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I'm going to repeat my question: Have you calibrated your thermometer/hygrometer? I don't see how you could get 2 complete failures in a row, even with temp spikes and high humidity. My first ever quail hatch I botched up big time, and still I had 2 of 18 A&M and 1 of 20 buttons hatch, plus there were others that had made it all the way to the end and got stuck in the shell.
You need to go to Walmart and get a couple of those $6 Springfield thermo/hygro jobs, they work pretty good for a $6 thermometer. Stick those 2 plus the one you have in your bator (all 3) and see what you have.
I would think you are having bigger problems than just humidity that is a bit higher in one part of the bator.
I regularly incubate quail eggs @50% humidity+, then even higher for the hatch. Quail like high humidity, that shouldn't affect them unless it is super high for a long time (like more than 75% during incubation or hatch).
I'm going to repeat my question: Have you calibrated your thermometer/hygrometer? I don't see how you could get 2 complete failures in a row, even with temp spikes and high humidity. My first ever quail hatch I botched up big time, and still I had 2 of 18 A&M and 1 of 20 buttons hatch, plus there were others that had made it all the way to the end and got stuck in the shell.
You need to go to Walmart and get a couple of those $6 Springfield thermo/hygro jobs, they work pretty good for a $6 thermometer. Stick those 2 plus the one you have in your bator (all 3) and see what you have.
I would think you are having bigger problems than just humidity that is a bit higher in one part of the bator.
I regularly incubate quail eggs @50% humidity+, then even higher for the hatch. Quail like high humidity, that shouldn't affect them unless it is super high for a long time (like more than 75% during incubation or hatch).
