Chukar eggs 'quit' about halfway through?

[chickenwhisperer]

One thing I noted to myself and was very curious about . . .

When my chukars finally left the egg, they came out almost dry.
Not like chickens and quails, who come out all wet-lookin and covered in egg-mess.

I left my humidity fairly low for the 1st week or so, because I been having problems with chicks not making it out of the shell from drowning(my theory).

I bumped humidity to around 70-80% for the remainder of time.

Did this affect the hatchrate . . ? Im not sure, but it didnt seem to hurt it.

 

[chickenwhisperer]

 

[aprophet]

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how long was it between the time they pipped and when they hatched out tia

 

[Cason]

What a great hatch! YAY FOR YOU!!!

 

[chickenwhisperer]

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About 12hrs for the first few, but most took almost 24hrs.

 

[chickenwhisperer]

And I just talked to the breeder I got them from, these eggs were all two weeks old and refrigerated and sterelized, all that I knew . . .
The temp of his fridge I just found out, its kept at 42 degrees.

He said as long as an egg doesnt freeze, its fine . . .
He been doing it for 32 years . . .

 

[Cason]

Evidently he's very successful!

 

[Stampin.Hannah]

I realize this thread is pretty old, but I just came across it, and thought I'd ask some preliminary questions!
I just received 3 chukar eggs, and 12 bobwhite quail eggs from a coworker (collected from the hens on 06/05/18). I set my incubator up the evening of 06/06/18 and was planning on setting all 15 eggs together today (06/07/18) as I understand their incubation temp and humidity are the same, and both take around 24 days to hatch.
After reading through this thread, however, I'm wondering if I should find a cool place to store the chukars and wait to set them until after the quail are finished? That would be pushing closer to 4 weeks (not the recommended 2-3 as stated above), but I only have one incubator, and I don't know if I'll have better chances hatching them too "early" or too "late"?
Thoughts or suggestions?

 

[Tony K T]

You could always put a hi divider in there so they can't get to each other.They would have to be brooded separate also.And 4 weeks of setting around they will surely go bad.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[Stampin.Hannah]

You could always put a hi divider in there so they can't get to each other.They would have to be brooded separate also.And 4 weeks of setting around they will surely go bad.
In N.H.,Tony.

Thanks, I had suspicions that waiting 4 weeks would be too long. They're going back to the co-worker to gave them to me after they hatch, so I'm not too worried about the brooder setup - IF we keep any ourselves it would only be a couple of the quail, and ALL of the eggs would have to hatch for that to even be a possibility! We've got plenty of chickens, and I've been told no more birds until/unless I pare the existing flock down first! LOL