Crockpot Incubator Saga III: Shipped Quails Eggs...?!

[Little Baby Bean]

Day almost 9

One more quitter today...13/17 left

The seller said that hatch rate for her shipped eggs is usually around 50%, I would be very happy even with just 6!

healthy egg
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ded egg
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Is there a certain amount of males that you can keep together? I am just wondering. Like do the males get aggressive toward each other do you know?

 

[yakitori]

Is there a certain amount of males that you can keep together? I am just wondering. Like do the males get aggressive toward each other do you know?

I believe it’s one male to 4 females... but don’t quote me on that. I didn’t really look into it as I didn’t plan on keeping more than one...

 

[Little Baby Bean]

I believe it’s one male to 4 females... but don’t quote me on that. I didn’t really look into it as I didn’t plan on keeping more than one...

Oh ok!

 

[yakitori]

Lost another one some are too dark to see into, but most I can juuuust make out the veins.

I’m wondering whether losing some during this period of incubation is normal for quail eggs. I read that most chicken egg quitters do so withing the first few days and last few days of incubation, which has been true with my experience so far. I’ve never lost a developing chicken egg between day 5 and day 18. However the quails eggs have been slowly dropping out of the running steadily throughout the incubation :/ If this is not the norm then I suspect that either a) it’s because the eggs were shipped egg or b) the eggs were incubated upright and not turned properly or c) incubation settings that worked well for chicken eggs are not ideal for quail eggs...

I hope I find answers, but maybe I’ll never know, haha


candling: day 11.75

 

[yakitori]

Day 15

Lockdown! I hope they don’t hatch when I’m at work

 

[WIchickMama]

Day 15

Lockdown! I hope they don’t hatch when I’m at work

WOOT! Come on babies!!!

PS I am seriously thinking about crockpot hatching this spring

 

[Little Baby Bean]

Day 15

Lockdown! I hope they don’t hatch when I’m at work

Yay!! Good luck to your babies!!

 

[Little Baby Bean]

So how much longer will they take to hatch?

 

[yakitori]

So how much longer will they take to hatch?

I think anywhere from day 16 - 19 is the norm
and when they hatch, they hatch together...?
We’re at day 15.5

I saw a lot of movement in the aircells when I candled, but nothing resembling a pip yet...

 

[Little Baby Bean]

I think anywhere from day 16 - 19 is the norm
and when they hatch, they hatch together...?
We’re at day 15.5

I saw a lot of movement in the aircells when I candled, but nothing resembling a pip yet...

Good luck!! They hatch together?? What does that mean? Like they supposedly hatch at the same time or something?