Dangit, unsuccessful hatch attempt…

[007Sean]

Celadons require higher humidity, is what the farm I ordered the current batch from instructed. Any knowledge you can share on this? Going to lockdown tonight & planned to have humidity around 60%…?

You'll find alot of different recommendations on the web, some good, some bad and some just down right wrong! It makes no sense to say Celadon eggs require more humidity than any other Coturnix egg. Whatever % Rh works best for you, use that! What I use will be different from what % you use due to location and type of incubator used....but in general, 30 to 35 %Rh for Coturnix is considered best to use. For old world quail, like Bobwhites, I use a 40% Rh during incubation, and the last 3 to 4 days of incubation increase the % to 50 to 55% Rh. I wouldn't go above 60% humidity. Higher humidity can cause the chick's to become 'stuck' in the shell, which, is different from being 'shrink wrapped'. It can also cause them to have curled toes, due to being in the shell too long....taking too long to hatch because the humidity is so high it's acting as a lubricant, keeping the chicken from turning during the 'zipping' process. The chick tries to turn but keeps slipping back to it's original spot, thus tiring it's self out struggling to exit the shell, thus resulting in a 'DIS' chick (died in shell).

 

[becomingquailmommy]

You'll find alot of different recommendations on the web, some good, some bad and some just down right wrong! It makes no sense to say Celadon eggs require more humidity than any other Coturnix egg. Whatever % Rh works best for you, use that! What I use will be different from what % you use due to location and type of incubator used....but in general, 30 to 35 %Rh for Coturnix is considered best to use. For old world quail, like Bobwhites, I use a 40% Rh during incubation, and the last 3 to 4 days of incubation increase the % to 50 to 55% Rh. I wouldn't go above 60% humidity. Higher humidity can cause the chick's to become 'stuck' in the shell, which, is different from being 'shrink wrapped'. It can also cause them to have curled toes, due to being in the shell too long....taking too long to hatch because the humidity is so high it's acting as a lubricant, keeping the chicken from turning during the 'zipping' process. The chick tries to turn but keeps slipping back to it's original spot, thus tiring it's self out struggling to exit the shell, thus resulting in a 'DIS' chick (died in shell).

Ah ha! Thank you. I guess I’ll have to find local people and get a feel for what works out here.

 

[Nabiki]

Celadons require higher humidity, is what the farm I ordered eggs from said…? About to go into lockdown tonight with another batch. Suggestions on humidity, please? All celadons. Humidity has been kept around 50% up until now.

That has not been my experience. Around 30% humidity seems to work best, though I have had better luck with up to 40% humidity since I've moved to high elevation.