Button quail late hatch

[BunnyBuns]

Yay!! I've already let my eggs settle and put them in the incubator yesterday and started to turn them today. I'm sorry one broke! I won't be candling them at all, going try to handle them as little as possible. I hope they hatch!

 

[Magic Birdie]

I hope so. To you as well.

My humidity is high... 65ish.

 

[BunnyBuns]

My temp was a little to high when I went up there it was 105.

 

[Quail Jailer]

eek, i smell something burning....

 

[Angel Feather]

When I have hatched button quail eggs, I would turn the rotation off at day 14, and would start seeing hatching at day 17, with some stragglers at day 19. The hatch rate has varied widely for me, depending on age, handling, and hatchery the eggs came from. When hatching eggs from my own birds I would get around 95% hatch rate. When hatching eggs which I ordered from other hatcheries around the country, I would get anywhere from 50 to 75% hatch rate. I have used an R-Com King Suro incubator which I have had excellent luck with a variety of eggs from turkeys, chickens, and button quail. I candle all eggs prior to placing in the incubator, although button quail eggs are challenging to candle due to the color, you can at least heck for flaws or cracks in the eggs prior to incubating. I also candled the lighter blue and green eggs periodically throughout the incubation, the darker eggs were too challenging to candle. The float test was ultimately what I would use in the end to see if eggs had developed or not. the ones that did not hatch, were mostly all undeveloped. Occasionally would have some deaths at piping, found this to be the case if eggs had rolled or moved due to other chicks hatching and jostling them around. to prevent this I used small quail egg carton to place the eggs in once I turned the rotation off, this held the eggs stationary and prevented the chicks from drowning at Pip. Un-hatched eggs I discarded at day 24.

Key things that helped me
1) stop rotation at day14
2) maintain high enough humidity
3) using egg carton to prevent eggs from rolling after day 14
4) source, handling, and age of hatching eggs

Enjoy your buttons!

 

[Quail Jailer]

When I have hatched button quail eggs, I would turn the rotation off at day 14, and would start seeing hatching at day 17, with some stragglers at day 19. The hatch rate has varied widely for me, depending on age, handling, and hatchery the eggs came from. When hatching eggs from my own birds I would get around 95% hatch rate. When hatching eggs which I ordered from other hatcheries around the country, I would get anywhere from 50 to 75% hatch rate. I have used an R-Com King Suro incubator which I have had excellent luck with a variety of eggs from turkeys, chickens, and button quail. I candle all eggs prior to placing in the incubator, although button quail eggs are challenging to candle due to the color, you can at least heck for flaws or cracks in the eggs prior to incubating. I also candled the lighter blue and green eggs periodically throughout the incubation, the darker eggs were too challenging to candle. The float test was ultimately what I would use in the end to see if eggs had developed or not. the ones that did not hatch, were mostly all undeveloped. Occasionally would have some deaths at piping, found this to be the case if eggs had rolled or moved due to other chicks hatching and jostling them around. to prevent this I used small quail egg carton to place the eggs in once I turned the rotation off, this held the eggs stationary and prevented the chicks from drowning at Pip. Un-hatched eggs I discarded at day 24.

Key things that helped me
1) stop rotation at day14
2) maintain high enough humidity
3) using egg carton to prevent eggs from rolling after day 14
4) source, handling, and age of hatching eggs

Enjoy your buttons!

I fear the bold statement may cause undue stress or panic, chicks have been jostling their peers for thousands of years.

 

[BunnyBuns]

eek, i smell something burning....

You do what?

 

[BunnyBuns]

When I have hatched button quail eggs, I would turn the rotation off at day 14, and would start seeing hatching at day 17, with some stragglers at day 19. The hatch rate has varied widely for me, depending on age, handling, and hatchery the eggs came from. When hatching eggs from my own birds I would get around 95% hatch rate. When hatching eggs which I ordered from other hatcheries around the country, I would get anywhere from 50 to 75% hatch rate. I have used an R-Com King Suro incubator which I have had excellent luck with a variety of eggs from turkeys, chickens, and button quail. I candle all eggs prior to placing in the incubator, although button quail eggs are challenging to candle due to the color, you can at least heck for flaws or cracks in the eggs prior to incubating. I also candled the lighter blue and green eggs periodically throughout the incubation, the darker eggs were too challenging to candle. The float test was ultimately what I would use in the end to see if eggs had developed or not. the ones that did not hatch, were mostly all undeveloped. Occasionally would have some deaths at piping, found this to be the case if eggs had rolled or moved due to other chicks hatching and jostling them around. to prevent this I used small quail egg carton to place the eggs in once I turned the rotation off, this held the eggs stationary and prevented the chicks from drowning at Pip. Un-hatched eggs I discarded at day 24.

Key things that helped me
1) stop rotation at day14
2) maintain high enough humidity
3) using egg carton to prevent eggs from rolling after day 14
4) source, handling, and age of hatching eggs

Enjoy your buttons!

Thanks for the tips!

 

[Magic Birdie]

When I have hatched button quail eggs, I would turn the rotation off at day 14, and would start seeing hatching at day 17,  with some stragglers at day 19.     The hatch rate has varied widely for me, depending on age, handling, and hatchery the eggs came from.   When hatching eggs from my own birds I would get around 95% hatch rate.   When hatching eggs which I ordered from other hatcheries around the country, I would get anywhere from 50 to 75% hatch rate.      I have used an R-Com King Suro incubator which I have had excellent luck with a variety of eggs from turkeys, chickens, and button quail.   I candle all eggs prior to placing in the incubator, although button quail eggs are challenging to candle due to the color, you can at least heck for flaws or cracks in the eggs prior to incubating.   I also candled the lighter blue and green eggs periodically throughout the incubation, the darker eggs were too challenging to candle.   The float test was ultimately  what I would use in the end to see if eggs had developed or not.   the ones that did not hatch, were mostly all undeveloped.     Occasionally would have some deaths at piping, found this to be the case if eggs had rolled or moved due to other chicks hatching and jostling them around.  to prevent this I used small quail egg carton to place the eggs in once I turned the rotation off, this held the eggs stationary and prevented the chicks from drowning at Pip.  Un-hatched eggs I discarded at day 24.

Key things that helped me
1) stop rotation at day14
2) maintain high enough humidity
3) using egg carton to prevent eggs from rolling after day 14
4) source, handling, and age of hatching eggs

Enjoy your buttons!

Very nice info

Although I do agree with QuailJailer that it may cause unneeded stress, I must say that if it is a problem, doing it for thousands of years won't make it less of one.

But Quail Jailer, what's burning? D:

 

[BunnyBuns]

Oh I forgot to..