- Mar 6, 2009
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This might be really long so please bear with me, I am trying to hatch some quail eggs, they are now on day 22! I did have a problem getting the temp high enough and now its on 98.5. Before I stopped turing them I candled a few and put a red cross on the ones that looked clear. On day 20 I broke one of them to see if they were off as I didn't want to give up on them just yet to my absolute horror there was a live chick in it. Sadly it lasted about a minute. It was fully formed but didn't have too many feathers and quite a lot of yolk. I'm realy worried I have lost the lot. Should i give up hope or wait a few more days? Also I cannot get my humidity passed 60% although I think my guage is wrong as it seems very humid in there. Btw its a homemade incubator, still air. I candled an egg last night and its dark apart from a quite large air sac. I have now taped down the lid to stop me opening it. Any advice or suggestions would be gratefully received. Sorry to waffle on but I'm really concerned about them and am totally gutted about the chick I killed.
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