Buttton quail incubating questions!!

[fairone67]

Hello - I'm incubating 10 button quail eggs right now and it is day 10 for them. I'm new at this, so i'm pretty nervous! The temp. is at 37.7 celcious (spellings probably wrong!), and humidity is 60-65%. They are too small and dark to candle so i've never candled them. (I'm afraid to, as well!). I've just got a cheap little incubator and i'm worried that when they decide to hatch, they won't have enough room and I havent put down any shelf paper for them. Will they do o.k. without it? It seems like it would be a lot of trouble to cut one the right size and then I would have to handle them to set down on it. I'm really afraid of messing with them too much, that i'll hurt them. Should I 'lock them down' on day 13 or 14? I've read online different numbers for this and not sure! Any help would be VERY appreciated! Thank-you! Lisa

 

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@Kiki

 

[Kiki]

The exact day you stop turning the eggs is not very important. Either day will be fine.


What's not fine is trusting the cheap incubator's readings of temperature and humidity. Always purchase at least one additional thermometer to calibrate and put in the incubator and a humidity gauge to salt test.

 

[fairone67]

The exact day you stop turning the eggs is not very important. Either day will be fine.


What's not fine is trusting the cheap incubator's readings of temperature and humidity. Always purchase at least one additional thermometer to calibrate and put in the incubator and a humidity gauge to salt test.

Thank-you! I have it set at 100 degrees and my hygrometer reads at 60%. I put them on lockdown a little bit ago, so now I just have to keep my fingers crossed I guess!

 

[Kiki]

Thank-you! I have it set at 100 degrees and my hygrometer reads at 60%. I put them on lockdown a little bit ago, so now I just have to keep my fingers crossed I guess!

What had your humidity been at?

 

[fairone67]

What had your humidity been at?

It's been at 60%.