all who are hatching quail

[flg8r]

I have 18 coturnix and 4 button that just went into lockdown. The coturnix eggs I could candle looked like they were all developing but some are really dark brown and I couldn't see anything but the air cell. The button didn't look like they were at all, the light shone through them much more easily. Is anyone experienced with button quail? I've kept them in there because I don't know what I'm looking at but I'm not holding out hope on them even being fertile.

My incubator doesn't stay steady and temps have run a little on the low side (99-102 but more on the 99-100 than 102) so I'm kind of expecting them to be on the late side of hatching.

Question on humidity - I've been trying to keep it in the 40-55% range and I've read everything from 50-90% for lockdown and a few sites said to raise humidity when they start to pip (I assume that means if you can without opening). Any opinions? I don't think I can google any more - it's like looking for medical information and you end up knowing for sure you're going to die of some dread disease when you just have the sniffles. I'm convinced my chicks are either going to stick or drown if I'm too far off one way or another.

I have a straw running through a hole to a sponge so I can adjust the humidity upwards if I need to without opening the incubator.

 

[McPhersonFarm]

I do allot of button quail but don't ever candle because I do fifty our more at a time but my buttons always hatch before the coturnix at like 16 days. we're they shipped eggs?

 

[flg8r]

No, they're my buttons but I've never seen my male try to mate. He's young, like 3 months, but he doesn't seem to have figured it out yet lol. I just put the four in that she laid while I was collecting the coturnix eggs for myself and a friend.

Edit: I'm at day 14/15 so I'll just let them go however long the coturnix are in.

 

[robopetz]

My buttons have been laying on eggs for about 2 weeks now. But, now the female has started to lay another clutch of eggs in another spot. She still continues to lay on the first clutch which is good. But I've never seen thus happen before where she starts with a 2nd clutch before the first is finished?????

 

[Serenity30]

Wow .... She is one determined Momma !!!! Good luck with both clutches !!

 

[sarah92780]

Can you put guinea and quail in the same brooder? They are only a day apart? The guinea hatched yesterday and the quail hatched on Saturday.

 

[dynodon]

It depends on the ratio of guineas to quail .You can put a few guineas with a lot of quail, but not a few quail with a lot of guineas . I have put baby turkeys in the same brooder with baby quail. And the quailwill try to get under the turkeys, and think that's mama . But too many big babies with the little ones , the big ones are too rough .

 

[sarah92780]

Ok thank you we have 23 quail and 2 guinea ) the guinea are a lot more sketchy then the quail. Hope the quail don't beat them up lol

 

[AK Chicken Guy]

Lockdown incubator last night can't wait!!

 

[amandacv86]

I just put in 97 button quail eggs and 65 Coturnix. So excited!