all who are hatching quail

[RoosterRoo]

Well, here is my donation to this thread. lol.. I received in the mail today 75 of my MANY eggs ordered.

All together I will have:
Tibetan
Jumbo Pharoah
Texas A&M
Golden Speckled
Buttons
Bob Whites
Tennessee Red

The 75 from today

 

[McPhersonFarm]

I started Chicken and Duck eggs within 24 hours of each other but forgot to mark the date for "stop" and "hatch"..... and didn't even mark what day I started them. Ugh! My best guess is sometime .... Monday - Friday the last week of March. Auto turner going, and I now have to spend the next what.... five days checking to make sure nothing hatches and get stuck in the turner.... ducks have to keep turning another week or so. I plan to move all chicken eggs as soon as I see the first pip. Second bator is ready to lock them down.

if you stop them a day early it won't hurt anyone!

 

[RoosterRoo]

I have at LEAST 195 eggs that will be here by Friday.. I already have 75 waiting to go in the incubator. so that is a total of 270 eggs that are all going in at the same time so the hatch day will be the same for most }

 

[CamiLynn]

I've been here before w my first time hatching coturnix quail that turned out awful. Set a new batch that is now on day 21 or 22 and have had nothing. Then I get home from work the evening and one egg had zipped almost completely around the egg and died...ugh what am I doing wrong?

I left the remaining eggs and ensured I threw a warm damp towel in to up the humidity when I opened to remove the dead one, and am leaving it be, especially since I have ANOTHER batch of eggs in there due to hatch this weekend. I never knew quail were this hard! I never had problems w chicken eggs like this.

 

[RoosterRoo]

I've been here before w my first time hatching coturnix quail that turned out awful. Set a new batch that is now on day 21 or 22 and have had nothing. Then I get home from work the evening and one egg had zipped almost completely around the egg and died...ugh what am I doing wrong?

I left the remaining eggs and ensured I threw a warm damp towel in to up the humidity when I opened to remove the dead one, and am leaving it be, especially since I have ANOTHER batch of eggs in there due to hatch this weekend. I never knew quail were this hard! I never had problems w chicken eggs like this.

Are you getting shipped eggs or eggs from your females?

 

[CamiLynn]

Are you getting shipped eggs or eggs from your females?

My last batch was shipped, but these two batches are from local breeders that I picked the eggs up. I really am stumped especially w one zipping today.

 

[RoosterRoo]

My last batch was shipped, but these two batches are from local breeders that I picked the eggs up. I really am stumped especially w one zipping today.

with the ones that were shipped did you incubate as soon as you got them in the mail or did you wait a bit? I have been told that when you get them shipped, you want to let them sit fat side up for at LEAST 24 hrs in a cool place (basement) in case anything was dislodged. That time it gives the egg to re-situate itself. After that it is even said to not turn them for another 24 hrs after placing them in the incubator. Not sure if this works as I am just starting out but it does make sense. Even still you want them to acclimate themselves to room temp before placing them into your incubator not matter if they are your own or local pick up.

 

[CamiLynn]

with the ones that were shipped did you incubate as soon as you got them in the mail or did you wait a bit? I have been told that when you get them shipped, you want to let them sit fat side up for at LEAST 24 hrs in a cool place (basement) in case anything was dislodged. That time it gives the egg to re-situate itself. After that it is even said to not turn them for another 24 hrs after placing them in the incubator. Not sure if this works as I am just starting out but it does make sense. Even still you want them to acclimate themselves to room temp before placing them into your incubator not matter if they are your own or local pick up.

Yes they set for about 12 hrs, but I knew all of that from hatching chicken eggs. My problem isn't "growing" the chicks cause they have birds in the eggs, I just catch hatch them. My last and first batch of shipped quail eggs were late so I went to eggtopsy and found ALL the chicks were shrink wrapped and after assisting one hatched but had major issues from being in the egg too long...splade legs and curled toes...and ended up dying 5 days after hatching. Which I now know was a humidity issue.

Now the 2nd hatch were placed on 4/2 and today one of them zipped then died, but nothing from the others. Then I have a 3rd batch that are due this sat. I just can't believe I'm not getting anything and have no idea what Im doing so wrong.

 

[RoosterRoo]

Yes they set for about 12 hrs, but I knew all of that from hatching chicken eggs. My problem isn't "growing" the chicks cause they have birds in the eggs, I just catch hatch them. My last and first batch of shipped quail eggs were late so I went to eggtopsy and found ALL the chicks were shrink wrapped and after assisting one hatched but had major issues from being in the egg too long...splade legs and curled toes...and ended up dying 5 days after hatching. Which I now know was a humidity issue.

Now the 2nd hatch were placed on 4/2 and today one of them zipped then died, but nothing from the others. Then I have a 3rd batch that are due this sat. I just can't believe I'm not getting anything and have no idea what Im doing so wrong.

Zipping then dieing is also another indication of humidity. I incubate at 45% humidity and then at lockdown I raise the humidity to around 65-70%. Raising it at that time helps to soften the egg so it is easier for them to break the shell and come out. If the shell is too hard, they will get exhausted and die in the shell.

 

[CamiLynn]

Zipping then dieing is also another indication of humidity. I incubate at 45% humidity and then at lockdown I raise the humidity to around 65-70%. Raising it at that time helps to soften the egg so it is easier for them to break the shell and come out. If the shell is too hard, they will get exhausted and die in the shell.

Ugh that is what I was afraid of, but the humidity has been up between 65 & 70 the last 3 days....and when I got home it was around 65. Maybe I'm not keeping it high enough or too high during days 1-14.