EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

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ChickenCanoe said:
Growing up in Missouri, hatching quail meant Bobwhite.
I knew of other species, both new world and old world but until joining BYC I didn't know about the huge interest in old world quail in this country. Namely Japanese, common Coturnix and Buttonquail.
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they can have them when they get going. the Bob whites and the birdie birdie birdie and the whippoorwillow. of course they're better than the crickets/locust whatever they are that will chirp you to death
 
Nigel27 said:
It’s day four and there are vessels so fingers crossed, I’ll keep posting updates about progress. It’s such a mild vibration I could actually see it helping strengthen the vessels.
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Good! Reminds me of oddball things we run into.... We helped a boy incubate, his bator floor wire was quarter inch and his chicks legs got stuck and he had all sorta problems, I didnt even notice the size wire he had. I felt terrible I didnt notice, as much as we helped or tried to help him with everything else, then he finally gets chicks and they have leg issues and crap :( sad on my part.

Another is if you begin eggs upright and try laying them after a few days or the 2 weeks they will croak on ya, I did an entire batch of white faced spanish from our flock and killed every last one of them. I had started them in a turner as I was using it to turn them before incubation, and I started them as such and didnt lay them as I normally do. Well my hatcher was free for incubation so I figured I would move the eggs to that bator instead of the cheap styro, I was only using to start until the coolerbator freed up, I am a roller turner, I don't use a turner, I fit many more eggs in the bator laying down, and I am a hermit so always here to turn, I just roll them with the palm of my hands a few times a day, gently over the tops of the eggs, and I always roll clockwise so that the eggs are constantly in a dif spot. When I moved the eggs from upright to laying and rolling in the cooler it killed them. They get quite a good workout, and could be why I always have good hatches as well. Then I started to notice when I did alot of shipped eggs and tried to keep them settled upright, after a few days I would try to lay the strong eggs down to roll, and ugh death. That reminds me, we had also noted if you dont move eggs around inside a bator no matter their position and esp if you have a turner motor, those eggs close to the turner motor will get warmer, or closer to fan and air flow loose quicker, so ALWAYS when you candle switch the eggs around a bit. Unless you know your bator and are good with all areas in it! Again I ramble on, sorry!!!
 

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