day 17 of quail egg incubation but still no hatches.

[007Sean]

Thankyou for letting me know the other hatching days!

I've only ever kept and hatched Coturnix so the other dates were never something I've looked at

Your welcome!

 

[Quail_Kid]

If they don't hatch tomorrow then should I break the rules and open the incubator and candle a few? They are Jumbo Pharaoh Coturnix.

 

[Maiahr]

I would.

 

[Quail_Kid]

I would.

OK thanks

 

[Quail_Kid]

day 19 in the morning and no pips or hatches.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I had a thermometer in the incubator it was about at 80.0 the whole time but I thout it was broken...will they still hatch?

So I would say that incubation didn't start till the day you discovered the 80F temperature and corrected it to 99.5. What day was that?
Were you still turning the eggs after that?

 

[Quail_Kid]

So I would say that incubation didn't start till the day you discovered the 80F temperature and corrected it to 99.5. What day was that?
Were you still turning the eggs after that?

I never corrected it because I thought the thermometer was broken. did I do something wrong?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The first thing you did wrong was beginning incubation with an unverified/uncalibrated thermometer. The second thing you did wrong was not springing into action when you thought the thermometer was broken.
That is no way incubate and expect anything to hatch.

 

[Quail_Kid]

The first thing you did wrong was beginning incubation with an unverified/uncalibrated thermometer. The second thing you did wrong was not springing into action when you thought the thermometer was broken.
That is no way incubate and expect anything to hatch.

well the incubator came with a thermometer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TTYLIKY/?tag=backy-20

so I thought the cheap thermometer was broken. I also candled the eggs on day 14 and they were doing fine.

 

[Quail_Kid]

This is exactly what I saw.