on quail eggs

[RashelleR]

This is my first time incubating quails let alone anything. I actually bought them from my local asian market and to my surprise 5 out of 20 were fertile. Two quit on me. One was cracked so I was suprised ot had made it this far. But I am on day 19 Idk the type of quail they are but I have heard no chirping and no movement. Candles them before I put them in and I saw 1 out of 3 move and the other 2 though no movement seemed to be ok. Started lock down on day 15. Humidity has been hard to keep up but now that i bought a sponge it's been 60-72 stayed on the 60s all night. Can i candle them I'm assuming it's too dangerous to float test them but I check on them about ever 20 minutes and nothing! I only have three and it's my first time so being patient is extremely difficult right now. Any advice will help!!

 

[Danny C.]

This is my first time incubating quails let alone anything. I actually bought them from my local asian market and to my surprise 5 out of 20 were fertile. Two quit on me. One was cracked so I was suprised ot had made it this far. But I am on day 19 Idk the type of quail they are but I have heard no chirping and no movement. Candles them before I put them in and I saw 1 out of 3 move and the other 2 though no movement seemed to be ok. Started lock down on day 15. Humidity has been hard to keep up but now that i bought a sponge it's been 60-72 stayed on the 60s all night. Can i candle them I'm assuming it's too dangerous to float test them but I check on them about ever 20 minutes and nothing! I only have three and it's my first time so being patient is extremely difficult right now. Any advice will help!!

Not knowing what type of quail they are I am assuming. Here is a chart I found that shows days for different species. Think the experts which I’m not will say wait it out up to 23+ days.

 

[RashelleR]

Thank you! Will have to leave them alone and wait it out!

 

[Danny C.]

Thank you! Will have to leave them alone and wait it out!

Good luck and keep us up to date on hatch.

 

[seacritter]

This is typically a low temperature problem. Raise the temp a degree. Do you have a calibrated thermometer? I would bet that they are below 99F...

 

[Kiki]

It doesn't hurt to wait a few extra days or even a week.
Turning off the bator early will for sure result in none hatching.

Sit tight.

Why not candle them to make sure they are doing ok?

 

[RashelleR]

This is typically a low temperature problem. Raise the temp a degree. Do you have a calibrated thermometer? I would bet that they are below 99F...

I am going to buy a second thermometer today. I set the temp to 99 just raised it to 100 can you tell me what it should be at? I've read a couple different answers not sure which is the correct temp.. thank you

 

[RashelleR]

It doesn't hurt to wait a few extra days or even a week.
Turning off the bator early will for sure result in none hatching.

Sit tight.

Why not candle them to make sure they are doing ok?

Is it safe to candle them this late in the game!? I will def give it a go if it's not going to harm them!

 

[wildone]

my last one (a surprise Italian) hatched on day twenty-five or so. the rest hatched on day twenty and day twenty-one. mine where the same as yours, the temp was okay and so was the humidity. well, good luck!

 

[Kiki]

Is it safe to candle them this late in the game!? I will def give it a go if it's not going to harm them!

I personally would candle.
How much harm can it do?