Already rocking?

[ssbs]

I have just a few eggs from my quail in the bator.. They've been in there for 13 days. I put some water in there a few minutes ago and noticed that 2 of the eggs were rocking. Why are they doing that so early?? I figured they might hatch late because the temp was only 95-98 for the first few days (incubating this batch was a spur of the moment idea, I just plugged the bator up without calibrating it) Now for the last couple days it's stayed at about 101 due to a heat wave we're having.

Should I just go ahead and enter lock down now?

 

[JJMR794]

IF THE EGGS A ROCKIN DONT COME A KNOCKIN..... OK OK SORRY I'LL BEHAVE NOW..

THEY MAY BE EARLY DUE TO THE HIGHER TEMPS...

PERSONALLY I SET EVERYTHING IN TURNERS OR CARTONS FOR HATCH... SO I RARELY GET TO APPRECIATE ROCKIN UNLESS ITS IN A FLOAT TEST ON OVERDUE EGGS... BUT I REALLY COULDNT RESIST POSTING THAT OPENING LINE

 

[gamebirdboy]

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That's a good one!

 

[ssbs]

Thanks.. I normally do incubate them in cartons, since that's what they come in when I buy them. But since I collected these eggs myself I didn't have any... I've got them in two bins like these http://www.harborfreight.com/15-bin-storage-rack-93198.html

 

[JJMR794]

GET YA SOME FLATS OR CARTONS OFF OF EBAY CHEAP AND YOU'LL HAVE THEM NOW THAT YOU'RE SETTING YOUR OWN EGGS

 

[shelleyd2008]

They can hatch as early as day 15 or as late as day 21, sometimes later. If you are hand-turning and they are in the incubator by themselves I would just stop turning them. What's your humidity at? I wouldn't want to raise it too high too soon. I've had coturnix hatch with humidity around 30% with no troubles from my own birds.