eggs in the mail

[abobwhat]

I got my eggs in the mail today! super excited

Thank you every one for your help and good information i will post pics soon and keep you all posted.

i am going to let them hang out for 24 hours before they go in the bator right?

 

[Stellar]

Yes, let them sit in room temp for 12-24 hours

 

[Riffecreek]

yep, in cooler weather.. I let mine set for the full 24 hours. in hot weather, they go straight in the incubator but don't get turned for the first couple days.

 

[abobwhat]

ok so i got them at 8 am this morning so at like 8 am tomorrow pop them in.

Whats this about not turning them for the first few days?

I havent heard that before...

Thanx

 

[Stellar]

What? they should be turned until 3 days before hatch.

 

[Riffecreek]

If I set them without waiting the 24 hours due to hot weather, I do not turn the eggs for the first 24-36 hours.. My opinion is that in some instances, hot weather can and will start the incubation period. and In believing this, it's in the best interest in getting them into the incubator as soon as they arrive to keep from damaging the embryos. WHEN I do this, I do not turn them so they can settle just as most would do on the kitchen table.. As stated, this is my opinions and in no way claiming it to be the best way to do them, just that I have better hatch rates with my own shipped eggs in my incubator under my circumstances.

If I let them settle outside of the incubator, they get turned from the moment I set them until lockdown.. or sometimes I never quit turning them, just put a cover over the trays so the chicks can't jump out during multiple hatch days in the same tray..

 

[JJMR794]

Quote:
ITS AN OLD LARGE BREEDER TRICK... THEY THINK MAYBE THE WARM WEATHER STARTED THE DEVELOPMENT SO THEY POP 'EM STRAIT IN THE BATOR BUT DO NOT TURN TO ALLOW THEM TO SETTLE WHILE THEY ARE COOKING... MANY LARGER GAMEBIRD FARMS WILL DO THIS. THEY SIT STILL SO THEY CAN SETTLE... BUT THEY DONT COOL OFF SO THE EMBRYO STOPS DEVELOPING--- KINDA THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS SORTA IDEAL...

 

[abobwhat]

got it thanks

i am starting to get that this whole quail business is never an exact science

rather multiple attempts of trial and error until things in each individuals location

with varying temps, altitudes, and other environmental conditions come into place

with incubation processes