Well, there are 12. Two are still flopping around, but the one at least found its feet, just can't stay on them when he wants to move! From this point on, I'll be doing intervention with my hatches. If they don't hatch after so many hours after the first one, then I'm going to slowly help them out. This time it took about 12 hours from start to finish for me to help them, and they all seem to be doing ok. I've always had chicks die if they didn't hatch within 8 hours of the first one, so, now, I'll give them about 10-12 hours, then start helping. 12 instead of the 3 or 4 that hatched on their own, is an acceptable number for me, lol. I had a few bad eggs, then one I accidentally opened, thinking it was a dud, then two that had quit on me during the hatch (never pipped the membrane), but, overall, not too shabby out of 19, or at least better than when I waited a day or two to help chicks out of the eggs. I think my problem is that I get them into the hatcher too late. They go in like 3-4 days before their hatch date, then the turds end up hatching early. The button eggs were put in yesterday, I've been misting everything when I was messing with the coturnix, so that the button eggs wouldn't dry out, so, hopefully I'll have better luck this time.
Two out so far, many more pips and at least one zip. I also put three of my own eggs in today, and should have some test eggs coming tomorrow (should have been here today, but who knows).
