I am going on vacation from June 10th-19th. I plan on incubating 12 shipped quail eggs and 10 from my own birds. As a person without an auto turner on my bator, I'm a bit concerned. Since these eggs take 17 days to hatch and I want to be there for the last 2 days of their incubation, i will start incubating on June 4th. However, during my vacation days, the only chance they will have to be turned is once daily when my friend will come over to take care of all of my pets. But during the first 6 days of incubation, they will be turned 3-5 times a day until i leave for vacation. Does anyone have a guess as to how reduced the hatch rate will be due to only being turned once a day for part of their incubation?
** I am a hands on hatcher and if i see chicks stuck to part of the egg I will most certainly assist. Just in case that would factor into their hatch rate.
** I am a hands on hatcher and if i see chicks stuck to part of the egg I will most certainly assist. Just in case that would factor into their hatch rate.